A crisp autumn morning brought us out to Lesnes Abbey Woods junior parkrun for event #472 this past Sunday. We saw 44 fantastic juniors run, jog, and walk their way around the course!

It was a special day for our family, as my 5-year-old completed their first-ever junior parkrun and also joined me for their first volunteering role as part of the pre-event setup crew.

We absolutely loved getting the course ready and are officially keen to join the hi-viz team every week!

Another great Sunday spent supporting the community and the future of parkrun!

With a sunny, colourful start line, we were at Lesnes Abbey Woods junior parkrun marshaling 57 young runners around the three lap course.

High fives and smiles galore.

Volunteering at junior parkrun is such a great way to get involved in the local community.

Same place, same time next week... see you there?

Sunday morning, 8.55am, and there's a buzz at Lesnes Abbey Woods that can only mean one thing... junior parkrun.

We joined the hi-viz team to cheer and marshal the young runners and parents around the three lap course. Some ran, some walked. I'm not sure who enjoyed the high fives more, them or us ✋.

Good fun all round, then we headed to the cafe to meet the Friends of Lesnes Abbey and Woods for their monthly conservation session.

Sun-day at Lesnes Abbey Woods junior parkrun for a hi-viz double-act by GoodGym Bexley and GoodGym Greenwich 😎.

Between us we tail walked, park walked, marshaled and barcode scanned while the young runners and their overheating parents completed the three lap course.

After cooling iced coffees at the Chestnuts kiosk, we made our way by bus and bike to Erith to join more GoodGymer friends for a lovely chatty walk along the Thames to Woolwich.

What a lovely morning.

Today was a great turnout just under 60 young children undertaking their Sunday morning exercise at junior parkrun.

Smiles on their faces and fab efforts put it by all. They were lucky to just get back by the time this lovely British weather started to warm up.

Definitely felt good to be back on board and giving encouragement to all.

Well done everyone, you all smashed it 💥.

We joined the hi-viz team at Lesnes Abbey Woods parkrun to marshal and cheer the junior runners and scan their finishing tokens.

The some of the runners had decorated the starting line with chalk messages of 'You are amazing' and 'May the 4th Be With You' to spur everyone on.

The smiling children and parents are a great motivation to get up and out on a Sunday morning. Why not give it a go?