Another glorious morning greeted us at the Fields today, and the clock change didn't seem to have caught anyone out, as we had 33 enthusiastic runners (plus their coaches/cheerleaders) and a full team of volunteers made up of GoodGymmers (Simon, Nicolas and Nick), DofE participants and a small group from On Running whom Simon had clearly persuaded that spending a Sunday morning volunteering at junior parkrun was the best decision they'd make all day.

After a well drilled warmup led by Run Director Mas, with a little help from one or two of the younger runners, everyone was keen to get going in the morning sunshine - a quick last minute course check and we were good to go. Simon, on timekeeping duty, counted down and before he'd got to "1" the field was already sprinting away from the line, leaving Nick (on tailwalking duty) with quite a task to catch up. It wasn't long before the lead runners were reaching the far ends of the course where Nicolas, positioned at what is known as "Sarah's Corner", was on marshalling duty and ready to cheer the runners as they passed him by.

It was a very close finish for the leading positions - only a second separated the first 3 as they all made a sprint for the line in the home straight - and not too long after that the final runners (chased by the tailwalking fox...) reached the finish funnel - 9 PBs were achieved on the course today, reflective of the great effort put in by all those who ran. A quick pack up of all the equipment, tokens sorted, hi viz all returned, and event #313 was complete. See you next week for more fun at the Fields!

With grey clouds starting to gather, everyone was keeping fingers crossed for a dry parkrun this morning!

Season regulars Sooz, Rue and Sarah were joined by Nicolas and surprise guest Louise, plus new-to-London Fields Luisa for a fast field of athletic prowess.

Luisa took to the tail, gaining an extra 2km having already run to the mission! Rue, Nicolas and Louise marshalled the first half of the course and Sarah set up under her usual tree.

Sooz was joined at the finish line by a field of volunteers doing their Duke of Edinburgh volunteering, and the course was complete.

A big round of applause for a half marathon milestone, followed by Rue’s usual haka warm up, and then they were off!

Wrapped up in half an hour and ready for morning coffee.

Great effort team, see you next time!

Perfect running conditions under bright sunshine greeted us at the Fields this morning, along with the daffodils that have magically appeared around the course, giving everything a bit of a golden glow.

41 enthusiastic runners, including 5 first timers, took part in run director's Sooz's warm up before setting off around the familiar 2 lap course - it wasn't long before our lead runner was stretching ahead of the pack and soon passing both Nick and Sarah at their respective marshalling points at almost diametrically opposite corners of the course...and with Rue donning the urban fox tail walker jacket, and well supported by 8 other helpful volunteers, we had everything pretty well under covered this morning.

9 personal bests and a collection of smiling (if slightly red) faces later, Rue was last to cross the line to bring this morning's event (#311) to a successful close.

See you next week for more (hopefully sun and blue skies filled) parkrun fun at the Fields!

For the first time in what seems like forever, blue skies greeted us at the Fields this morning, although it was still pretty chilly and muddy underfoot in places, so some care was needed! These spring like conditions also meant we had our biggest field of participants in quite a few weeks, and it was great to see so many runners (and their coaches/parents/cheerleaders) arrive at the big tree just before 9 this morning ready to run.

We were also helped by having some extra volunteers lend their support today as part of their DoE awards training, and before long the course was all set up, with Sarah showing our newer volunteers the course set up at the southern end, and the marshals sent out to the corners of the course in readiness for the off.

Run director Rue led the warm up with the now familiar Hackney Haka, and then 42 runners (plus their coaches) sprinted off the line and around the yellow marker poles and cones - thankfully there were no slip ups along the way, and with Sooz acting as tail walker to ensure no-one was left behind, it wasn't long before everyone was back at the finish, and we soon had everything packed up for another week.

6 first timers and 11 PBs confirmed it had been another successful morning. See you next week for more fun at the Fields.

Sooz and Sarah took on this week's junior parkrun, with the support of a few regular volunteers!

Whilst Sooz set up the start and finish, Sarah got to work setting up the course and then taking up her usual marshaling spot under the tree!

A big celebration to start as Amiyah achieved her ultra marathon milestone - reaching 50 junior parkruns, and clocking up a massive 100kms in running.

It was almost a record-breaking session today too with every youngster coming in under 14 minutes!

Join us next week for more. https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/london-fields-junior-parkrun-volunteering-sundays

It was a pretty fresh morning on London Fields and with the beginning of half term numbers were low. That said the ever dependable Nick and DoE volunteer Zach meant that there was a great core team before we dragooned a few parents into helping out so we would be able to put the run on. Luckily Alfred's family were in attendance in numbers and were able to marshal the far reaches and see their son romp home in first place with a clear lead. Running her own race and in fierce competition Sasha came in as first woman splitting Conor and Gabriel. Freya had an epic finish having dragged her dad, the tail walker around. By 9:30 we were all packed up and keen to get somewhere warm. Huge thanks to the Lido staff for letting me sit in the warm and process the results.