Two GoodGymmers helped to make the magic happen at junior parkrun this week - well done Emily for being a marshal, and well done Maurice for being a timekeeper. 97 children (and lots of parents) got to take part in junior parkrun thanks to the wonderful volunteers. That's a huge attendance, no doubt due to the lovely warm weather!

There was a fair bit of nervousness about whether junior parkrun would have to be cancelled yet again due to weather - just how many storms have we had this winter?! - but when the forecasted strong winds stayed as a strong breeze, we were good to go!

It was lovely to have Mark join us on a Sunday morning, and between the GoodGym team we undertook the folloing roles: volunteer coordinator ~ run director ~ barcode scanning ~ 4 marshall points ~ post event close down ~ results processing ~ photographer ~ social media. A great morning's work helping young people to be active!

A great turnout at Crewe parkrun by the GoodGym gang!

Karen and Nicola teamed up as timekeepers, Karen also "meeted and greeted" the volunteers and made sure everyone know what to do; Nigel was on course set-up; Mark welcomed first timers with a description of the course and how parkrun works; Marjo was our star baker; and Marjo, Nigel, Emily, Maurice and Kat all did the "gym" bit of GoodGym by completing their favourite 5k of the week.

Well done everyone!

ooh, that was a chilly morning! But seeing 68 juniors getting to take part in the first junior parkrun of the year definitely warmed the heart!

Claire, Emily, Maurice, Nigel and Karen gathered at the bandstand this icily-cold morning ready for an amazing morning of fun. Lots of juniors joined us for the first time, and today we saw two big milestones - one junior was awarded a wristband and badge for completing 100 junior parkruns! Simply amazing! The other was one of our most regular juniors, who was at the first event back in May 2021, got the first place for the first time!

Tasks done today by GoodGym included event set up, volunteer coordinator, marshaling around the course, timekeeper, event close down, and communications on social media. Well done everyone! We deserved the reward of hot drinks and great company afterwards in the cafe - and very impressed that Claire and Emily both got active and went running afterwards - sure was the best way to get warm today!