Many from Colchester Goodgym and GB bootcamp came together for a parkrun takeover.

With so many volunteers available to help, all roles were filled to ensure a safe and enjoyable parkrun for the local community.

We helped with setting up, timekeeping, barcode scanning, marshalling, cheering, packing up and any other role inbetween.

There was a great turnout with some recognisable faces running too, so naturally an extra cheer was given to anyone wearing their GG colours. Congratulations to Ella on completing her 50th parkrun today and getting a PB.

Well done to those who ran and a big thank you to all who volunteered, it takes volunteers like you taking their turn to help to keep community events like parkrun running each week.

Many community mission badges were earned today, but don't forget to get your DBS document checks completed so that you can earn more badges with local mission runs and coach running. It also means you help others by running to isolated and vulnerable older people within the community to help them with one-off tasks they are unable to do themselves or run regularly to a coach to reduce their feelings of loneliness and isolation, but the badges are a nice bonus, too! ;)

Go on, get your DBS checks done, you know you want to... think of the smiles on the faces of the people you could help .

Much love to everyone and their great efforts today,

Chrissie