It might have been early, it might have been gloomy but that just gave GoodGym Bristol the best opportunity to bring some brightness to the parkrunning folks of Eastville, Bristol.

After a quick briefing and a run around the long lap to check out the marshal points, guided by Darren, the marshals grabbed their arrows, signage, lanyards and the all-important hi viz whilst the finish funnel team strolled along to ensure it was looooong enough. With between 250 and 600 runners expected we can never be quite sure how many people will try to squeeze themselves into the funnel at once!

119 First Timers in the 413 runners today, and so many compliments for the loveliest marshals and other volunteers people had ever known. It was a bit of a rush at times, but you were all brilliant :-) The run report is here.

Debs was the star of the show, it being her 100th parkrun , or her awesome cake-baking skills. I forget which ;-)

Kait brought her camera and surprised herself with her action shots having found the 'sports' setting :-)

Packing up always seems to take ages but with four GoodGymmers on the case, we finally managed to force the pop-up parkrun sign into the tiny bag. Please tell me there were no photos or video of this...

Then it was off to the crocus-planting mountain-side, being joined by those who thought 9 am was a little too early and off to process results, sort tokens and get the rest of the post-parkrun gubbins completed. With a latte and a bacon bloomer.

I hope this will be the first of many GoodGym Bristol excursions to Eastville parkrun - and the start of some Eastville parkrunners coming to GoodGym Bristol!