Well done to everyone who volunteered on this beautifully sunny Saturday morning. There was a big turnout and spirits were high. It was also a great opportunity for us to raise awareness about GoodGym in the local community. Thanks to Sheila and Georgeta, who brought home baked cookies and yummy chocolates for us to share with the runners. Sorry we didn't have enough left for the volunteers as well!

Claire had an early start as she was on course check. She came back and gave the thumbs up to RD Kate, had time for a quick catch up with the rest of the GoodGymers and then headed off and ran the course again (her 218th parkrun!) Well done Claire!

Sheila also got her steps in this morning, walking to parkrun, volunteering as parkwalker and then walking home. She covered over 11km, and did at least 5km with a biscuit tin tucked under her arm.

Diya, Kanika and Sol were on marshal duty, helping point everyone in the right direction. They kept warm by cheering the runners and doing lunges. GoodGymer Anne-Laure was running and said she really enjoyed the cheering from her GoodGym friends.

Over at the finish funnel, Jess and Rosie were on timekeeping and tokens respectively. Fingers were freezing, but they didn't fumble! There were a whopping 480 runners and walkers, so they were very busy. Rosie kept warm by dancing in the sun.

Experienced parkrun volunteer Rachel was on timekeeping duty alongside Jess and she told me that Jess nailed it. She had accurate fingers and approached what can be a stressful job calmly and with a smile on her face. That's our Jess!

Amy and Georgeta were also busy barcode scanning, a lovely job as you get to meet all the runners and walkers - lots of familiar and friendly faces, who are full of endorphins, having completed the course.

Amy and Georgeta were also overseeing the cakes, as well as training two first-time barcode scanners, who wanted to wear the token buckets as hats and were easily distracted by the cakes...

Thanks to RD Kate and all the regular parkrun volunteers for welcoming us to the roster this week. See you again soon!