Winter parkrun mornings are the best! The early start before the sun's come up, the shivering at the start line waiting for the announcements and half thinking why did I leave my warm cosy bed on a dark, cold weekend morning... and then the thrill as everyone starts running, and you're still fiddling with your strava trying to get it started at the exact split second the run (not race!) starts, through to the buzzing afterglow and endorphin release at the end with the sense of satisfaction that you've achieved something great and it's still only 10am!

Croxteth is a flat and picturesque one lap course that takes you through trees and dirt tracks, passing fields of horses and cows and back past the magnificent part Tudor / part Georgian Hall to the finish line.

On this crisp morning Matthew volunteered as a marshal and Ema as tail walker and the rest of the GoodGym crew ran. Amazing to see Steph improving in leaps knocking a whole seven minutes off her time from her very first parkrun only two month earlier, Go Steph Go!

And really lovely to see Serena back after a year away, a regular runner but her first time doing a parkrun (and cycling her way there too)

And of course Croxteth Park has a fabulous drinks and food stall in the courtyard so we stayed for hot chocolates and mince pies (why would we not!)

We do parkrun together on the first Saturday of each month, taking in a different course from across Merseyside each time. Join us for our December visit to Birkenhead parkrun on the 4th!