1 GoodGymer made their way to Warwick racecourse to help with the smooth running of Warwick Parkrun.

Another day, another Parkrun! This Saturday, Alexandra was on token support duty, helping hand out finisher tokens to the runners as they came through the funnel. While this seems relatively simple, things get a little bit complicated when one of last week's runners has taken home token number 185 and the Run Director has to make quick work of a paper alternative. As a first time token handler, I was worried about the possibility of this tiny piece of paper flying out of my hands in the high winds and messing up the count for all 280 runners!

Luckily just before the runners set off, another volunteer arrived with a replacement token and all was set to run smoothly. Once the runners were off, it was only about 15 minutes before the first runner came into view and it was time for frozen fingers to start readying the token stacks. Slowly at first, Alex and Youssef began handing out tokens, alternating after every 50 runners and by token 60 the finishers were coming in thick and fast.

With a start time of 9am, the final park walkers where coming through by 10am and us volunteers were ready to fight the winds to get back up to the briefing area.

It's always an absolute pleasure to volunteer at parkrun and we'll be back in the next few weeks!