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Mothers day cokey at Florence Park Juniors!

5 GoodGymers made their way to help the junior parkrun - Oxford in Oxford.

  • Justin Wetters
  • Trevor
  • Ben Foster
  • Kieran
  • Megan
 
Sunday, 19th of March 2023
 
Led by Trevor

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿต โ€“ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€' ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐Ÿ’ It was a true family affair at Florence Park juniors today ๐Ÿ‘ช We counted 21 sets of siblings in the results and lots of wonderful mums (and dads!) supported their juniors round the course ๐Ÿ™Œ Team Frost joined us in hi-vis too, with mum Andrea and daughter Meredith donning the orange Tail Walker vests ๐Ÿฆบ Thank you and well done to everyone who joined us! Here are some highlights from the event, starting with a flying feet-filled photo album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZMxMn4HJWUJeFfGu7 ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: 78 juniors kicked off Mothers' Day with two laps of our lovely local park ๐ŸŒณ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: 3 juniors completed their very first junior parkrun ๐Ÿซถ Welcome to the parkrun family! ๐—ฃ๐—•๐˜€: 23 juniors achieved new personal best times. Great walking and running juniors! ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€: Four! Congratulations to... ๐Ÿซ Dexter and Linkai - Half maration (11 junior parkruns) ๐Ÿ Holly - Marathon (21 junior parkruns) ๐ŸŠ Isabella - Ultra marathon (50 junior parkruns) Don't forget to drop us an email at florencepark-juniors@parkrun.com if your junior is due to receive a wristband - we'll add them to our list to present when you next pay us a visit ๐Ÿ“ฅ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ-๐˜‚๐—ฝ: Trev was today's Run Director and warm-up leader, and when Trev announced a reprise of his parkrun Cokey, there was an audible "Yay!" from the crowd ๐Ÿ˜ We formed a circle - not hard given the geometry of our start/finish area - and within a few lines everyone was singing, shaking, spinning, and cokeying along ๐Ÿชฉ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: 21 wonderful volunteers made event 108 happen ๐Ÿงก Thanks to each and every one of you for your support. ๐Ÿ˜Š Megan joined us from our friends at Goodgym for her parkrun volunteer debut. Thank you so much for your support Megan โ€“ we hope you enjoyed the morning! ๐Ÿ“ฒ Whilst mother and daughter tailwalked, father and son, Elliot and Rob scanned barcodes at the finish. A real family effort โ€“ thanks so much Team Frost! ๐ŸŒณ Justin joined us at Florence Park for the first time, although this was far from Justin's first time volunteering at parkrun. Justin is a Run Director at Buckingham junior parkrun and has volunteered over 160 times! Thanks so much for paying us a visit Justin ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿฆบ Junior Hugo usually runs on a Sunday morning but today he earned his first every parkrun volunteer credit as a marshal with his dad, regular volunteer Daniel. Another fabulous family effort from our wonderful parkrun community. As always, we appreciate any level of support โ€“ from weekly volunteering to just a one-off โ˜บ๏ธ Our events wouldn't happen without our hi-vis heroes! If you'd like to learn more or get involved, drop us an email at florenceparkjuniors@parkrun.com Thank you for your support! #loveparkrun

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