62, married with two adult sons and now semi retired. Keen club runner and fully qualified in 2017 as a Coach in Running Fitness
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Fri 10th Oct at 10:30am
Leicester Report written by Jeanette Douglas
8 Goodgymers joined up with 3 CRT volunteers to get cracking on tidying up the towpath.
Mel, Dave, Lindsay, Lynn and Julie along with CRT Pete collected between them 11 bags of rubbish. Today's pick of the day seemed to be bags of prawns (thrown into the river). Jen, Nick, Mohamed and CRT Alison and Rich worked on clearing the weeds off the towpath.
After lots of hard work the teams completed their tasks leaving the towpath looking spik and span.
Mohamed ran 11km to the task today, well done for getting fitter whilst doing good!
Fri 3rd Oct at 10:30am
Leicester Report written by Sarah
Not even the rain could stop this brilliant bunch from getting stuck in at Saffron Acres today! Armed with gloves, loppers, and determination, half of us took on the tangled brambles and helped clear the way for the community space, the other half chopped the brambles ready for composting.
A big shoutout to Dave for keeping his word and sorting out the broken tap on the water butt, Saffron really appreciated it. Great job, Dave!
Also for Mo, whoโs just completed his third good deed, clocking in an impressive 9km run. Keep up the efforts Mo!
As a well earned reward, we did a bit of foraging and came away with some tasty autumn treats ๐๐ natureโs way of saying thanks.
Weldone everyone we really made a difference yet again and the rain didn't stop play.
Fri 26th Sep at 10:30am
Leicester Report written by Sarah
Six superstar GoodGymmers hit the Age UK Superstore in Leicester this week, ready to roll up their sleeves for another productive morning of volunteering.
Our tasks? Sorting play pens of tops into short sleeve and long sleeve piles and untangling a jungle of hangers, complete with size cubes. Precision, patience, and plenty of laughter got the job done.
A good catch up for everyone, lots of stories of the Equinox24 a 24hr trail race, from midnight Mel marshalling duties soaked in rain and windswept to Stu's amazing milestone of hitting 60k over six laps, he was well prepared with 1000 miles of training.
A massive well done team, everyone got stuck in as always more hands making a lighter load. Age UK are always full of praise for the difference we make. From sorting sleeves to swapping stories, we proved once again that teamwork makes the dream work!
Sat 20th Sep at 8:30am
Leicester Report written by Martin Mcelwaine
Today we had Martin at Abbeypark, Jimmy at Braunstone and Dave, Katy and Jeanette at watermead all making sure the planet's were allinged so parkrun could run smoothly ๐ on this equinox weekend well done all
Sat 13th Sep at 8:30am
Leicester Report written by Martin Mcelwaine
Today we had 4 goodgymers doing good deeds we had Jeanette at watermead, Dave at Abbeypark, Jimmy and Ian at Braunstone Ian done his 100th parkrun volunteering welcome to the 100 club ๐ welldone all
Thu 25th Sep at 5:10pm
Thank you! It's a privilege to be in the Parkrun ๐ฏ Volunteer Club ๐
Sun 31st Aug at 8:30am
Leicester Report written by Katy Young
5 goodgymmers helped Thier local junior parkrun break their attendance recorded with 162 runners taking part (and many more adults too!)
Sun 17th Aug at 8:30am
Leicester Report written by Sarah
Sunny Sunday morning well spent! 6 awesome Leicester GoodGymmers lent a helping hand at Watermead Junior Parkrun cheering and marshalling.
Nick was time keeper and trolley man at Melton.
Weldone to all the little runners and volunteers who made it such a positive start to the day.
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