It's our Birthday!

To celebrate GoodGym Oxford being 6 years old a bevy of GoodGymers got together at County Hall. Of course we had to include a Good Deed in our birthday celebrations (no Wednesday is complete without one), so we packaged up 3 boxes of old trainers to send to JogOn for repurposing and recycling. These had been collected up from friends, family and colleagues over the previous few weeks, saving them from going to landfill.

With 26 GoodGymers in attendance that task was complete in record time, leaving us the rest of the evening to chat over drinks and nibbles, reminiscing about the past 6 years and speculating about what the future might bring.

Our 6 year Good Deed count is 8038. Happy Birthday to Us!

Mrs H is feeling a bit fed up with the weather, but was pleased to see some snowdrops in the garden.

More Florence Park Junior Parkrun action on Oxford Half day for Event #189. I was Run Director for this event where 86 juniors finished the course. 7 juniors finished their first ever parkrun and 14 achieved a PB. Despite many of our regulars heading to the city centre to run or support the annual Half Marathon, we had an excellent turnout of volunteers, runners and supporters contributing to another incredible event

Barcode scanning after running University Parks Parkrun Event #141. 668 runners (including me) crossed the line with 39 finishing a parkrun for the first time. As soon as I caught my breath I headed to don a high-vis and scan some barcodes. Across the fair few times I've barcode scanned, I've scanned phones, paper, card, watches and even t-shirts representing personal barcodes.

Another Sunday funday at Florence Park Junior Parkrun for Event #204. I took up marshalling for the first time 8 months so was very happy to be donning the foam hand and standing on point 8 to see the juniors run down the middle and end straights of the course. 62 juniors finished the course, 4 for the first-ever time and 12 with PBs! With chilly hands I came early (and certainly not on time) to help set up,took a few snaps for the wristband awarding and then jogged to my point ready to encourage and dispense high-fives. A chilly but dry event which I can definitely be grateful for in February. We retreated to Flos for a while for warmth, chats and hot drinks. Hopefully warmer Parkruns to come as we near the end of winter!

The task: finishing painting the walls at Oxsrad.
The complication: all the blue paint had dried up, and the white paint had been speckled with blue, making it a delightful pale sky blue.
The next step: stand around eating birthday cake for Vicky's birthday while we see if there's a solution.
The solution: give up on the idea of painting, layer up, and go and do a litter pick instead.

Thank you everyone for being adaptable!