Junior Park Run

On this sunny morning 4 Goodgymer's gave up their time to carry out various volunteering roles at the junior park run.

Wayne & Melanie were marshals out on the course cheering and supporting the runners around the 2k course. James as well as being a marshal also made sure the course was safe to run around before the run began. Adam was one of the official timekeepers.

It was also Adam 400th good deed, what an amazing milestone achievement 🎉

It was great seeing Adam who has recently started running again after injury 😊

In total this morning there were 130 runners with the fastest time being an impressive 06:30. There were also 36 PB's fantastic running by everyone. 👍

All Aboard Club

This mornings All Aboard session in Brookwood was the last one until September 😒

Wayne & Anne met Richard and the rest of the volunteers at the community hall to set up the last session of the term 😊

Todays train track looked amazing as it was the last one the imagination and creativity came flooding out amongst all the volunteers 🚂

Anne ran to the task doing a total of 8k run 🏃‍♀️

Further volunteering opportunities for All Aboard Club will resume from September 😊😊

The GoodGym team gathered at St John’s Lye to tackle the invasive laurel plants taking over the area.

Andy and Nadia ran to the location covering about 2.5km. 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏼

Wayne and Anne arrived fresh from supporting the junior parkrun, ready to lend a hand. 🪏🪚

Working together, the team cleared a large section of laurel near the stream, helping to improve biodiversity and open up the woodland. 🪾🪵

The event was a great example of teamwork, with everyone contributing their energy and enthusiasm. Their efforts made a real difference to the local green space and supported the Woking Biodiversity team, part of WEAct Woking.

As GoodGym Woking do most Sundays, Karen, James, Wayne and I (Anne) met at Woking Park to support junior parkrun.

There were 34 volunteers scattered along the 2 kms route doing various duties. Wayne and Anne were at the beginning of the course as they were going to St John’s Lye to help the biodiversity group of WEAct as soon as their task was over.

213 children completed the course. The finish line was crossed after a run which lasted 7:13 and the tail runner took 29:33. It was good to see so many children enjoying running with, or without, their parents.

It was a great day to run and there was a loooong queue at the ice-cream van!

Happy running to you all.

Following the completion of a task for lovely Dramatize at their Knaphill centre, the Woking Goodgym team were asked to help create a useful garden space at their Brookwood site. Anne, Alys, Katie and Kirsty ran to the task to find that Wayne had made a great start on removing the debris from the space. Everyone got stuck in and cleared away the remaining branches and ivy while our former forest school leader, Anne led the creation of a dead hedge to create a wildlife habitat and secluded space for Dramatize students to relax in. Great job everyone!

What a brilliant morning! Warm, dry weather brought 167 amazing children to the start line, supported by 33 fantastic volunteers.

🚀 Fastest girl sped round in 7:25 and the fastest boy in 7:43 – great running!

✨ We had 14 first timers joining the fun, and an incredible 51 children got a personal best.

Thanks to everyone who made it such a cheerful Sunday – see you next week! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🎉