Another busy morning at Crewe parkrun, with 6 GoodGymmers being part of the amazing team that made it happen!

It was a special day today as one of our GoodGym stalwarts was celebrating his 250th parkrun - simply amazing Maurice! Of course we had to celebrate with cake - and very yummy cake it was. We also had a volunteer takeover by Nantwich Running Club - a huge thank you to Mark for all the work that went into organising this over the last few weeks.

So what did GoodGym do today? Well lots actually! Between Karen, Emily, Kat, Mark, Nigel and Maurice, we carried out the following tasks: Run Director, pre-event set up, volunteer coordinator, first timers welcome, tailwalker, results processor, photographer, course close down and token sorting!

Well done and thank you everyone!

5 GoodGymmers made their way through the low-lying mist to volunteer at Crewe parkrun this morning. And what a busy morning it was! Karen and Nigel did the course check and swept a huge amount of leaves and pine needles off the course; Nicola welcomed all the volunteers and made sure they understood their roles, followed by welcoming all the first time parkrunners and explaining the course; Karen was Run Director today so gave the welcome and safety briefing before starting the parkrun; Nigel was one of the timekeepers; and at the end Maurice and Emily sorted the 393 tokens, Karen processed the results, and Nigel put everything away ready for next week. We love how parkrun just pops up on a Saturday morning, and is gone just as quickly with no trace - all made possible by volunteers. Well done GoodGym!

The sun shone on parkrun today - such a relief after this week's weather! Of course, it was always going to shine with a GoodGym task on the calendar!

Nicola volunteered as the Run Director today, and it almost seemed an easy role after a week of trying to recruit volunteers. Kat, Karen and Nigel were part of the cavalry to save the day - Kat as volunteer coordinator for the first time, and Karen and Nigel pairing up as timekeepers. Volunteers expertly coordinated by Kat, it was over to Nicola to deliver her warm and welcoming run briefing to the 322 participants. Today was Nigel's 250th volunteering day with parkrun - an AMAZING achievement, congratulations Nigel! - and started his role today with Karen once Nicola got the run underway. Fast forward an hour, and the last person clicked in across the finish line, it was time to close the event down and leave everything ready for next week, leaving no trace of parkrun being in the park - just a pop up community that appears every week at the same time. Tokens sorted and replaced, and results processed - all done!

All in all a very smooth event made possible by the volunteers, and Kat topped off the morning with a personal best time on the course - well done Kat!

I think its fair to say that we made an impact at Crewe Parkrun today!! Between the 5 of us: Karen, Kat, Marjo, Nigel & Mark we managed to cover 11 different roles!! We all take great pride in helping out at our weekly parkruns, especially in our lovely Queens Park and today was no exception - the sun was shining and it was a wonderful morning to be out and enjoying being with other parkrunners.

Well done everyone ❤

5 People covered 11 different roles:

Run Director Event set up Course check First timers welcome Parkwalker Timekeeper Close down Token sorting Results processor Report writer Photographer

A lovely morning was spent supporting our lovely Crewe parkrun. Between us all, we took on various roles (some of us even doubled up!!) including:

Run Director Pre-event Setup Volunteer Coordinator Timekeepers Barcode Scanners Token Sorters

We all love being involved with parkrun and its always nice to catch up with each other and have a bit of banter too!

It was lovely to catch up with you all. Thanks for being awesome as always ❤

See you soon!

Lots of love Nicola Xxx

PS - Sorry that I didn't manage to get everyone on the photo :(

****The Mission

With 12 very willing volunteers, our Crewe Parkrun 'Takeover' was definitely not 'Mission Impossible'.

It was a very cold and frosty morning but that didn't stop us or any of the Parkrun volunteers from getting up and out and helping to make Crewe Parkrun happen! For some, it was their first time volunteering at Parkrun and for others, it was one of many. Either way, it was brilliant to see everyone coming together and enjoying themselves in spite of frostbitten fingers and toes!

We undertook a range of jobs at Parkrun. Maurice, Zoe & Sophie were Marshals, Pam and Barry were Tail-Walkers, Greg & Sharna were Barcode Scanners, John was pre-park setup and a Pacer. Claire was Token Sorting and a Pacer, Suzanne was Finish Token Support, Phil was Timekeeper and Nicola was Run Director.

Everyone really enjoyed being involved in and it was a great opportunity to chat more about GoodGym and what we get up to each week. I think we may have even enlisted a few new recruits!

Thank you to Crewe Parkrun for having us this week. We hope to be back again in the future (if you'll have us).

Have a great week everyone and see you Wednesday!

Nicola xx