What a feat of organisation Northala juniors was this morning! It was the day of the Nepal runners annual Northolt 10k, and it was a beautiful morning for it. It’s a busy and popular race, with runners and dignatories arriving, marquees being erected (thanks Steph!), Nepalese food being cooked and a lot of warming up going on.

Announcements were made over the PA, marshals took their places, the crowds parted and off ran the young people! They weren’t put off, as they sprinted, jogged, walked and were cajoled around the course!

Their run done, it was time for the Northala 10k - but the children had already shown the adults how it’s done!

What a joy to have volunteered at Northala Junior parkrun. I was given the Tailwalker role and not one child stayed with me, they gave the mile their whole energy. I enjoyed it so much that I've signed up to volunteer next week!

Today's Northala juniors parkrun brought us lots of interesting things! - Harvey's 400th good deed, woohoo!

• 18 brave little runners doing their best

• freezing hands

• plenty of puddles

• Pudsey Bear ears

• Sevan and Kash both doing the timekeeping for the first time, the first one even without messing it up!

It was a long run to Northala for some of us on a Sunday morning but absolutely worth it, to see the kids' competitive spirit and excitement!

A strong field of young people today, including some very speedy athletes looking to achieve qualifying times for future races. But everyone is welcome at Junior Parkrun and we had a great group reflecting all ages and abilities. GoodGym's Jenny has become a regular volunteer at Northala Juniors, which is great to see. We'll be back again soon!

Two GoodGymers joined the regulars at Northala Juniors to marshall and hand out finish tokens. It was a warm morning and the young people put in a huge effort - you should have seen some of the sprint finishes! The young back marker was especially cute! Coffee, inevitably, followed. We'll be back again soon!

A lovely morning for helping out at Northala Juniors. We three GoodGymers turned up, took up our positions on the route, and clapped and cheered! The young people ran their two laps, some with vigour, some less so, but they came, and they ran, and that's brilliant! We'll be back next month for our regular visit to this Junior Parkrun, that's for sure!