Six Goodgymers braved the cold crisp weather this morning to volunteer at Woking Junior Parkrun. There was a great turnout in general with many other volunteers and children getting together for this excellent weekly event. Wayne and Nadia were having a chat then quickly joined by Anne, Katie, Adam and Alys.

We had just enough time for a little catch up discussing our cold weather ventures and what our plans were for the day. ☀️

Our volunteers were well spread out today covering many roles like marshalling, timekeeping, and barcode scanning. 🦺⏱️

After joining the expert children doing the warmup demonstration and congratulating some milestone wristbands, we all headed to the start line.

A quick countdown and start and we were well on the way cheering the children as they went along, also encouraged by their parents and guardians. 📣 No sooner had we started we saw the tail walkers coming in to finish. 🏁

Just goes to show how a little goes along way and taking care of health from a young age is a great thing. We have a task coming up this week again braving the elements and we will hopefully find more tasks to organise in the coming weeks.

Well done, everybody. Until next time! 👋🏼

Happy New Year 🎉

The 1st junior park run of 2025 was either going to be a white one or wet one, while most of the country was covered in Snow Woking was very wet 🌧️ the only sign of snow was a little snowman sitting all alone on a bench ⛄️

Their was a course check early this morning as their were some big puddles around the 2k course the run went ahead 🏃🏻‍♂️

We had plenty of volunteers this morning making sure the young runners were safe while running around.

This morning the Woking GG team welcomed Gosia who is GG member from Camden along with her partner who are in Woking for the next few weeks 😀 Gosia had her tambourine and was shaking away with words of encouragement as the runners went by, Gosia has also signed up to a few more up & coming tasks 👍🏾

Nadia came well prepared with her Brolly which took a battering in the wind 💨. Nadia has been very active over the festive period doing various park runs. Nadia has set herself a goal for 2025 doing a 5k in 25mins we are sure she will achieve this 🤞🏽

Adam was also back from his Xmas travels, and is looking forward to kick start his running in 2025 after a few recent injuries 😀

James continues with his recovery but also has some training sessions planned for speed and endurance. 🏃‍♂️💨

Wayne was also back for his first task of 2025 and continues with his training for the Dubai 1/2 Marathon 🇦🇪 as well as some Brutal Runs 😤

This morning 80 runners took part in the wet conditions with the fastest time being 07:35 with 6PB's great running by everyone

So far we have a nice variety of tasks in January & we also have the Surrey 1/2 Marathon coming up in March to either run or volunteer, keep a look out on the GG Page.

This coming Wednesday we are meeting at the leisure center where we will head off to deliver GG leaflets that Anne had updated with an email address 😀

**Junior Park Run 🧑🏻‍🎄 🎄

The last junior park run of the year was a very cold & windy one 🥶, but that did not stop 5 GG Members getting up to carry out volunteering tasks.

It was great seeing Katie up and about after her recent illness Katie looked and felt great ❤️.

It was also good to see Laura again volunteering, Laura has been very busy with work but is hoping to come along to more tasks in the new year 😄.

Nadia looked very smart this morning as she was heading off to London straight after to see a friend, but still had tutu on for her run up to xmas challenge, and also to prevent her doing more burpees 🤣.

Wayne was regretting wearing shorts this morning even doing jumping jacks could not warm him up 🥶.

And a big congratulation to Alys who this morning completed her 💯 good deed 👏🏻. Alys has been on a roll doing many tasks over the last few months to hit her target of getting to 💯 before Xmas, and she has smashed it. Hopefully we will now see Alys in her 💯 wings shirt in the New Year 🎉. It was also Alys 50 junior park run credit 😄. (Amazing work Alys)

So on the last junior park run of the year we had 118 Runners 🏃🏼‍♂️, We even had some young runners from Holland 🇳🇱. The fastest time was an amazing 07:51 with 21 PB's. All runners did amazingly well this morning considering how cold it was.

Hope you all have a fantastic Xmas. 🎄

'Twas the penultimate junior parkrun before Christmas, when all through Woking park there were only a few volunteers stirring.

The crowd was slow to gather for Woking junior parkrun this morning - perhaps parents recovering from Christmas parties and children hesitant to get out of bed! But in the end a total of 64 children started their Sunday morning off with a run.

Alys, Anne and James represented on the GoodGym front - Alys marshalling on the bridge point, Anne marshalling on high-five hill and James helping a young runner try and get a PB (although not on the official roster was still volunteering his time and wearing a suitably bright outfit which rivalled a hi-vis vest)

5 children earned their wristbands this morning and a couple of fellow volunteers had reached their 25 milestone. We were also on double duty handing out leaflets about Shooting Stars Christmas tree collection to anyone who said they have a real Christmas tree up this year!

We'll be getting more of these leaflets out and about to Woking residents this coming Wednesday on our group run - so please do join us as many hands might light work!

Five GG members met at Woking park to help James who was today's run director at junior parkrun. 72 children took part this morning. James was delighted to use the new megaphone so everyone could hear his welcoming speech.

It was Nadia's first time volunteering at junior parkrun. You would not have known it! She supported the group of children doing the various exercises to warm up before the run. She, then, took her position as a marshal as did Kirstyand Anne.Adam was one to the timekeepers. Unfortunately, the rain appeared half way through the run and Adam's phone did not like it...

As today is the first day of December, Kirstydistributed a red tutu to the GG ladies and a Christmas necklace to the GG gentlemen. The necklaces were children's size, so Kirsty distributed them to the children who led the warm up with Nadia.

Despite the pouring rain, most children finished the 2 kms run the first to cross the finish line did so in 8:04 and the tail walker did it in 25:06.

Because all the volunteers's fluorescent jackets were rather drenched after the heavy rainfall, James, as a true leader, brought home to wash and dry ready for next Sunday.

Have a great running week!

Woking Junior Park Run

**NEWS

A big well done to James & Kirsty who completed the Brutal Run Spider Hill yesterday. James a veteran of Brutals completed the 10k course in a fantastic time while Kirsty who was doing her 1st Brutal did amazingly well... 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

This morning Wayne & Adam braved the winds of storm Bert to carry out volunteering duties at junior park run.

The park was not in to bad of a shape a course check was carried out apart from the odd branches that were cleared the 2k course looked good.

In total 56 runners braved the winds and all did so well. The fastest time was an amazing 07:37 and there were also 9PB's 😀

Great running by everyone 🏃🏻‍♂️