What a glorious day for a junior parkrun. We were blessed not only with amazing weather but also some great Good Gym volunteers, big shout out to Maria and Moses especially for their first visits to LF junior parkrun, and Nicholas a superb tail walker . Of course, the whole thing can only happen through the efforts of volunteers and DoE participants Daisy, Joel, and Zach are now old hands – whilst super parents Johnny, Melanie, Neil, and Ben made sure we could get underway.
With the 32 runners assembled we welcomed Angiolina, Ines, and Max to their first parkruns, and Sydney’s first at London Fields. We also congratulated Khian on completing his Marathon! it was wonderful to see Paula, who was instrumental in founding the local parkrun and served as RD for many years, returned to provide support. Maya assisted with the warmup before the run began. Herbie achieved a personal best time, leading the group. There were five personal bests in total that morning. As the main group finished, they were met with applause from parents and early finishers. The volunteer crew made quick work of the pack up and it was all over for another week.

Welcome Maria who has recently moved to Hackney from Ealing!

It was a small team led by Eslam this morning but we got a lot done.

Sooz and Maria started by heaving all the finished compost into a barrow, ready to be sieved and then used to replenish the beds ready for planting.

Then, whilst Eslam emptied coffee chafs into the compost heaps - and also maintained a constant flow of fresh compost into the wheelbarrow, Sooz and Maria set to work on the sieving. The group almost filled the entire container, and still had time to do some watering. With all the dry weather, the compost heaps needed a bit of help breaking down the mulch and grass cuttings into useable compost.

A rewarding session. See you next month?

https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/the-funday-sunday-task-composting-at-hoxton-trust-in-june