GoodGym Liverpool Does parkrun! (Birkenhead)
Taking part in the phenomenon that is parkrun in GoodGym team spirit!
Please note that this race has been cancelled.
parkrun is a free, weekly, timed 5K run happening in parks and beaches and running tracks all around the world every Saturday morning, and anyone can run, walk or volunteer at any event.
Many of you will already be active parkrun runners and volunteers, and many of you may never have gone to one before, but we thought it would be fun to have once a month GoodGym Liverpool get together to enjoy/explore the various parkruns we have in Merseyside, (and maybe even occasionally further afield for a bit of parkrun tourism). It's also a great chance to come and join in with us if you've never been to a parkrun before.
The beauty of parkrun is that it doesn't matter if you are a serious runner or have never ran before, you can do the 5K however you like (walk, hop, boogie, plod, run like billy-o), you can also volunteer to help marshal the runners round the route, scan tokens, cheer everyone on etc. So wherever you are at with fitness/desire to run you can join us and be part of GoodGym Does parkrun!
This month we will be going to Birkenhead parkrun
Important bits...
*If you haven't done this one before, all the information you need is on their website linked above.
*If you haven't done any parkrun before and you want to get a time for your run/walk then you will need to register with this link to get a barcode. it's free and all the information you need is on their website, but you can also ask us in the comments on this listing if you have any questions!)
*If you want to run/walk you can just sign up here so we know to look out for you
*If you want to volunteer with the Birkenhead Hall parkrun team for this session then sign up here so we know to look out for you too, but you must contact the Birkenhead team birkenhead@parkrun.com to to sign up with them as a volunteer for the morning and follow their instructions for meeting up for the volunteers briefing.
We'll be meeting near the starting point next to the trees just past the entrance to the park via Park Road West onto Park Drive (do check the w3w link to see exactly where) at 8:40am to say hi together and share a warm up and walk round to the starting point ready for the 9am run.
Do wear your GoodGym t-shirts (if you have one!)
Newcomers really welcome, we never leave anyone behind!!
(and yes, we know, parkrun isn't a race!!)
Discussion
GoodGym Race team
Want to be part of a more competitive side of GoodGym?
Sign up by 9:00am on Saturday 4th December so we can let Ema know who to expect.
Birkenhead Park, Park Road West
Claughton
Wirral
CH41 0EZ
Wirral
Led by Ema Quinn
(she/her) Liverpool Area Activator, mountain hiking beach wanderer at heart, a surprised runner, and wild swimming wannabe.
We've decided it best to postpone this months parkrun event due to the awful weather forecast, several of us being a bit ill still, and we have now been asked to be at the Santa Dash on Sunday a lot earlier to help with the main dash too and not just the later mini dash. With just two people still able to do Birkenhead parkrun we figure it's much nicer to postpone to another date when more of us can join in together.
Listings for the next few months will be posted soon so keep an eye out for our continued tour of local parkruns!
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