Breaking records, keeping scores at Princes parkrun

Another Saturday, 9.00 a.m., and where else would you be but parkrun! A windy but dry morning saw 7 GoodGymmers filling much of the volunteer rota at Princes parkrun. And just as well - this was the biggest EVER turnout in Princes parkrun's 455 events (they started in 2011 when GoodGym was still wearing short trousers. Come to think of it, we still do, some of the time anyway!)
An all-time record number of runners, walkers or joggers made their way round the two-and-half lap 5km course, ably assisted by 26 volunteers, including Roz and Sam on scanning, Jo on unscannables, and Pauline and Tom as tailwalkers. We were especially pleased to meet Tom Elcock who was visiting Liverpool today from GoodGym Leeds and who tailwalked with Pauline to record his 247th different parkrun venue in 11 different countries.

I don't know if it's because we all have such magnetic personalities, or it's just a coincidence, but GoodGym have volunteered at Princes parkrun on two successive weeks and have seen the (then) second-highest ever attendance of 521 last week, followed by a record 591 participants (obliterating the previous record of 525) this week! If we keep this up they'll be running out of finish tokens!