GoodGym bakeover!

It was time for another GoodGym takeover - yay! But this time a number of star bakers whisked up a plan to make sure the Maidenhead parkrunners left with full bellies, full of cake! There were gluten free cakes, dairy free cakes, gluten free AND dairy free cakes, banana cake, carrot cake and not to mention sweets, lollies and brownies. I mean who even goes for a run if they don't get cake straight afterwards?! It was also a slighty belated celebration for Sophie and Stephan who both celebrated their birthdays yesterday...only a few years apart of course.

Firstly a big welcome to Chris who is a regular parkrunner, Run Director and MAC-er who logged his first GoodGym mission today. Welcome Chris and well done!

At the start of the morning, Liz (parkrun RD) assembled all her troops. The funnel was set up on the path as the grass was too boggy and the marshals set off towards their stations. There was a turnout of 335 parkrunners and parkwalkers including dogs and buggies. Kelley was in charge of photographs and as always did an amazing job of capturing lots of happy faces all getting their Saturday morning parkrun (and GoodGym) fix.

At around 19 minutes the first runners started to come in with an exciting sprint finish between first and second place. Then the funnel started to fill up and we finished at around the 1 hour mark when the tail walker crossed the line. The timekeepers, token team and funnel manager stayed in sync all the way through (definitely a win!) and made sure the parkrunners and parkwalkers stayed in order in the funnel. The number checker was on hand in case anything went awry and the barcode scanners were then on hand to make sure everyone gets a time and to more importantly, direct them to the cake stand and learn more about GoodGym!

We finished with a volunteer photo with all the amazing volunteers which included both GoodGymmers and regular parkrun volunteers who give up their time, sometimes week after week, to make sure this amazing free event can go ahead. Although by the time the volunteers all re-assembled at the end, there was no cake left!! Note to self... must bake more next time.

GoodGym Windsor & Maidenhead are currently competing in the January challenge and we are very close to hitting our target of 250 good deeds and with today's turnout we are now a lot closer. Well done everyone!! It was a great morning all round with lots of smiles, PBs, first timers and CAKE! Watch this space as we will be back for another GoodGym parkrun takeover (or even a bakeover) very soon!