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3 GoodGymers made their way to help the junior parkrun - Oxford in Oxford.

  • Trev
  • Sarah McFadden
  • Ben Foster
 
Sunday, 26th of February 2023
 
Led by Trev

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฒ โ€“ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜! ๐ŸŽถ It was an all singing, all dancing junior parkrun at Florence Park last week ๐Ÿชฉ Having trialled it with volunteers a few weeks before, resident parkrun musician and Run Director on the day Trev brought his 'parkrun Cokey' warm-up to the masses on Sunday, and oh boy did we all have fun ๐Ÿ˜ Adults, juniors and volunteers alike took part, using the conveniently-circular confluence of paths in the centre of the park as their stage ๐Ÿ•บ It took a round or two of "Woah the parkrun Cokey" for some to warm up but before long everyone was clapping, spinning and shaking it all about in fine style, with the keenest of juniors turning the chorus into a game of Fruit Salad ๐Ÿ Thank you to everyone who took part, and particularly to Trev for coming up with the idea and getting us all moving and laughing on a Sunday morning ๐Ÿ˜Š Lots more happy things happened on Saturday too! Take a look below, starting with a lovely sunny photo album from Alex: ๐Ÿ“ธ https://photos.app.goo.gl/LvJRWSYLR2AyqpG26 ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: 64 juniors made the most of another beautifully sunny Sunday morning and made it round their two laps of Florence Park under their own steam, some with friends and family in tow, and others with adults waiting to cheer them in at the finish line ๐Ÿ‘ We counted at least 14 sets of siblings amongst the finishers - we love seeing the whole family get involved ๐Ÿ™Œ Well done everyone! ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: 3 juniors joined us at Florence Park for their first ever junior parkrun on Sunday ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŒณ Welcome to the parkrun family! ๐—ฃ๐—•๐˜€: 12 juniors achieved new personal best times ๐Ÿ”” Great walking and running juniors! ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€: One! Congratulations to Joseph on completing 21 junior parkruns and reaching his marathon milestone ๐Ÿฅณ Don't forget to drop us an email at florencepark-juniors@parkrun.com if your junior is due to receive a wristband - we'll add them to our list to present when you next pay us a visit ๐Ÿ“ฅ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: 24 wonderful volunteers made event 106 happen. Thanks to each and every one of you for your support... ๐Ÿ‘‹ Gill and Richard were visiting Oxford from their home of Newark and, not wanting to miss out on their junior parkrun fix (Dukeries juniors is their local event), joined us at Florence Park for what in the trade is called parkrun 'voluntourism' ๐ŸŒ Richard acted as our Tail Walker whilst Gill cheered juniors round the course as a marshal. Thank you so much both - it was lovely to meet you! ๐Ÿšถ It's not often we have enough volunteers to have a parkwalker. However, this week we were lucky enough to have a great turnout in hi-vis, so Lam donned the blue parkwalker bib to accompany those walking and make sure everyone feels included, however they choose to complete the course โœŒ๏ธ Juniors can volunteer as parkwalkers with their adults too - it's a great role for juniors who would prefer not to run and want to give their 2k a different focus ๐Ÿ™‚ Drop us an email if you and your junior(s) would like to give parkwalking a go! ๐ŸŽŠ Daisy made her parkrun volunteer debut with us on Sunday! We hope you enjoyed your morning Daisy โ˜บ๏ธ Thank you so much for your support. If you'd like to give volunteering a try, just drop us an email at florenceparkjuniors@parkrun.com with your parkrun barcode number ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Thank you for your support! How are we warming up next week? Another song and dance? See you at 8.55am on Sunday โฐ #loveparkrun

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