This week again, four GoodGymers met at the Lower Infant School in Knaphill to carry on the work started in the trail garden.

Kirsty enrolled her husband Bryan to come and help, as we had realised, last week, that we needed more muscles for some of the tasks. Let's all welcome Bryan back to GoodGym Woking!

Olalekan was asked to dig some trenches following marked lines on the ground. These represent the different areas of the trail garden. Once he had done this hard work, instead of having a rest, Olalekan took hold of the rake and gathered more leaves. It looks like the never ending job! But we are in November and we are working in a wooded area....

Kirsty chose to do something different from last week and be more artistic: she joined the team who were painting the loooong fence. It is going to take quite a while and hopefully more parents will come and help in the following weeks.

Bryan was eager to use his DIY skills and started to assemble a water fountain. It is made of so many pieces that not everyone could do the job. I am sure Bryan cannot wait to resume his art work and will bring his power tools next time.

Anne was asked to support the stepladder while Mark and Vikki started to set up the beautiful teepee made of slats of wood. The children will certainly like it! Then, it was time to go back to cleaning the beams of the trail covered with green fungi.Quite a dirty job, but it is rewarding to see the end result. There are more beams to clean though...

All in all, we were all pleased with our Saturday morning mission. Olalekan and Anne ran back to town along the canal, making the most of the good weather!

Tomorrow, we might see you at junior parkrun; then on Wednesday we will help the Community Fridge in Knaphill.

In the meantime, happy running to you all.

101 children took part in the 184th Woking junior parkrun and 5 GoodGymers helped this morning.

There were 22 PBs, the first to reach the finishing line ran the 2 kms course in 7’33 and the 101st in 21’28.

James and Rich had run 21 kms before volunteering, Anne did 5 kms and Wayne cycled all the way there before doing a 5k run himself.

Bryan and Kirsty cheered all the runners as well as their son who managed to gain a PB (he had magic running shoes today though: his uncle’s -James!).

Wayne scanned the finish tokens that James had handed out. After encouraging the runners Anne joined Wayne to sort the tokens ready for next week.

The team met in the town centre for a well-deserved breakfast!

Congratulations to Wayne and James who ran a Brutal yesterday and well done to Kirsty who helped during a critical incident at parkrun.

Next Wednesday we will join the Run Company to do our monthly “litter-picking” with the council’s support. Have a great running week.

Woking junior parkrun 183…. Hot, hot, hot!

Congratulations to the children who came this morning. There were a few “first timers” and a couple of “tourists” too. Three children received a wristband for achieving an ultra, a marathon and half marathon. Well done Teddy, Reuben and Quin.

Despite the heat, 61 children took part in the 2 kms course in Woking Park. Some ran, others jogged, walked and one even danced joyfully around the cones when reaching the finishing line.

The first runner, Katie, crossed the line in 7minutes 19 seconds soon followed by Thomas achieving 7minutes 41seconds.

Well done to all who took part under this heat… and lucky to those whose parents rewarded them with a visit to the ice cream van!

Thank you to the volunteers who cheered and encouraged the young runners.

Please get in touch if you and/or your child can volunteer, all of the roles are very easy, and we will talk you through any roles that you haven’t done before. Please email: wokingjuniors@parkrun.com and we will gladly add you to our roster.

As usual, Woking GoodGym were in force to help on this very hot Sunday morning when 61 children took part in the junior parkrun 183.

James was the Run Director guiding us towards different roles:

Adam welcomed the children who attended for the first time and was also a time keeper.

Katie, Kirsty, Lauren and Phil marshalled, enthusiastically encouraging the children.

Anne gave out the barcodes and sorted them with Georgina.

James ran 10 kms before setting up the course with Rich. Adam who completed the Kempton half marathon yesterday took a well earned rest from his morning run.

Katie and Phil ran 10 kms to the park and back home. Kirsty enrolled her partner to volunteer and her son to take part in the junior parkrun. Unfortunately, she hurt her knee last Wednesday so must take a break from running. Anne ran 2 kms most of it was risk assessing the course.

Thank you James for leading such a fantastic team! Are you joining us on Wednesday for group run to Brockhill care home in Knaphill? We will meet at WWF to run along the canal. In the meantime: Happy running!