Jo Kitching
Geordie down south. Runner and love running again after joining Goodgym
Portsmouth
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These New Balance shoes were made for walking
Reflecting on the introduction of walking groups to GoodGym
13 Dec
Portsmouth
No need for the Vomiteer
It's the last Wednesday of the month, its 6pm and its time for 'Crackerjack....' actually its not. In fact it's much more fun and 6 of us headed to Lakeside to help City of Portsmouth AC with their 5k race series.
Jen, Katie and Jo met up early and headed around the lake for our run, we were looking for a giraffe sat on a bench so we could grab a photo opportunity. Yes you read that correctly, a giraffe and a bench. Unfortunately the giraffe wasn't spotted nor was the bench, so we were unable to get any photos. Katie did get some photos of the local geese and their youngsters.
Once the run was complete were allocated to our pre-race registration duties. Jo was stood in the main area near the shops directing people to number collection, on the night entries or reminding runners of their race numbers. Katie, Jen, Judy, Rachel and Val were distributing the race numbers to those who had already entered and answering any questions they had with regards to the course and race.
Once the race was underway, Judy and Val took up marshalling to make sure runners knew they had another lap and then moved to the finish funnel to make sure runners kept in the order they crossed the line. Katie was on primary number checking at the finish.
Jen 'vomiteered' to be on vomit duty near the finish funnel in the event any runners crossed the line and threw up. Thankfully she wasn't called into duty but there were some green faces and weird noises from some of the runners.
Jo and Rachel were at the end of the finish funnel noting down the numbers for the backup sheet.
A good number of runners were in this evenings race. We're back again next month, sign up here if you want to join the fun and who knows you could be lucky enough to be a 'Goodgym vomiteer'.
Portsmouth
90th anniversary celebration fun day at City of Portsmouth AC
The City of Portsmouth AC are celebrating 90 years as an athletics club
The celebration will encompass a family fun day at the Mountbatten Centre. This will include classic fun like egg and spoon, tug of war, balloon jumps, obstacle course. They need some willing volunteers to help marshal these events and keep it moving.
11:30 - 12:30 Set up 5 volunteers
12:15 - 12:45 Club members arrival & issue numbers 3 volunteers
12:45 - 14:00 Main team event:
- 12:45 - 13:00 Mass warm up
- 13:00 - 13:30 Mass 90m shuttle run
- 13:30 - 14:00 Mass over and under
14:00 - 15:45 Small group events:
- Tea, coffee & cake available in club house 2 volunteers
- Tug of war - 2 volunteers
- 90m 3 legged sprint - 2 volunteers
- 900m egg & spoon race - 2 volunteers
- 9ft partner throw and catch an egg - 2 volunteers
- Obstacle course - 2 volunteers
- 9ft /9m bean bags & howlers into buckets - 2 volunteers
- Static jump into sand pit with balloon between legs - 2 volunteers
16:00 - 16:40 Close out:
10 mins Mass photo / 90sec reflection / 15 mins Prize raffle / 10 min Mass sponge wars
16:40 - 17:15 Clean up & put away - 5 volunteers
Should be a lovely afternoon, free tea and coffee for helpers plus a raffle ticket!
If you can't stay for the whole afternoon, just pop a comment below and we can accommodate what you are able to do.
Thank you :)
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