Our team

Meet the GoodGym team: our trainers, trustees, staff and volunteers.

Trainers

The trainers who lead our runs are the best in the business. When you come on a GoodGym group run you'll be led by one of our excellent trainers. Our members get top quality fitness and running support from their trainer.

Barnet

Damian

LiRF qualified; enthusiastic about getting people moving

Barnsley

Grace Feeney

Trainer for Barnsley. Goodgym has helped me improve my running and learn more about the local community.

Bath

Sam Ollason

GG Bath Coordinator. I love running and helping my community and I'm always keen to get more people involved!

Bexley

Tim Dickson

Hi, my names Tim. I'm a qualified Personal Trainer specialising in running for beginners to Ultra runners.

Birmingham

Jonny Carter

GoodGym Trainer for Birmingham. Love all things running, including road, track and even cross country when it isn't to muddy!

Bournemouth

Manuel Laurijssen

Running Coach, S&C Coach and P.T.. Love the outdoors & nature. Exercising for mental health.

Brent

Pritesh Mistry

GoodGym Brent Trainer; GG Race Team Sec.; Unofficial GoodGym Social Sec. and qualified EA/GG Run Leader. Still doesn't hate biscuits.

Brighton

Tara Shanahan

Goodgym trainer for Brighton. A running obsessive since 2009 now spreading the running joy by coaching. Have run marathons, prefer 10ks!

Bristol

Shona Buchanan

Trainer for Bristol GoodGym. Continually running for that finishing slice of cake.

Bromley

Adele Prince

Trainer at GoodGym Lewisham and Bromley. All-round running/cycling/swimming bundle of energy. Lover of Hilly Fields parkrun.

Camden

Paul Bown

GoodGym Trainer for Camden and Islington, England Athletics Qualified Endurance Coach, 2h51 marathoner, & big sweet potato advocate

Cardiff

Benjamin Annear

Hello, i'm Ben! I'm the trainer of GoodGym Cardiff! Please get in touch with any questions and click support to follow updates.

Chelmsford

Gerry

Chelmsford Trainer, 5k to ultra runner, parkrun Event Director and Ambassador.

Colchester

Tav

Enjoy exercise. Proud Goodgym Colchester Trainer. Love Goodgym, helping, parkrun and spurs! Volunteered around the world!

Coventry

Liz Pharoah

Trainer for GoodGym Coventry. Likes to run and swim, in plenty of open spaces and open water.

Croydon

Conroy

Just a regular guy, who likes running, doing my bit for the community.

Ealing

Olivia Parker-Scott

I'm Olivia, the Goodgym Trainer for Ealing! I love running for mental & physical wellbeing and want to spread that joy to everyone else!

Greenwich

Sarah Place

Trainer for GoodGym Greenwich. I love running - any surface, any distance!

Hackney

Joel Wiles

Hammersmith and Fulham

Beth Nelson

Haringey

Pennie Varvarides

GoodGym trainer Haringey. Strength and conditioning coach getting people moving better and feeling stronger.

Hounslow

Anastasia Hancock

Trainer for Wandsworth and Hounslow. All things running. For fitness, fun, racing and to feel good - and for everybody! Member of HWAC.

Huddersfield

Saul Muldoon

Ipswich

Ian Duggan

Trainer for Goodgym Ipswich. Loves to tri & run in the MV50 age group . Can usually be found at Kesgrave parkrun.

Islington

Paul Bown

GoodGym Trainer for Camden and Islington, England Athletics Qualified Endurance Coach, 2h51 marathoner, & big sweet potato advocate

King's College London

Alyx Murray-Jackman

Trainer for GoodGym King's. Running because it makes me happy 🏃

Kingston upon Thames

Mark Barun

Run Trainer for GG Richmond and GG Kingston. Also a qualified Personal Trainer. Love running for mindfullness and mental wellbeing.

Lambeth

Katie Welford

GoodGym trainer for Lambeth. Lover of running around Brockwell Park & Tooting Bec. Quite loud.

Leicester

Huw Davies

GoodGym Trainer for Leicester. Running, cricket and football enthusiast. Hoping to be some sort of triathlete in 2019!

Lewisham

Adele Prince

Trainer at GoodGym Lewisham and Bromley. All-round running/cycling/swimming bundle of energy. Lover of Hilly Fields parkrun.

Liverpool

Char Binns

GG Liverpool Trainer. Plant-powered, tea snob, a bit corny.

Newcastle

Anji Andrews

Trainer for GoodGym Newcastle. Queen of drills, lover of parkrun, obsessive dolly mixture eater.

Newham

Brahma Pochee

GoodGym Newham Trainer.

Norwich

Steven Hitcham

I'm the Trainer for GoodGym Norwich. I love running and have led a lot of running groups in the Norfolk area, none as fun as the GG family.

Oxford

Anwen Greenaway

Goodgym trainer for Oxford. I run for fitness and for my sanity! Absolutely love trail running.

Portsmouth

Katie Carew-Robinson

Trainer for GoodGym Portsmouth. I love running, living near the seaside and getting out into the great outdoors! I also like cake!

Redbridge

James Poole

Trainer at Goodgym Redbridge. Fingers in all sorts of pies, but Founder of AdventRunning, Head of UK as Sport Heroes & ambassador for Strava

Richmond

Mark Barun

Run Trainer for GG Richmond and GG Kingston. Also a qualified Personal Trainer. Love running for mindfullness and mental wellbeing.

Sheffield

Tom Mutton

Sheffield Trainer. Personal Trainer & England Athletics Coach in Running Fitness.

Slough

Manjit Birk

Group Run Trainer for Slough....Running is my passion....Marathons to park runs I love them all! Running alone to running in pairs or groups

Southwark

Lucy J

GoodGym trainer for Southwark. Marathon runner, sometime ultra-experimenter, almost-tri-athlete. Mindful movement www.runmindful.co.uk

Stockport

Lisa Hamilton

Im the run leader for Goodgym Stockport, we have had a blast, its so lovely to see this ACE group thrive while doing good & getting fit!

Swindon

Emma Sperring

Passionate about bringing the running community together to run, have fun and enjoy each other's company. Volunteer Event Director for Swindon parkrun and junior parkrun with a public health background; I'm keen to get goodgym in Swindon up and running!

Tower Hamlets

Laura Williams

GoodGym Trainer for Tower Hamlets. Personal trainer. Seriously sweet tooth.

Waltham Forest

Ant Withstandley

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Wandsworth

Anastasia Hancock

Trainer for Wandsworth and Hounslow. All things running. For fitness, fun, racing and to feel good - and for everybody! Member of HWAC.

Westminster

Joel Wiles

Woking

Nicholas Frost

Worthing

JULIA GLEESON

I love the concept of getting physically and mentally fit whilst combining it with helping others. I run 3 times per week.

York

Egg Cameron

GoodGym Trainer for York. Passionate about running, cycling & fitness. Loves to LUNGE! Obsessed with parkrun, hills and puppies.

Trustees

The trustees are the directors of the The Good Gym charity. They are responsible for keeping us focused on our mission and holding the central team to account.

Paul Miller

Sarah Morrison

Stephen Greene

Ruth Marvel

Central Team

The central team work on behalf of the GoodGym community to support GoodGym runners with the necessary admin.

They provide admin for DBS check, sending t-shirts, training, produce and maintain the GoodGym website and work with our partners to support older people. They also handle the management of GoodGym's policies and risk assessments and recruit and manage trainers.

The central team is also responsible for supporting the expansion of GoodGym and ensuring that we have sufficient funds to continue operating.

Alexander Kenmure

Head of Business Development

Alix Guerber

Ax Man

Developer

Coach Team

Dave M

Developer

Dom Tooze

Coach Runs Coordinator

Dora

Ed Field

Partnership Manager

Gillian Kerr

Team Leader, Older People Operations

Ivo

Founder, CEO

Julia Fox

Older People Operations Coordinator

Nicola Marti

Nikki Costain

Patrick Sinclair

CTO

Rebecca Clarke

Run leaders

Run leaders are England Athletics qualified Leaders in Runners Fitness and are trained in setting up and leading GoodGym group runs. They run additional sessions and cover group run.

Birmingham

Aaron Butler

Aidan Wheeler

Islington

Aidan Padfield

Alix Guerber

Graham Atkins

Patrick Luong

Steve Lee

Tower Hamlets

Alex Eggs

Ax Man

Ivo

William Dowsett

Lambeth

Alex Terror Tylor

George Bright

James Kerry-Barnard

John Hunter

Tom Benson

Tom Hunter

Bristol

Alice Whale

Charlie

Chris Bennett

Dave Guest

Gary Jordan

Jack Bradley

Kevin Nugent

Maria Vitale

Melanie Young

Patrick

Paul Becker

Pru Comben

Bath

Alison Davidson

Emily Jones

Emma H

Lucy Anderson

Pascale Maroney

Croydon

Amatare Oki

Conroy

Ellie Hutchison

Juliet Stevenson

Stanka Petrova

Lewisham

Amber Maurice

Kim Parker

Chelmsford

Amy Hoye

Angela Isherwood

David Chatterjee

Laurie Glendinning

Rich Walker

Hackney

Andreana Sutherland

Ed Field

Wandsworth

Andrew Cornick

Bournemouth

Andy Mercer

Daryl Venner

Lydia Turnbull

Hammersmith and Fulham

Anna McKay

Beth Nelson

Catriona Sibert

Jason Cheung

Oxford

Anwen Greenaway

York

Aron Fulton

Becky Moylett

Leanne Allsopp

Mitchell Scott

Nick Griffin

Paul Anderson

Tim Mckenzie

Sheffield

Bash Savage-Mansaray

Becky Greenwood

Chris Dyer

Kim Longbon

Sam Needham

Stephen Gilmer

Tom Harman

Greenwich

Ben Cooper

Ben Parkes

Vickie Burns

Swindon

Ben Humphrey

Emily Mc

Lewis Bird

Paul Bonner

Southwark

Beth Hoskins

Dom Tooze

Lauren Hammond

Norwich

Calum Harris

Dan Harris

Katy

Newcastle

Carol Anne Mclachlan

Katy

Paul Andrews

Haringey

Chi Nwa

Dave Mansfield

Sarah Moore

Camden

Chris

Frances Powrie

Colchester

Chrissie Smith

Emily White

Fay Sibley

Helen

Brent

Claire Thomson

Danny

Deborah Skinner

Pritesh Mistry

Tabitha Skinner

Westminster

Cory Wharton-Malcolm

Sophie Kennedy

Barnet

Damian

Paul Salman

Rob Riley

Cardiff

Darren Raz-Nick

Ellen

Jack

Mikey

Leicester

David Snutch

Lindsay Fung

Liverpool

George Bateman

Sophie McClellan

Barnsley

Grace Feeney

Brighton

Helena Rooney

Mark Brocklehurst

Michael Pirrie

Tess Agnew

Woking

Holly

Nicholas Frost

Richmond

Jack Concanon

Newham

Justin Wetters

Kevin Prince

Sharon Prince

Redbridge

Peter Van Tongeren

King's College London

Rachel Kearney

Kingston upon Thames

Samia

Bexley

Sarah Lee

Susan Lee

Task force

Task Forces are runners who support the operation of GoodGym in their area. They manage social media accounts, support on runs, find tasks, support new runners and organise additional events.

Birmingham

Aaron Butler

Annie Smith

Fiona Ross-shiel

Garry

Morwenna Kearns

Sam Hazell

Camden

Abi Perrin

Elizabeth

John Shirley

Katie Roberts

Kat Kelly

Hounslow

Adam Parker

Andy

Joanna

Natasha Bradley

Remy Maisel

Will Yates

Ipswich

Adeline

Andrew Whitefield

Ian Duggan

Ken

Richmond

Africa Calzon

Holly Elstob

James P

Jenna Barun

Jenny Murray

Kate Holmes

Laura Hall

Victoria

Cardiff

Aimee Giles

Darren Raz-Nick

Ellen

Emma Wilkins

Jack

Lucy Marsh

Nathan Swain

Peter Gillibrand

Rosie

Bristol

Alexandra Moylett

Alice Dalrymple

Charlie

Clo

Danica Priest

David Head

Liam Scott

Lisa Elliott

Maria Vitale

Matt Garnett

Melanie Young

Richard Breakspear

Richard Giddings

Sally Williams

Greenwich

Alex Murtough

Amy Boalch

Ben Cooper

Bliss

Christian Brown

Claire Oxlade

Elle Smith

Katrin

Natalie Tremlett

Pieter

Sara Brimble

Steve Murtough

Vickie Burns

Newham

Alice Ridgway

Graham Johnson

Hilary

Justin Wetters

Kevin Prince

Sharon Prince

Tim Gretton

Bath

Alison Davidson

Christopher Lai

Emily Jones

Emma H

Jaxx

Lucy Anderson

Mary Caudle

Islington

Alix Guerber

Al Smith

James Gilbert

Steve Coman

Steve Lee

Wandsworth

Andrew Cornick

Dave M

David Mathieson

Helen Killingley

Jessie Shaw

Matthew Stuart

Morag White

Nicola Marti

Sarah McKean

Sophie Humphrey

Swindon

Andrew Pitts

Charles Clerck

Helen Saville

Jo O'Leary

Mike Oakes

Sam Weedon

Newcastle

Andrew Robson

Carol Anne Mclachlan

Charlotte Proud

Dan Buckley

Evan Davies

Ross Dobson

Hammersmith and Fulham

Andrew Swanton

Catriona Sibert

Ellie Hopkins

Helen-Angharad Fagan

Jason Cheung

Jonny Knight

Justine De Mones

Rebecca Corbett

Sarah

Tom Clough

Sheffield

Andrew Waters

Annie Anthony Mays

Antonia

Ash Simmons

Caroline Thomas

Chris Dyer

Christiane

Hannah McCormack

Helen Alford

Kat

Kim Longbon

Mike Jones

Sam Needham

Sarah Louise

Stephen Gilmer

Susan Gillie

Tom Harman

Portsmouth

Angela Chick

Jo Kitching

Judy Macer

Mel Saxbee

Rachel

Samantha Belfrage

Tony Hewett

Southwark

Anna B

Beth Hoskins

Dom Tooze

Emily McGovern

Emma

Girija Tase

Helena Waters

Sally Jones

Yangki

Croydon

Anna Bond

Ellie Hutchison

Juliet Stevenson

Nicola Tarrant

Paul Gray

Rachel

Woking

Anne Fauconnier-Bank

Matthew Baldwin

Stockport

Anne Goldsbrough

David Higham

Deb Cox

Lynne Walsh

York

Aron Fulton

Barbara Griffin

Christine Cockett

Craig

Debs Sharpe

Ed Woollard

Ellie Brown

Leanne Allsopp

Lizzie Kershaw

Max

Mitchell Scott

Nick Griffin

Nicola Gover

Paul Anderson

Pete

Sean Coxhead

Tim Mckenzie

Tristan Featherby

Vicky

Tower Hamlets

Ax Man

Becky

Becky Gardner

Bryon Chan

David Mansfield

Issmaeel Ansari

Leanne

Lieke

Sarah Morrison

Simon Fitzmaurice

Worthing

Belinda Robinson

Leicester

Ben Dickson

Jeanette Douglas

Jimmy Mitchinson

Katy Young

Mel Snutch

Nicola

Norwich

Bill Edmonds

Catherine Dugdale

Darren Watkins

Hayley

Helen Emerson

Melanie

Michelle Eves

Robert Organ

Sandra Emerson

Simon English

Bromley

Bradley Smith

Louise Chambers

Stuart Eaton

Tim Lund

Lewisham

Caireen McGinn

Clare Griffiths

Dora

Emma Presley

Helen

Kim Parker

Lucy Harris

Nykolette

Bournemouth

Caprice Mcwilliams

Daniela

Daryl Venner

Heather

Mark

Sean Davies

Kingston upon Thames

Caroline Zygmunt

Gosia Rybacka

Jane Yelloly

Kate

Madurai

Nicky West

Nicola Cage-Brimelow

Rob Haworth

Samia

Toby

Haringey

Catherine Brewis

Chi Nwa

Dave Mansfield

Emily Hamblin

Julie Fisher

Latoya Stephens

Liam

Ollie

Sarah Moore

Ealing

Chris

Harvey Gallagher

Jenni H

Larissa

Michael Clayton

Michael Kidd

Shan Rahulan

Tash

Brent

Claire Thomson

Clare Moscrop

Liz James

Pritesh Mistry

Tabitha Skinner

Hackney

Clair Sim

Ed Field

Eva Sharpe

Rebecca Clarke

Waltham Forest

Clara Breakwell

Ercole Marco Lugari

Hanna Milton

Pippa Cossey

Ramon

Barnet

Damian

Fay McKnight

Fiona

Jody goldman

Rob Riley

Rupesh

Sarah Caswell

Brighton

Damian

Slough

Darren

Manjit Birk

Ruth Cross

Sandy Dhaliwal

Sutyee

Redbridge

Dharmesh Tailor

Peter Van Tongeren

Stefania Rigillo

Colchester

Emily White

Ian Bown

Liverpool

Emma Nibbs

George Bateman

John Connaghan

Karen Wilding

Matthew

Pauline Harrison

Lambeth

Freyja Winterson

George Clarkson

Jim

Lucy Ranson

Nicky Woodall

Steve Jenkins

Tom Hunter

Victoria Molenkamp

Barnsley

Grace Feeney

James Smith

Rachael

Chelmsford

Joel

Laurie Glendinning

Rich Walker

Huddersfield

Kati Law

Westminster

Rosie

Bexley

Sarah Lee

Susan Lee

GoodGym Race Team Committee

GoodGym Race Team committee are runners who lead the operations of our race team. They support GoodGym members who wish to challenges themselves a bit more by participating in races.