Ben was Run Director this morning for event number 296.

Well done to all 542 finishers this morning!! Thank you for your patience with the extended finish funnel. Welcome to the 101 first timers at Fletcher Moss including 30 completing their first ever parkrun 👏

🦺 Special THANK YOU to the 19 hi-vis heroes helping out today, especially to Ian and Jackie who helped out post-run with barcode scanning and funnel managing, respectively, as the queues were growing. Kudos to those trying out new roles and stepping up for their first volunteer credit this morning too 👏

Fresh morning at Fletcher Moss parkrun event number 292 after the overnight rain. Big thank you to the 19 volunteers who helped make it happen, with quite a few missing due to the Easter hols.

360 runners and walkers completed the 5 km course with 49 new PBs and 81 first timers including 18 doing their first ever parkrun!

Great to meet Gill again from GoodGym Luton this morning and a big welcome to Aniedi for your first every GoodGym session AND first parkrun volunteering credit!! Clear, fresh, and crisp morning following a couple of wet evenings in Manchester.

Gill was our expert timekeeper this morning for Fletcher Moss parkrun event number 288. Almost in-sync with the finish tokens (pesky funnel duckers...), alternating hands in and out of gloves seemed to help a little bit on a chilly March morning. Aniedi was marshalling at the river bend (#2) cheering on participants going out and then returning for the final turn of the parkrun. Ben as RD was able to delegate the roles to a well-drilled 16 volunteers who enabled the event to go ahead without a hitch.

394 runners and walkers completed the 5 km with lots of puddles around the course keeping the people on their toes.

After overnight rain 🌧, Fletcher Moss parkrun event number 285 was very muddy and riddled with puddles for participants to dodge or just go through. The leading runner fell over at least twice while taking the corners too sharply.

Divya was marshalling at the M60 corner (#4) as runners and walkers completed their 2 laps of the cow field. Ben was Run Director, briefing marshals, setting up, and processing the results.

430 participants completed the 5 km route with 22 excellent volunteers.

Hazel and Ben were up bright and early to volunteer at parkrun.

Hazel marshalled at Bramhall Park event number 823. 381 people took part with 42 volunteers enabling the event to take place.

Ben delivered the first timers welcome and marshalled at Fletcher Moss event number 283 where 403 runners and walkers completed the muddy course. 26 volunteers helped out in total.

Ben spent the morning doing the course check at Fletcher Moss parkrun event number 282. Last week's fallen tree 🌳 had been cleared by the council and there were minimal puddles so perfect for a parkrun morning.

Juno and I then helped set up, lugging the trailer from the container to help RD Peter out. We then headed off, with a task in Ardwick coming up.

449 runners and walkers completed the 5 km course, with numbers getting more normal after an early January peak. 25 volunteers helped out 🦺