Trev RD and Alice Marshaled to help out this week! Here is the run report :

Florence Park junior parkrun

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝟭𝟲𝟯 – 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹, 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗿𝘂𝗻! After a couple of weeks of lower numbers over the Easter holidays, we were delighted to see so many juniors back out and at it this morning 🙌 And in the sunshine too! Well done to everyone who joined us this morning, and a huge thank you to all of the wonderful volunteers who make these events happen every week 🫶 Here are our highlights from the event... 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀: 94 juniors walked and ran two laps of Florence Park to complete their Sunday morning 2km. Add all those laps together, string them together in a long line, and that line will take you from Florence Park all the way north to Rosehill Victoria junior parkrun, where there were 25 finishers at their 101st event this morning 🗺️ Great job everyone! 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀: 9 juniors joined us at Florence Park juniors for the first time and for all of these juniors this marked the start of their parkrun journey – their first ever junior parkrun 🌱🌿🌳 Welcome to the parkrun family! 𝗣𝗕𝘀: 15 juniors achieved new personal best times 🏆 Great walking and running juniors! 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀: Five! Congratulations to... 💙 Half marathon – Evelyn, Phoebe, Theodora 💚 Marathon – Mathilda 🖤 100 – Ronan Don't forget to drop us an email at florencepark-juniors@parkrun.com if your junior is due to receive a milestone wristband - we'll add them to our list to present when you next pay us a visit! 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀: 24 wonderful volunteers made event 163 happen 🦺 Thanks to each and every one of you for your support. ⏱️ Austin made his debut in the role of Timekeeper, using the parkrun Virtual Volunteer app to clock juniors in across a busy finish line. Well done Austin - you did a brilliant job! 📱 Phoebe joined us for the very first time at Florence Park juniors, where she's signed up to volunteer as part of her Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award. Phoebe quickly got to grips with the parkrun Virtual Volunteer app too, which she used to scan barcodes at the finish area. Welcome Phoebe – we hope you enjoyed your first time volunteering! ⭐ Top Team award goes to our four Tail Walkers, Billy, Leila, Eike, and Artus, who got split up on the first lap when a junior fell over and needed some first aid. Eike and Artus kept an eye on the back of the pack until Billy and Leila caught them back up on lap two. Artus and Billy earned themselves both a volunteer credit and a junior parkrun towards their next wristband! Thank you all so much for your support. If you'd like to learn more about volunteering or get involved yourself, drop us an email at florenceparkjuniors@parkrun.com Thank you for your support 🧡 #loveparkrun

A quartet of Goodgymers took in various roles at Florence Park Juniors this morning.

It was a little drizzly but the kids were in good spirits, especially after a warm up session of the Hokey Cokey led by Trev.

We then set off for a 10k trot around Oxford. An excellent way to start a Sunday!

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝟭𝟬𝟵 – 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀' 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗿𝘂𝗻 💐 It was a true family affair at Florence Park juniors today 👪 We counted 21 sets of siblings in the results and lots of wonderful mums (and dads!) supported their juniors round the course 🙌 Team Frost joined us in hi-vis too, with mum Andrea and daughter Meredith donning the orange Tail Walker vests 🦺 Thank you and well done to everyone who joined us! Here are some highlights from the event, starting with a flying feet-filled photo album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZMxMn4HJWUJeFfGu7 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀: 78 juniors kicked off Mothers' Day with two laps of our lovely local park 🌳 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀: 3 juniors completed their very first junior parkrun 🫶 Welcome to the parkrun family! 𝗣𝗕𝘀: 23 juniors achieved new personal best times. Great walking and running juniors! 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀: Four! Congratulations to... 🫐 Dexter and Linkai - Half maration (11 junior parkruns) 🍏 Holly - Marathon (21 junior parkruns) 🍊 Isabella - Ultra marathon (50 junior parkruns) 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 📥 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗺-𝘂𝗽: Trev was today's Run Director and warm-up leader, and when Trev announced a reprise of his parkrun Cokey, there was an audible "Yay!" from the crowd 😁 We formed a circle - not hard given the geometry of our start/finish area - and within a few lines everyone was singing, shaking, spinning, and cokeying along 🪩 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀: 21 wonderful volunteers made event 108 happen 🧡 Thanks to each and every one of you for your support. 😊 Megan joined us from our friends at Goodgym for her parkrun volunteer debut. Thank you so much for your support Megan – we hope you enjoyed the morning! 📲 Whilst mother and daughter tailwalked, father and son, Elliot and Rob scanned barcodes at the finish. A real family effort – thanks so much Team Frost! 🌳 Justin joined us at Florence Park for the first time, although this was far from Justin's first time volunteering at parkrun. Justin is a Run Director at Buckingham junior parkrun and has volunteered over 160 times! Thanks so much for paying us a visit Justin 🙂 🦺 Junior Hugo usually runs on a Sunday morning but today he earned his first every parkrun volunteer credit as a marshal with his dad, regular volunteer Daniel. Another fabulous family effort from our wonderful parkrun community. As always, we appreciate any level of support – from weekly volunteering to just a one-off ☺️ Our events wouldn't happen without our hi-vis heroes! If you'd like to learn more or get involved, drop us an email at florenceparkjuniors@parkrun.com Thank you for your support! #loveparkrun

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝟭𝟬𝟲 – 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁! 🎶 It was an all singing, all dancing junior parkrun at Florence Park last week 🪩 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 😁 Adults, juniors and volunteers alike took part, using the conveniently-circular confluence of paths in the centre of the park as their stage 🕺 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 🍍 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 😊 Lots more happy things happened on Saturday too! Take a look below, starting with a lovely sunny photo album from Alex: 📸 https://photos.app.goo.gl/LvJRWSYLR2AyqpG26 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀: 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 👏 We counted at least 14 sets of siblings amongst the finishers - we love seeing the whole family get involved 🙌 Well done everyone! 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀: 3 juniors joined us at Florence Park for their first ever junior parkrun on Sunday 🌱🌿🌳 Welcome to the parkrun family! 𝗣𝗕𝘀: 12 juniors achieved new personal best times 🔔 Great walking and running juniors! 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀: One! Congratulations to Joseph on completing 21 junior parkruns and reaching his marathon milestone 🥳 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 📥 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀: 24 wonderful volunteers made event 106 happen. Thanks to each and every one of you for your support... 👋 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' 🌍 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! 🚶 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 ✌️ 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 🙂 Drop us an email if you and your junior(s) would like to give parkwalking a go! 🎊 Daisy made her parkrun volunteer debut with us on Sunday! We hope you enjoyed your morning Daisy ☺️ 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 🎟️ Thank you for your support! How are we warming up next week? Another song and dance? See you at 8.55am on Sunday ⏰ #loveparkrun

On a surprisingly fresh morning, four Goodgymers put their best foot forward to help out at event number 103 for Florence Park Junior Parkrun.

In order to keep all the volunteers warm, Trev brought along his ukulele and instigated a complete rendition of the Hokey Cokey, complete with actions and lots of curious looks as people arrived in time for the start. Fashioning a vegetative hat, Trev also led the 1st timer's welcome for those coming along for their 1st parkrun or 1st parkun in Florence Park, of which there were several. Both Julia and Kieran clapped and cheered on super runners around the 2-lap course. Ben aided in the set up and led the event as the Run Director, armed with a whistle and first aid kit in case of any mishaps (thankfully, neither were required!).

70 youngsters completed the run and more wristbands handed out for those completing their half-marathon (11 junior parkruns) or marathon (21 junior parkruns). It was a super event and thankful for the efficient token sorting and clear up at the end to earn a warm cup of coffee.

Thanks to all those that helped out!!

Happy New Year!

7 eager Goodgymers brushed off the cobwebs from the night before to help out at Florence Park Junior Parkrun. With University Parks having a special New Year's Day 5 km run, it was all hands on deck for the skeleton crew of volunteers on a fresh and clear morning.

30 juniors made it around the 2 km course with many tourists visiting and a few regulars too. Bethan, Ruth, Trev and Julia were able marshals with tambourines, foam hands and cheery support encouraging the juniors around the course. Anwen was a lone barcode scanner and Kieran handed out finish tokens to the juniors who crossed the finish line. Trev also provided a first timers briefing for those visiting and Ben provided the main briefing as run director and led the warm up, which was certainly required to get the blood pumping on a colder morning!

Thank you to all those that helped out!