Another blue sky morning at the Fields, with 31 juniors taking on the 2km challenge (along with a few of their coaches...), including 5 first timers who were made to feel very welcome by the crowd.

Sooz, as today's Run Director enthusiastically led the warm up with a mix of knee lifts, star jumps and stretches, and then it was time to gather at the start line. Nick, on timekeeping duty counted down to go, and they were off up to the first turning point and onto the course.

Just over 8 minutes (!) later, the leaders were sprinting down the finishing straight, and it was great to see everyone cheering and high fiving all the runners as they headed to the finish funnel - 3 PBs today, which was a great effort in the sunshine.

Initially we thought we'd "mislaid" a few of the finish tokens when we did the usual post race sort out, but eventually from various directions, runners (or adults) sheepishly appeared with one or more tokens in hand, and it seems we have a full set ready again for more fun next week.

On this wet Sunday, just over 20 junior park runners found their way around the 2k course in London fields.

Lower attendance than normal due to weather but there were some solid performances.

Unfortunately the Good Gym team was new to leading an event and forgot to take a picture. As a picture is required, one from the event posting was used (which was a day with buffet weather).

An overcast start to the day and perfect running conditions for our junior parkrunners.

With Jonny at the helm, Rue and Sooz got started on the set up and quickly made light work of getting the course prepared.

Marshals at the ready, Rue was on timekeeping duties and Sooz took over tokens.

The first finishers came in under 8 minutes, an incredible start for the juniors this week. Great to see some new joiners to Parkrun too.

Supported by a few very helpful junior volunteers, Rue and Sooz helped the team to clear up at the end and sort through the tokens.

Back next week, join us if you can!

It was a sunshine Sunday and the turnout didn’t disappoint—49 spirited young runners lined up for action, guided by the ever-steady Mas, who delivered yet another five-star performance at the helm. GoodGym pros Nicolas, Sarah, and Rue obliged with marshalling, cheering, and high-fiving with gusto.

Before any trainers hit the trail, a well-deserved shoutout was given to Daisy, Joel, and Zachary, who have wrapped up months of tireless volunteering as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award. Between barcode scanning, timing, token sorting, funnel managing, token issuing, and warm up leading they’ve had a go at nearly every role—a true captain’s innings all round!

With thank-yous delivered and smiles all around, our athletes burst off the line. JP led the charge for the girls with a blister pace that none could hold. Khean showed incredible speed at the front of the boys’ pack. Clearly someone’s been working on those fast-twitch fibres!

There was a buzz of excitement among familiar faces, and great to see Cece, Leo, Maeva, Peggy, Raf, and Thia return for their second visit to London Fields —while Clementine, James, Jessie, Felix, and Louie made their grand debuts to hearty cheers from parents and pals alike.

As always, the true spirit of the event was on full display: early finishers lining the course end to support the rest of the crew, until Noa brought it home with that final determined dash. A warm round of applause all around, and then it was time to pack up the poles, cones, flags, and the rest – it was a wrap.

Big thanks to Mas for the top-tier leadership—here’s to more foot-powered magic next week!

What a glorious day for a junior parkrun. We were blessed not only with amazing weather but also some great Good Gym volunteers, big shout out to Maria and Moses especially for their first visits to LF junior parkrun, and Nicholas a superb tail walker . Of course, the whole thing can only happen through the efforts of volunteers and DoE participants Daisy, Joel, and Zach are now old hands – whilst super parents Johnny, Melanie, Neil, and Ben made sure we could get underway.
With the 32 runners assembled we welcomed Angiolina, Ines, and Max to their first parkruns, and Sydney’s first at London Fields. We also congratulated Khian on completing his Marathon! it was wonderful to see Paula, who was instrumental in founding the local parkrun and served as RD for many years, returned to provide support. Maya assisted with the warmup before the run began. Herbie achieved a personal best time, leading the group. There were five personal bests in total that morning. As the main group finished, they were met with applause from parents and early finishers. The volunteer crew made quick work of the pack up and it was all over for another week.

The sun came out just for us on this early morning mission. In my marshall spot, I even had a dog companion for a bit of the run - cheering the energetic children to the finish line!