A great morning at Victoria Park cheering on the junior parkrunners and making sure the times matched the tokens for super quick results processing.

Then on to Windmill Hill City Farm café for a coffee before commish two of the day at Holy Cross Primary for a bit more mud 😀

It was a bit soggier than forecast but lots of little legs made it round the various junior parkrun courses with lots of smiles.

The sun was shining at the start of the briefing at Windmill Hill, the Run Director of the day even said “it’s a good day for a run so they won’t need lots of extra motivation” - the kiss of death for the weather.

Off we went to our marshal spots and within seconds the sky had darkened and the rain started and soon became torrential. Then came the hail, and the warm-up was quick and the start almost at 9am, after some milestone wristbands had been awarded to soggy junior parkrunners.

My puddle was growing and I had a few takers for “through the puddle” but by far the majority for “around the puddle”.

Our other junior parkruns had similarly changeable weather but we all had lots of smiles and amazing running and walking from the kids - a great start to a Sunday.

It was a super quick junior parkrun at Windmill Hill in Victoria Park, with some major puddles to be jumped into around the course, all home in 28 minutes!

Last Sunday of the January Challenge, and four GG Bristol keen beans started it off volunteering at local junior parkruns! I helped out at Eastville, with plenty of high fives and encouragement for kids running up the hill. Gary, Toby and Anna helped out at Windmill Hill, where they had just as much excitement!

Dilemma: What do you do when you want to help out at junior parkrun but also want a lie-in on a Sunday?

Solution: Volunteer at King's Weston junior parkrun! All the joy of helping out at a junior parkrun, but starting at 10am instead!

After some initial confusion trying to follow my marshal instructions, two people who got lost trying to find Blaise Castle via the Green Man route and one child who was really excited by the coloured cones laid out by myself, the run went smoothly.

Also this morning, Fi volunteered at Windmill Hill junior parkrun. There were a few diversions this week due to frost on the course, but otherwise things went just as well there. Another great effort all round!