14 brilliant GoodGymmers, accompanied by a brilliant dog and child, took on our annual task of running the mile 3 water station for the Yorkshire marathon and 10 mile race.

It’s always a lovely day and this was no exception. The sun was shining, though the temperature was a tad chilly.

We gathered bright and early and started unscrewing the lids of MANY bottles of water. Some people had special (mostly gardening) gloves, whilst others were lucky enough to use a special tool (until it got broken...) Either way, many bottles were opened, and blisters gained in the process.

It was soon time for the race to commence so we looked keenly for the first participant, with various people vying to be the one to give out the first bottle.

With a blurry flurry of runners, that was the marathon done. It was then time to get ready for the 10- mile race. Time for more bottle cap- unscrewing (and more blisters) before the next team ran through.

We were thrilled to spot some GGs in both the marathon and 10-mile races and gave them some extra-loud cheers (along with cheering everyone else of course).

A similar battle ensued as to who could give the last bottle out and with that accomplished, it was time to pack up and head to the Govers' for some much-needed warmth, tea and cake.

Thank you everyone, and a huge well done to all the runners too - what a bunch of heroes!

With weather looking fair 9 GGers arrived in plenty of time to set up , grab a coffee and catch up before the 4000 or so runners were due to pass through our beautiful city and the first of the water stations on the popular York 10k.

With the first steady stream of speedy runners racing through it soon became a rush of people with all of us just about managing to ensure that no-one had to slow down as they collected their water whilst we shouted encouragement.

Eventually everyone had passed through and the well oiled machine soon had it looking as though nothing had ever happened.

At the first light a group of 17 GG Yorkies assembled on Stockton Lane to set up and manage the mile 3 water station of the Yorkshire Marathon. The task was simple - put water bottles on tables and hand them out to runners. At first, the wave of elite runners took some interest in our provision, but it did not make us sweat. That changed however when the main body of the race approached and score after score of thirsty runners grabbed bottles from us without much of a pause. Our hands worker super quickly, bottles were put on tables, caps unscrewed and bottles handed to runners. Our hands ached from difficult to remove bottle caps, but we managed to serve everyone while having good time cheering, listening to music and enjoying the sunshine. Soon after the last runner passed our water station we were packing tables, picking discarded bottles and putting unused water on top of the pallets. We were even rewarded with few crates of surplus water which will be used during Chase the Pud later this year. Following the task some of us went for a cup of tea and a slice of cake before going to the traditional spot at the bottom of the hill to cheer runners on their home run towards the finish line.