Woking GG Xmas Meal 🎅🏽

Goodgym Woking members got together for a Xmas meal last night at Zizzi's 🍕.

What a great turn out last night was it was fantastic to see so many turn up to celebrate a great year together as Woking GG.

Firstly big thank you to Nadia who organised the venue 👏🏻.

Karen arrived first as she was already in town helping out at another local charity 😇 followed by Wayne. The table setting was impressive full of Crackers and decorations 🎗. Adam then arrived without his crutches which was great to see, still not back to 💯 but recovering well. Adam was telling us about his house move last weekend and how grateful he was to his fellow goodgymers who assisted his 😄 Caterina arrived shortly after looking very glam and sparkly ❈. Karen was telling us about her up and coming trip to India 🇮🇳 traveling around for a month just after Xmas, sounds amazing. As the conversation was flowing Kirsty & Bryan arrived followed by Melanie he had come straight from work. Stephanie arrived followed by Julie everyone was looking very festive 🎄. Just behind Anne arrived wearing her GG Shirt as well as her red tutu ❤️ Nadia & Andy arrived followed by Alys who had brough us all little choco treats ❤️. And finally Rebecca arrived straight off the train. It was great hearing about Rebecca 1/2 marathon that she did in New York 🗽 few weekends ago.

Now that everyone had arrived we could order food and drink. Plenty of food was ordered from Pizza's to Risotto's To Pasta dishes everything looked and tasted great.

All in all it was a great night celebrating a great year with fantastic people. ❤️

The weather was dry this morning for Woking junior parkrun, but hooo, how chilly!

Woking Goodgymers came in force to cheer the young runners who sped the two laps round the park. Adam (and his Mum), Alys, Anne, Luan, Nadia and Wayne met at the Bandstand before taking up various positions to marshal. All of us, with a varied degree of enthusiasm, took part in the warm-up. Adam was excused because if his broken foot though.

The first runner to cross the line did it in 7:29 and the 120th runner's time was 21:16. There were 24 PB and 9 ran the route for the first time.

Will we see you on Thursday evening at the Foodbank when we will do our monthly deep clean? In the meantime, happy running to you all.

On a bright and sunny morning , I was happy to see the clear blue skies after lots of rain as I headed towards Woking park to help get ready for the Junior Parkrun happening. As I had an unfortunate injury, there was no running for me today. I got to the park and the start line and finish were all setup and all I had to do was confirm to Harold, the run director I had arrived and what was my role. I was placed at position 8 Marshal point which was down by the bridge near the decking by the lake that is now full of water again. My Mum came down to support too and she was placed at marshal point 9. As it got closer to 9 the park started to fill with lots of the athletes that are going to be racing.

Not long before the start James showed up to make sure every thing was covered which was great timing as Harold, the run director had appealed for more volunteers as we were short for the minimum amount that was needed to be able allow Parkrun to go ahead. As James and a parent step-up to fill the empty marshal stops the run could happen.

With all the marshals in position and the children lined up to start the run, Harold quickly count down form 3 to 1 so that the children had a fast start. It wasn’t long before the first children ran the fist lap, some avoiding the puddles and being very strategic in where they landed, others with perfect aiming to hit every puddle square in the centre.

With all the children making great head way on their run, it wasn’t long before the fist child finished in a time of 7:52, with second place fighting close behind with a time of 7:53 that must have been a nail-biting finish. After all 91 children finished the marshals where relieved of their positions and I went back to the Bandstand where I continued and help clear up the remaining parkrun equipment before my Mum, James and I went to have a celebratory coffee.

Well done for a great job by everyone.

Wedding, Engagement & Birthday

This evening Woking GG team were out on the town 🍷 celebrating 3 milestones 😊.

Big shout out to Anne who had arrange this evening 🎉

1, Big congratulation to Alys & Dan who tied the knot few weeks ago 👰. It looked like an amazing day, was had had by all, and the photo's looked great. A honeymoon in Japan is on the horizon.

2, Also congratulations to Nadia & Andy who got engaged recently. The rock 💍 on Nadia finger was very impressive (Another GG Wedding to look forward to 💕.

3, It was also GG Woking's 9th Birthday. For 9 years Goodgym Woking have now been helping and supporting local organisations within the community. Over the last few years Woking GG has grown. We have new members like Luan, Caterina, & Andy as well as others join. We now have 4 run leaders with Nadia completing her run leader training this year. She now joins Wayne, Anne, Adam, & James.

Task force members have also increased with Kirsty joining the force along side Katie and others 👏. And we are also very lucky to have Rebecca who is on the board of trusties who keeps us in the loop with whats happening within HQ 😊.

Woking GG is thriving and going from strength to strength. A fantastic kind, caring group of people who enjoy doing good in the community and supporting each other.

Woking GG Is The Best 💕