A lovely morning was spent supporting our lovely Crewe parkrun. Between us all, we took on various roles (some of us even doubled up!!) including:

Run Director Pre-event Setup Volunteer Coordinator Timekeepers Barcode Scanners Token Sorters

We all love being involved with parkrun and its always nice to catch up with each other and have a bit of banter too!

It was lovely to catch up with you all. Thanks for being awesome as always ❤

See you soon!

Lots of love Nicola Xxx

PS - Sorry that I didn't manage to get everyone on the photo :(

What a wonderful morning celebrating our Magnificent Maurice who notched up 250 tasks today!!! what an amazing achievement Maurice. We are so proud of you. You are an inspiration to us all and GoodGym simply wouldn’t be the same without you!

Karen, Emily, Nigel, Maurice and Nicola spent a joyous morning with the lovely children of Queens Park junior Parkrun. It was a delight to see so many enthusiastic faces putting all their effort into running the course.

The swans were a great source of amusement… blocking the path right on Karen ‘s marshal spot. I can’t lie, it was a just a little bit funny to watch Karen as she tried to politely usher them out of the way of the runners!

Once everyone had passed through the finish funnel (unscathed by the Swans we're glad to say!), we made our way to the café, where we celebrated Maurice's amazing milestone with balloons and the traditional Colin (the caterpillar)! Yum!!

Well done Maurice, you are truly awesome! And well done everyone - you are truly awesome too!!

Oodles of love.

Nicola xxx

It was a blustery Saturday morning, but that didn’t stop five Goodgym diehards from rocking up to do a stint of Parkrun volunteering at their local Crewe Parkrun.

We all undertook various rolls . Karen was volunteer coordinator and timekeeper , Emily was token sorting,Kat, was barcode scanning, Maurice was parkwalking and token, sorting, and Nicolawas funnel manager.

As always, it was a lovely morning spent at Crewe parkrun. In fact, we had such a good time that we forgot to take a photograph.... so I’ve added an old one!!!

We missed you, Nigel!!!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone. Lots of love xxx

junior parkrun was smaller on numbers but still as big on effort this week! Mother’s Day and a cold, grey, wet morning meant there were less juniors taking part today, but whether it’s 1 child or 100, they still need the same number of volunteers. So Maurice, Emily, Karen and Nigel wrapped up warm in waterproofs and carried out lots of different roles: course check, event set-up, volunteer coordinator, warm-up, marshals, timekeeper and photographer! Multi tasking at its best! 28 children took part and impressively 2 new juniors joined in this week, despite the weather!

After packing everything away, our work here was done so the team gathered in the cafe for a lovely catch up, coffee and yummy cake courtesy of one of the other volunteers. Its always a lovely morning at junior parkrun so we were glad we could make a difference.

It's Wednesday! That can only mean one thing…. It's a Goodgym night with my lovely Goodgym friends. I really do love my Wednesday evenings, spending time with lovely people, getting some fresh air and exercise and doing something helpful for the community.

Tonight, Emily, Gill, Karen, Maurice, Nigel and Nicola met at Crewe Park and it was still daylight!! I think that's the first time it's been noticeably light at the start of a task since last year. It felt really good. Spring is in the way!! Before starting our task though, we headed out for a brisk walk around the park. It was only about a mile circular route, but it was enough to get the heart rate up and enough time to give us the chance to have a catch up with one another.

Tonight, we did a litter pick down one of the streets not too far from the park. Karen had noticed that there was a lot of litter as she had been driving to junior parkrun recently, and thought it would be a good place for us to do a tidy up. She wasn't wrong! We filled 7 ginormous bags of rubbish and if we'd had more time, I'm sure we could have quite easily filled the same again!

Once we had finished our litter pick, we headed off to Hops bar for our post pick refreshment. We had a good natter, a good laugh and some nice drinks and snacks - and I was busy having such a nice time, that I forgot to take a photograph!!!

Well done everyone, another amazing task and seven huge bags of rubbish off our streets. You're all wonderful.

Have a great week.

Lots of love, Nicola xxx

It was a crisp and cool January morning but that didn't stop 71 young runners from rocking up and running/jogging/skipping the course at Queens Park. It was a delight to see the little ones as they made their way enthusiastically around the course! The smiles and the determination visible on their faces was joyous to see and it was a pleasure to be part of.

Emily took on the role of handing out finish tokens while Nicola and Maurice had the job of cheering and encouraging as marshals. Whichever role you fill at Junior Parkrun, you can't fail to be inspired by the enthusiasm of the little ones taking part in something they love.

It was a lovely morning and a great way to start a Sunday!!

Well done everyone. Amazing as always! xxx