*Woking Junior Park Run Olympic Day *

This morning it was Olympic day at junior park run. And you can not have an Olympic day without an Olympian. This morning we we had Former 2012 British Fencing Olympian Corinna Lawrence 🤺

As well as Corinna we had out goodgym hero's Wayne, Anne, Adam, James, Melanie, and Olalekan.

With the Olympic theme 😄 Olympic coloured bands were handed out to the young runners who had reached their running milestones. It was great hearing from Corinna about her Olympic journey and how she got into fencing.

Wayne, Anne, and Melanie were marshals out on the 2k course cheering and encouraging the runners around. Olalekan had the important task of being the barcode scanner, while Adam and James were responsible for putting the equipment away at the end.

There was a great turn out this morning with 163 runners taking part with the fastest time being an impressive 07: 31. There were also 58 PB's fantastic running by everyone 😄

Annual Martian Race 👽

It was that time of the year again The Annual Martian Race Around Horsell Common ☀️, and once again it was a hot one 🏃🏼‍♂️

This year i was once again carrying out marshal duties and was on spot M22 for the kids 2k run and then on spot M25 for the main race. I arrived early at Mclaren Park to collect my high Viz as as well a team meeting from the Woking Lions Team who hold this event every year to raise funds for local charities 😄.

Once i had all my info i headed off the main event village grabbed myself a cuppa . I had a little time before the kids race began at 08:45 so using what3words went to look at my spot for the kids race. It was a great spot on top of the hill. I then headed off to find my spot for the main race which was deep in the woods 🪵. I got there and still had time to get back to the village.

As i got the village i see Katie & Phil with their little girls. One of the girls was doing the 2k run and was very excited 😄 while Phil was tackling the 10k and was not to excited 🤣.

While chatting we see Anne approaching us. Anne had just got back from France 🇫🇷 where she has been training for this event. It was great seeing Anne and she was rearing to go 🏃🏼‍♂️.

It was time for the kids race to begin so i headed off to my spot while all the young runners headed to the start line for a warm up. The sun was shining and there was a great atmosphere people from all backgrounds laughing and enjoying each others company.

While at my spot i see the young runners heading towards me, some familiar faces from Junior Park Run 😆. I then see Katie with her little one and even got a high 5 ✋🏼.

Once the last runner had gone past i headed off to my next position in the common. It was a great spot in the shade. Got chatting to so many people who were just walking their dogs and asking about the event.

The first 21k runners came by me, they were going at some pace. The first familiar Goodgym face i saw coming towards me was Anne who was doing the 5k she flew past me waving 🐝.

Not far behind was GG's golden couple Nadia & Andy ❤️ manged to get some great photos of both them as they ran past 🥰

Next up was Alys who i nearly missed as i was distracted by the biggest squirrel 🐿 i have ever seen 😱, but managed to get a wave and some photo's.

And finally i see Phil in the distance looking elegant and graceful like he always does while running 🤣

As well as many other familiar faces within the community which Goodgym has helped over the years.

Once again it was a great morning and well done everyone 😄