The temperatures may have been cooler this morning at Brook Leys parkrun, but the running and camaraderie were hotter than ever.

GoodGymers had all aspects covered, with Caroline managing set up of funnels and buckets, Eva and I marshalling, and Scott doing his favourite token sorting. Scott and Caroline were also running today and after Scott's success here last month, Caroline was hoping she would see a new PB today too. 💪

I was marshalling at the turn up the far end of the course and it wasn't long before Scott was effortlessly employing a Japanese u-turn to make easy work of the tight bend. Shortly afterwards Caroline was storming up the hill and I asked if we dared to dream, she confirmed it was looking good. 🤞

It was a nervous wait, but on returning to the volunteer area, I heard that not only had she got a new PB, but she'd smashed over a minute off her last one 🥳 Fuelled by Eva's massive round of applause on each lap of the lake, and with Scott's motivational cheers mid course and encouragement on the finish sprint, she pipped a sub-25 finish time. Every second really did count. Congratulations Caroline, truly amazing! 🔔

Feeling the GoodGym love, it was time for celebratory pastries to debrief and catch up ☕ 🥐

Well done to everyone who took part today and extra kudos to GoodGymers for being truly great humans and pulling together to support each other to reach their goals 🙌