A Windy Norwich parkrun #449

1 GoodGymer made their way to help the Eaton Park in Norwich.

: Saturday, 9th of March 2019
: Led by Norwich runner

Thank you to Robert Organ for volunteering at Norwich parkrun this morning :)

Our fellow Goodgymmers Sam, Rebecca & Kevin took on a windy parkrun.

Kevin crossed the line at a perfectly timed 20:00! - Super speeeedy! Well done!

This week 542 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 48 were first timers and 104 recorded new Personal Bests.

Representatives of 32 different clubs took part - Very pleased that Goodgym Norwich represented with both runners & volunteers & the same was said with our friends over at Catton parkrun too.

Did you know?

Norwich parkrun started on 7th August 2010. Since then 17,626 participants have completed 173,716 parkruns covering a total distance of 868,580 km, including 31,700 new Personal Bests. A total of 945 individuals have volunteered 7,825 times.

Love parkrun? Give some love back by volunteering!

Volunteer on a Saturday morning during the month of March, at Norwich parkrun (Eaton Park).

Meet at the bandstand at 8:30am with the run director and the other high-viz heroes.

You will have a full briefing of the mornings events and how to best support everyone participating at parkrun.

Tasks are varied and include: marshalling, scanning, giving out & sorting finish tokens, tail - walker and many more. All of the tasks are explained in full, easy to do and the tasks are a fun insight into how parkrun runs!

The volunteering role usually finishes around 10-10:30am.

Volunteering is great for example if you become injured, getting into running, or even have a race on the following Sunday! If you want to give back to the parkrun community & gain new experiences then parkrun volunteering is for you.

You will receive a point on your parkrun profile & if you volunteer 25 times you will gain a free purple 25 volunteer t-shirt!

If you would like to volunteer at Norwich parkrun and in turn receive a Goodgym good deed you will need to email:

norwichhelpers@parkrun.com to let them know you are able to volunteer. Also let them know in your e-mail that you are part of Norwich Goodgym!

Because we work with vulnerable adults and our runners participate at their own risk, participants need to be over 18.

Looking forward to seeing you there, Hayley :)

Run 10 : Volunteer 1, Let's keep parkrun going

Photos by Robert Report written by Hayley

Report written by Norwich runner