Every year about this time we have a special job to do in Redway Runners... That's to get the local Milton Keynes-based Santas up to peak fitness for their night's work very soon.
We do that by taking them for a long and hard run
I lie, it was actually a little family fun-run we do every year called the Santa Saunter where the reward for finishing is a Cadbury's selection box of choccy bars, a mince pie, a slice of cake and a cup of hot chocolate complete with marshmallows... It is huge fun and the ideal way to begin the festivities
As it started very close to the end of parkrun, I chose to actually run the Milton Keynes one today rather than volunteer. I've only ran three parkruns this year but volunteered virtually every week. So far, I'm on my 94th parkrun and my 245th parkrun volunteer day. I'm approaching my very significant 250th volunteer milestone and a special plan to celebrate it has been hatched
Here's me looking very happy to have run a parkrun for a change
Tomorrow I'll achieve my 246th volunteer day by timekeeping at MK Juniors and on Christmas Day my 247th by timekeeping at the special Linford Wood parkrun
So far, I've been timekeeper on 88 occasions... One of my favourite roles. A somewhat of a Marmite one. Most hate the role because it's so critical and requires 100% concentration but there are a few like me who revel in the challenge... Timekeeping a Junior parkrun is an order of magnitude trickier than at big parkrun as keeping the kids in line and in order at the finish funnel is akin to herding cats...
