I BELIEVE I CAN FLY-ER

On a balmy summer night in Chelmsford, 11 runners met at the Ideas Hub to spread the word about GoodGym and get hot and sweaty in the process.

With Chelmsford Trainer, Ken, away on holiday, it was up to Redbridge Trainer, James, to conduct affairs. With introductions made and registers complete the group set off into Central Park to had out GoodGym flyers and spread the word about the regular Wednesday night run. GG Chelmsford is a new addition to the GG family and while numbers are great, even more members means bigger tasks and more fun.

With an amazing week for Team GB, the group was split into two teams and given an Olympic themed task. Not only did they have to hand out several hundred flyers but they had to have their photos taken with five people wearing a colour from the Olympic Rings - red, yellow, blue, black and green. All within 35 minutes. On your marks, get set, go!

With Mike leading one team and Gerry the other, the two groups were soon spreading the word and engaging with the local running community out for an evening run. With time up the two groups returned to the Ideas Hub almost empty handed and with Gerry’s team victorious with five photos of members of the public in Olympic colours. Well done to them.

With the task complete it was time for a short warm up and then a run back to Central Park to do some interval circuits. With runners paired up, the session involved one runner doing a 300m loop within the park while their partner did a core exercise or dynamic drill. Drills involved a tough combination of planks, mountain climbers, squats and lunges. In 25 minutes most of the team did 6 or 7 circuits and really worked up a good sweat. It might sounded easy but doing core exercises straight after a short fast run is really pretty tough - especially after the first couple of sets. Not content with all that exercise, Jerry led the group in a 22 push ups in aid of raising awareness of veteran suicide. Very impressive indeed.

With smiles on their faces and a few jelly legs, Team GG Chelmsford returned to The Ideas Hub for some light stretching. 6km was covered during evening and more lunges, press ups and squats than could be counted. A great effort given the warm temperatures. Well done everyone.

Ken returns next week and has a great task lined up over at the allotments in Broomfield. You can sign up for this fab run by clicking here