Birmingham

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Fartleking along!

5 GoodGymers made their way 5.0km to help the The Canal and River Trust in Birmingham.

  • Jonny Carter
  • Rob
  • Laura Smith
  • Liam
  • Amy
 
Tuesday, 23rd of November 2021
 
Led by Jonny Carter

Tonight we headed to the canal for a short litter pick as it was rather nippy. We still got one big bag full of rubbish so all was good.

After are litter pick Liam took us back to St Paul's Square via a slightly different route. Tonight's fitness session was a bit of Fartlek, hence the pun! That's Swedish for 'play with speed', basically unstructured interval training.

The aim was 10 minutes, on a circular circuit around the church. Efforts ranged from 10 secs to 1 minute, with mixed recoveries. Laura worked well, always seeming to have to run up the hill on each effort! Amy pushed hard, keeping going all the way through and Rob and Liam pushed each other along, sticking to each other like glue!

After a great team effort the group headed back to the warmth of 1000 Trades.

Report written by Jonny Carter


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Jonny Carter
Led by Jonny Carter

GoodGym Area Activator for Birmingham. Love all things running, including road, track and even cross country when it isn't to muddy!

GoodGymers helping out
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    Take photos for the session report

    • Liam
  • Back marker

    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Rob

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