We nailed our bank HILLiday litter pick-me-up

The sun was out again for our Bank Holiday group run with Sustrans

It was another gorgeous Newcastle night for our first group run to the Quayside, heading out of the city centre after celebrating Debbie's parkrun PB and Michael for running his second-best ever Half Marathon in Edinburgh.

Top commitment for coming to the session on Half Marathon Monday legs!

Through the city centre and down to the quayside (with much excitement for running back up the bank by the Metro Radio Arena) we went, meeting Sarah from Sustrans on the way. Everyone got stuck straight into the big litter-pick without a second thought, with Emma and Kate confessing they had come straight from a camping trip to GoodGym without time for a shower, therefore completely unphased by any rubbish they were to encounter on the task!

Within 30 minutes the stretch of Quayside path was clear and Katy proudly took my special award for finding the weirdest piece of litter of the night:

an incomplete set of false nails

We did our first ever hill session on the way back as part of a Paarlauf- themed fitness task, doing hill reps with short flat recoveries to get the heart rate up and learn the best form for uphill running. This will no doubt come in handy on the way up Westgate Road to Elliott House next week! Carol-Anne coped with the disappointment of not having a Hoover to use this week by winning my sweetie reward for excellent hill running.

In a GoodGym first, we were serenaded by a passing jazz band during our stretch-off, ending the Bank Holiday fun in an all together random way before staying at Hotel Indigo for drinks to say well done to us.

We are back at Elliott House with Changing Lives next week. Sign up, come along and do good things. I can't promise a jazz band, but I'm sure it will still be awesome. Sign up here