The Pebble Alliance

Tonight the force was truly with us as we formed an alliance with our fellow ‘get fit and volunteer’ force for good Hove Prom parkrun!

Much of Brighton and Hove’s pebble beach was last week deposited onto the prom by force of nature Storm Eleanor. This meant that Hove Prom parkrun had to cancel the run last Saturday as the course was deemed too dangerous. But tonight Goodgym Brighton came to the rescue and swept vast quantities of pebbles back onto the beach where they belong.

As there weren’t enough brooms and shovels for you all to work together we paired you up with ‘A’ sweeping hard for 3 minutes whilst ‘B’ completed a minute of exercise and then had a bit of a rest before swapping over. We did this for 8 rounds so each of you had a full 24 minutes of hard sweeping and shovelling and 8 minutes of strength and conditioning to add to your 4.5km run!

For anyone reading this who doesn’t know about parkrun then check it out here.It’s a free 5km timed run that happens at parks all the across the country and the rest of the world at 9am on Saturday morning. It’s very friendly and inclusive and is for everybody regardless of fitness levels. It’s the best way to start your weekend and I for one hate to miss it.

This Saturday 13th Jan we will be having our monthly Goodgym Brighton parkrun meet up at Hove Prom so we can feel great seeing all the runners enjoying the course that we swept free of pebbles tonight. Let us know if you are coming hereand don’t forget your barcode! And there is a Goodgym starter session after that you can sign up for here.

Tonight we welcomed Adamand Lee for the first time. Great to have you on board and hope to see you again!

You all worked incredibly hard tonight, you are fitter than you were yesterday and the world is a slightly better place! Be proud!