Rain didn't Rec our plans

Looking out of the window at 4pm, I thought it might be our first run in the wet stuff but luckily enough the skies cleared for a cool but dry night.

We kept it super local tonight to help Fratton Big Local... and after our warm up headed down Clive Road to Kingston Rec where we met some of the group who are trying to keep the park nice. We did a round of the whole Rec ground to pick up litter - there was plenty hiding in the bushes but no underwear found this week as in previous tasks! We also helped with some park specific issues - picking up cigarette butts; sanding the horses' bottoms so they can be painted and have their tails repaired and tying up some of the trees that have been planted this year.

Littaaa Pickaaaaa

We were treated to some enthusiastic cheering (or should that be jeering) from a group of local kids, or one in particular who just kept repeating the phrase above - did he think we didn't know what we were doing?

Post-task the group admired the lovely sunset as they assembled for the hotly anticipated 1km race for the golden trainer. This involved predicting their 1km time and then running the time trial naked.... that's without the aid of a watch/phone not without clothes! Well done to Jo who was 3 seconds away from her predicted time - strong competition also from Angela and Louisa who were 5 and 10 seconds out respectively. Impressive! 6 people were within 30 seconds of their prediction and most of the group actually ran faster than predicted so the main message to take home is:

don't underestimate yourselves!

Everyone was also treated to a fitness session after the time trial which involved a bit of balance and bounce... and plenty of laughter.

We said Au Reviour to Shakira who's off to drama school, hopefully she'll find time for GoodGym near her new place and manage to come back and visit us in holidays.

All in all, another Wonderful Wednesday! Thanks for your participation and enthusiasm. There were lots of photos tonight, you can find all of them on our Facebook page.

Couple of quick notices.... in case you do wake up early on Sunday, don't forget Anna needs help at Fratton Family Festival (it will count as a good deed). Next week we head off to the Portsmouth Disability Forum. It might be worth bringing a head or hand torch for the run home as the nights are drawing in.

Happy running everyone Katie x