Putting a gloss on it

Our weekly heroes

We gave our 3 half marathon heroes a very warm welcome after their race in Brighton yesterday. Congratulations to you all Sue celebrating a PB after her riding accident which shattered her knee 2 years ago.
Paul celebrating a great run with a beer fuelled finish! Jay also celebrating a PB and a cider fuelled finish.

Duncan also put in an impressive 45 minute 10k in Huddersfield on Sunday which included a 250 feet climb. Wowsers and kudos for this result.

Special mention to all our volunteers who braved the weather this weekend both at Worthing, Bognor and the GG takeover at Portsmouth parkrun. What a Super Saturday and Sunday its been for our group :)

Finally it was SO nice to welcome Katie who rejoined the group tonight. I hope you enjoyed the evening especially the running bit :)

This evening we didn't have far to travel as the task was at our meeting point at Worthing Leisure Centre where we were putting a second coat of gloss magnolia paint in a meeting room in the bar area. In advance of this we set off for a slightly extended warm up walk / run making the most of a dry evening after another windy and very rainy Monday.

Not paint balling - paint walling

The group wasted no time in getting stuck into the task and it was an absolute delight not only to see and capture their progress but also to hear all their chatter. They have to be the most sociable, funniest, warmest and talented GG group ( Maybe I'm a tiny bit biased)

Duncan mentioned how impressed, pleased and grateful the staff were after our last visit and we hope that this coat will be like the icing on the cake for this multi use communal area of the leisure centre.

30 short minutes later it was job done and photo time. At this point, it wasn't just Belinda that was missing tonight. Barbara did a runner ( excuse the pun) and even with Paul in pursuit she managed to escape her favourite moment of the week to deal with the cardboard mountain in her car. Wow! How quick can she move when she wants to? This has been duly noted for her next PT session :)

Ruck Funning

After hill sprints last week we headed out to the track for some 800 metre efforts consisting of a variety of speed drills over this challenging distance.

Shout out to John who got a 400 metre PB. It was also very encouraging to see Clare putting in some top effort with her laps too.

There was no slacking in the walking group with Nick putting Sue through her paces to ease her stiff legs.

In the end I had to chuck Paul and Sue off the track and send them home to soak in a hot bath to recover from yesterday but for Jay there was no such luxury or TLC.

Tamsinin the spirit of honesty and full disclosure, admitted that she had been slacking all session and I could tell she didn't feel proud of herself so with very little persuasion she put in an extra lap with coach Jay (who needed no persuasion) to finish strongly ( and feel sick! )

Another night wrapped up and another step towards those elusive long sunny evenings with fizz on the beach. Not long now! Hang on in there team and see you all next week.

Stay well and keeeeeeppp running!

Julia xx