Goodgym Reclaim Dorset!

Tonight was Poole Goodgym's first flyer drop!

It was great to welcome Andrew to our Tuesday runs, he joined us on Sunday, having been brought along by Christine, for our starter session and was back already - having already run this morning!

We also welcomed into the group, Anthony, Maria' husband, great to have you along Anthony!

Another new person (!) to join us finally was Sarah. We know it is pretty tricky you making it down to us, so pleased you could finally make a session! Hope you can join us again in future.

It felt bitter out there tonight so a warm up was in fact a run to start to get us all going. Richard was on a bit of a mission and kept us moving in the direction of Oakdale, passing Oakdale Runners along the way! However note to teach Richard how to Hopskotch - not dance! :)

Great to have Nicola join us for only the second time in 6 months or so, we hope to see more of you in future!

Just a note about Dorset Reclaim - They provide furniture for those who need it as low prices, they also make items and recycle old furniture to sell on the waste - eg wood chippings! None of us were fully aware of all what they do so a leaflet drop is really beneficial to spread the word! Go and check out the warehouse if you can!

Onto Stanley Green road and into two teams who were given equal amount of leaflets. 7 people per team, 1 team each side of road! It sounds simple, but there are a lot of side roads, empty spots of no houses, flats you cannot access and Closes that run into another Close! (Got that?!)! Onto the loop that is Christopher Crescent, despite a few moments when we lost one of the groups, a full circuit was done with all side roads and Preston Road.

Along Stanley Green Road again when leaflets was moved around till piles were less - Left and Right sides all gone now as we worked as a full team - finishing along Palmer Road till all leaflets were finished!

Sadly we don't know how many that was as leaflets had not been counted but let's say several hundred! Phew!

Learning points - long roads are best, have a leaflet count first and look at how we can compete a bit more - In the words of Patricia, we are all winners tonight!

It was great timing as we could head back to base for 7.50pm having run pretty much continuous for 7km+!

Home for a well deserved cuppa I'd say!