Helping MAC Blossom for the Summer Season

10 GoodGymers met at Homebase car park ready for their session helping Maidenhead Athletics Club (MAC) hop, skip and jump into the summer season by sprucing up their track.

We welcomed newcomer Alice for her first session and Amy 'long-jumped' straight in to brief the group on the evening's plan - a walk/run to the MAC track, a track session with Head Coach Leila (and taskowner) and then onto the planned tasks.

The group split with walkers Clara, Rachel, Kate, Jen and Jess heading straight off and runners Alice, Amy, Amy, Georgeta and Juli doing a dynamic stretching session before making their way to the track too.

Once at the track Leila set the team an interval training challenge consisting of alternating 'easy' and 'hard' sections with a handy air horn to keep everyone in check! 20 minutes and many laps of the track later the team had given it a great 'shot-put' and some 'sprint' finshes had even been on show!

The team were now ready to be 'javelined' into the list of jobs Leila had. This consisted of edging and sweeping along the long jump track, raking the erroneous grass left from the recent mowing session, and raking over the long jump sandpit. The list was no 'hurdle' for the team and the long jump area was looking spick and span in no time with lots of 'discus-ions' about athletics, running, the weather and grass houses!

Amy even had time to make a GoodGym grass motif out of the edging waste which of course we all had an obligatory photo round! Another photo oppotunity could not be missed on the walk home under a beautiful blossom tree!