In For A Penny, In For A Pound

Nine nifty runners ran 6km to lend a hand at south Liverpool's cancer care centre, Sunflowers.

The team felt quids in when I announced that contrary to expectations, we had an indoors task. That said, the night was still and not too cold in comparison to what we faced at last week's Group Run and during Sunday's Liverpool Half Marathon.

Sunflowers is a centre that supports people whose lives have been touched by cancer. It is a steady 3km run from our Hope Street base and we've helped them a few times now. So they knew that they could count on GoodGym for help with another task.

Tonight's task was to count small change collected by Sunflowers' fundraisers at events over the weekend. The team got stuck in penny picking and 5p shuffling. In the end, we counted well over £200.

This week's shout out goes to John, who we're super glad to have back after surgery.

But the bottom line is that you all did a cracking job.

Even though I was very achy after Sunday's brutal Liverpool Half, I encouraged the team to do a quick fitness session thinking about balance and how we can incorporate little bits of training into the everyday. Because running can change your life; after all the best things in life are free.

NEXT WEEK we've got a nice run to a hidden burial ground/community garden and then on 25 March it is our special birthday run followed by CAKE. So get signing up.

P.S. Details about Liverpool Spring 10km are here and info about the GoodGym Olympics is here.