Reloclaytion, Reloclaytion, Reloclaytion

Two teams of GG Yorkies ran to help St Nicks at different sites across the city!

Phenomenal Paul led the 6km group to Heworth Holme for what some seasoned GoodGym folk thought was a "phantom task" (this is a task that doesn't really exist), but Jonathan of St Nicks reassured everyone that it was a real one.

The task was to dig up clay-rich soil from Heworth Holme, load it onto the tricycle trailer and relocate it at St Nicks where the team are trying to create a wetlands area - but as the site is a former landfill the type of soil there isn't right. So, not just digging up soil and putting it somewhere else.

This is the easiest task we've ever had here, Jonathan hasn't had to use his superpowers to help us yet - Becky

Of course, Jonathan did go on to ride a trailer-load of clay back to St Nicks which probably weighed more than the whole of our GoodGym team combined.

For the 4km task, we ran to Millennium Bridge where we were met by Maria and Eithne. Our task was to rake up the grass cuttings from Millennium Fields, which is part of the meadow keeper's project and is a site where St Nicks is trying to promote biodiversity through wildflower planting. Grass cuttings need to be raked up and removed to prevent the soil from becoming too nutrient-rich.

We've done plenty of grass raking in the past but it was particularly challenging as the grass was extremely moist after a lovely day of Yorkshire rain.

Come and experience the joy of wet, clumpy grass! - Ellie B, selling it

There were a variety of bag sizes for loading grass cuttings into, as well as a giant tarp. Debs and Lindsay had paired up and had two of the smaller receptacles, but were doing many reps down towards the riverbank to offload.

We've got a grass bath and a swag bag! Debs

After the chilly and wet task we got ourselves well and truly warmed up with a session of step reps, sprints and various exercises such as the bench toe tap!