A few GoodGym members came online to do some yoga.

yoga talk....

Let’s be honest: Running more isn’t always the best thing we can do for our bodies. As we build mileage, our hamstrings and calf muscles can grow taut while we ignore our core and other muscles. We start to believe more is always more, ignoring our body’s subtle (and not-so-subtle) complaints.

Lucky for us, yoga is a perfect complement to running. Everything that running tightens, yoga stretches. But yoga offers much more than just stretching.

“It’s about balance,” yoga instructor Sage Rountree

Rountree, an ultramarathoner, triathlete, and coach, as well as a yoga instructor, literally wrote the book on how yoga can help runners. Rountree writes about how yoga can help you improve your form, power and strength.

“If done well, yoga lets you see where the imbalances are in your body, and balance is key to preventing injuries,” she says. read more here https://www.fleetfeet.com/blog/how-yoga-for-runners-helps-you-find-balance-and-run-better

Whew! What a shift! Four hard-working gg-ers helped pack 60 food parcels for charities in the south west, put together more cardboard boxes than we could count and built a box mountain. Then at the end, an order of fresh bread arrived and we quickly sorted it by expiry date and stacked it up ready to go. All while wearing snazzy shoe covers amongst other very important PPE (see Alice modelling the kit). We also had a lovely time getting to know the other volunteers over tea break. Thank you to FareShare for such a well-organised and safe task!

4 GoodGym runners visited FareShare (next to the big vaccinate super centre!) to help pack 63 food parcels in around 3 hours.

For info, most of the food parcels included -

Pasta Rice Tinned goods Some Ferrero Rocher Some Xmas crackers!

Amongst other things. They’re doing a great job there, packing 180 boxes PER DAY!