*The sun shines on GoodGym Worthing

On a sunny and breezy evening we all convened at Splashpoint for a pre run chat and catch up . It was especially nice to welcome some familiar faces back in the shape of Elisa ,Roisin and Duncan together with 3 new ones, Sue ,Alex and Martin . A special mention to my top regular duo Belinda and Gill who were unavoidably detained at the last minute . You were both missed . A huge GG cheer is coming to all of you good people :)

*Dying to get there

Wowser ! After a warm up round through the town the group arrived promptly and eagerly awaiting our first visit to Heene Cemetery in St Michael's road. We were given a warm welcome from Sue and Peter who are organisers of the friends of Heene cemetery and also from our trusty park ranger , Duncan.

*There was a lot of soul searching and 'raking the dead ( grass)'

There were plenty of tasks and plenty of people this evening which was a joy for me to be part of. We set about raking the recently strimmed grass with plenty of wheelbarrow shuttles to dispose of the grass. This was combined with chopping up previous pruning activity as well as sieving soil for back filling of the graves which have subsided in time.

*Everyone, including the locals entered into the spirit of the task

There was the usual warm glow from everyone this evening and absolutely no grave talk whatsoever :) Beth was up to her usual antics climbing in to a wheelbarrow for a ride with Nick encouraging her!

After a busy and fruitful 35 mins we finished with some group photos , applause and thanks before setting off for a run back along the seafront culminating in a fitness session in Beach house gardens.

• Stars in the making

The fitness session was short but sharp this evening with a series of lamppost and tree sprints together with some slippery mountain climbers , star jumps , squats and plank work with some dodgy hip mobility moves thrown in for fun.

Many thanks to all my team this evening ! Another wonderful GG experience .

You all make my Mondays ! Looking forward to the next one already and I hope to see you all there.

Julia

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Anchors away

What a lovely warm glow there was at GoodGym this evening.

We welcomed Michelle back after a very busy few weeks followed by a huge GG congratulation to Gill for her LUNAR-TIC marathon on Saturday evening together with Belinda fresh from the roads in Essex , Beth from her London commute, Nick who was eternally grateful for being rescued from his computer and finally our very pretty park ranger, Keith.

Welcome readers .. Not a weather warning but a thought provoking programme of puns to entertain you today

Gill takes the credit for the title pun with willing contributors from Beth, Belinda and Michelle for some of the classics to follow and Keith gets a mention for his consistent appreciation of our wit and humour.

Gravelling not grovelling in the flower beds

Weeding together with raking in a mere ton or so of shingle ( no exaggeration :)) was our task tonight

Suns out .. guns out

The moment that Keith started to flex his muscles and shift the gravel out of his truck was the moment the sun came out for a warm and welcoming workout.

Love our park(s) run

Once we made made the anchor gardens look bigger, better and brighter we just had 1 more task which was to articulate our love for our local parks in honour of ' Love our parks ' week on the wonderful heart shaped board Keith sprang up with.

Ships away

After some giggles and glorious glamour of the photo shoot we lifted the anchor and it was off to the horizon for a beach run followed by some fitness training action.

Sunny south coast brings a sunny mind

Another wonderful evening in Sunny Worthing brought the usual Monday fix of combining exercise with a great deed

Drop the anchor ships away

7 days until it's time to drop another anchor at GG Worthing