Last night was the first of the sun runs and we welcomed some returning newbies, first time GoodGymers and also a Taskforce member from the soon to be set up Manchester GoodGym!

We were doubling up on our tasks this week, for our regular task owners - The Stockport Post and Together Trust. It was a double whammy delivery deed!

We set off from base for a downhill, weighted 2.5km - and were joined along the route by another GoodGymer, (The hop on bus!) before heading to our task point where we split our delivery load and cracked on with the task in hand!

455 runners joined for event #201 at Fletcher Moss parkrun on the weekend of the Manchester marathon bringing lots of tourists! I was on 1st timers briefing duty and jumped in to help with barcode scanning and funnel managing given the number of runners and to help with queues and runners backing up in the funnel. Good luck to all those running tomorrow!

With the number of food banks on the rise and the number of people using them also increasing, we're once again simply asking the running community: Will you run to your local food bank?

During the last Winter, we were astonished by how many runners wanted to support their local community through the Food Bank Run.

Over 500 groups, clubs, events, parkruns and other got involved.

In total, over 77,000 KG's of supplies were donated which is the equivalent of 3 arctic lorries full. That translates to 336,875 meals for families and individuals who are struggling to put food on their tables.

This month, GoodGym areas did a food bank run takeover to support our local food banks with much needed items.

7 Stockport GoodGymers (with two runderful newbies) loaded our sacks and ran the 2.5 km weighted, uphill route to our local foodbank. We stocked the shelves with our goodies before running the distance back!

We (tin) CAN do it!

Marshaled and help set up and clear down at event #200 at Fletcher Moss parkrun this morning. 404 runners and walkers completed the 5 km course on a warm and windy spring Saturday morning. Juno was master of cones and made sure everyone kept their spirits up when going past Marshal point 5 near Old Bedians rugby club.

Shadowed the RD (Stephen) at Fletcher Moss parkrun event #199. Helped set up, organise volunteers, funnel manage and clear up at the end. 347 people completed the 5 km course on a warm spring morning.

Collected another 3 bags of street litter with Juno in Longsight. Had a chat with the council arranged waste collection person who was able to pick it up. Birchfields Park wasn't too bad by the end.

Back for its ninth year, the Great British Spring Clean is the nation’s biggest mass-action environmental campaign.

The Great British Spring Clean and Great Big School Clean 2024 takes place from 15 - 31 March, and you can pledge to pick up a bag of litter – or more.

Last year, the army of amazing #LitterHeroes pledged to pick more than 400,000 bags of litter.

Several times a year, GoodGym Stockport take part in Plogging group runs to help to keep our wonderful community free of litter and debris.

Our run began from Life Leisure Avondale, with 7 runners in tow, armed with litter pickers, gloves and bags! We ran a circular 7.5km route, covering Edgeley, Cale Green and finally Adswood.

We focused some of our attention on the area around a local school and received wonderful feedback from the Headteacher who appreciated our efforts to keep the area clean.

We even had BAGS of fun doing so!