A TERRIFIC 29 were along this week to help out CADS at the Abbeydale Picture House with renovations galore going on!

We had some new faces this week, so please put your hands together, woop, hola and cheer for;

• Rebecca McGuinness
• Malina Todorova
• Svetlana Gentcheva

Welcome to the group you three, glad to have you as part of the team.

We were welcomed at the Picture House this week by;

• FANTASTIC PHIL
• PICTURESQUE PAUL
• SENSATIONAL SAVERIO

On arrival we split into 4 teams;

1. Sanding & wiping skirting boards
2. Arranging & PVA'ing office
3. Painting stairwell to the top floor
4. Moving artwork to the top floor

With Stevie G asking Paul to 'show him the Monet' he did and as such team move the artwork were done in record time so joined in helping with the skirting boards.

A great effort by all, with as ever people not wanting to come away from the hard work they were doing, but fitness time was calling which this week took us over to the U-Mix center for some hard-core planking!

We split into 2 teams and lined up shoulder to shoulder in two lines, the end person then got onto all fours and gave high fives to each of their planking team mates until reaching the end of the line where the next person would start. There was some dubious high 5's going on but all had fun and got a good core workout so all is well.

Special mention to TREMENDOUS TOM who had a bit further to go than anticipated on his go round...

On route back we sprinted the 60m track, regrouped at the top and headed home for some floor based stretching on the glorious grass outside our home of the Showroom.

Until next week, happy running!

A huge welcome to new runners:

• Thomas Holmes
• Rich Haglett
• Rachel Riglett

GIVE EM A CHEER!

This week we were back at Heeley People's Park, but at a different part of the park this week.

On arrival AMAZING ANDY & RADIANT ROB gave us an overview of the People's Park and the task we would be helping them with this week including;

• Chopping back the overgrown hedges
• Composting the leaves and cuttings (leaf it out mate!)
• Litter picking

The teams got straight to it, getting right to the root of the issues.

After a huge effort by all we used the triangular shaped space for a bit of fartlek circuit training with various speeds on each straight edge of the triangle along with a multitude of exercise on each round inc;

• V-Up's
• Burpees
• Curtsy Lunges
• Crab toe touches
• Plank
• Clock Lunge
• Tuck Jump
• Star Jump
• Inch Worm
• Divebomb push ups

After posing for a photo and getting a huge thank from Andy we set off for home with some extra loops chucked in on route, then stretched off back at base where we gave a huge round of applause to Sarah for completing the London Marathon on Sunday!

We also heard from Jawad, who joined us on the road and also told us all about Small Park, Big Run in June which we will be doing our best to get our runners involved and to help spread the word - details in photos.

Until next time, happy running!