We were 3 of 743 finishers at University Parks Christmas Day parkrun! A chilly but lovely start to the day ❤

This week we swapped running for sorting, helping give old running shoes a second lease of life through JogOn.

A huge shout-out to Katie, who arrived towing a wheeled suitcase packed with running shoe donations from her colleagues. Her impressive haul helped us reach a grand total of 44 pairs of running shoes, all matched, boxed and ready for their next chapter.

Those 44 pairs have been saved from landfill and will now be sent to JogOn, who redistribute unwanted running shoes around the world so they can continue to be used.

And if each pair has already covered around 500 miles, that's an astonishing 22,000 miles of running between them, roughly the distance from Oxford to Sydney, with plenty left in the tank.

A simple task, a great team effort, and a small step towards a more sustainable running community.

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Our first dark task of the season saw 9 hardy goodgymers gather at Oxford Brookes Campus in Headington. Armed with litter pickers and bags we headed down Gipsy Lane - always a bit of a grot spot. At first glance the area didn't seem that bad but we still managed to amass 6 large bags of litter.

After a successful stroll, chat and litterpick we headed to the pub.

The majority of our group today was women. We stayed in groups and didn't experience any abuse. This, sadly, is not always the experience for women exercising after dark, especially once the clock change and the evenings get darker earlier. Lets lift the curfew.