The GoodGym Leicester Posse (x8) attended the annual Watermead Challenge 5 mile Race and 3 Mile Fun Run, staged by The Rotary Club of the Wreake Valley, their 16th event held in the beautiful Watermead Country Park setting.

A huge shout-out to Race Director Dave, Assistant Director Mel and the brilliant team who kept everything running smoothly Nick, (Stu, who also ran the 5 mile run) and Jimmy helped direct traffic, Martin handed out team numbers to ensure runners were ready, while Laura, Linda and Mel were on hand managing race numbers and supporting participants.

The races as usual started together on the traffic free tarmac paths entirely within the confines of Watermead Country Park on what was a very hot summers evening. 🌞 The event once again proved to be a fantastic community event with runners and spectators enjoying the fantastic scenic park setting.

Thanks to everyone involved - you all made the Watermead Challenge a real splash 🌊! A great evening was had by all and the GoodGym Leicester Posse are very proud to be part of what was another successful event. See you next year....

4 goodgymmers helped out with junior parkrun this week...fingers crossed for a post win volunteer stint next week!

4 goodgymmers donned their hi viz vests and volunteered to help at junior parkrun this weekend.

What started as a wet soggy weather day ended in beautiful blue sky sunshine. Nick and Jen joined a few other volunteers from CRT to tackle the pennywort that was starting to build up along the River Soar at Barrow upon soar. After a safety briefing it was all systems go: bounancy aids on and we were then climbing into canoes eager to paddle off. Before we could that there was the Barrow Deep Lock to navigate. Our timing wasn't best as we had to wait for four boats to pass through the Lock, going on both directions it took more than 40 minutes before we could ho through ourselves. Once through the Lock, it was easy to spot the patches of pennywort. Using rakes and hands we pulled what seemed like tons of the stuff into the canoe then disposed of it on the bank. After a few hours the section of river was cleared and we paddled back to base pleased with our efforts.

this week nick flew the flag for goodgym at jpr, marshalling the course with dan helping out too