On a damp, drizzly dark eve a FANTASTIC FOUR ventured to the other side of the track to meet with SUSTRANS SIMON at Park Hill to grab tools and then meet up with Adam Simmonite of Sheffield Urban Cyclocross to help clean the cobbles ready for the charity bike race happening this weekend!

Spades and brushes were tonights tools of the trade. We took a side each and got straight to scraping the overgrown weeds and moss that had encrouched onto the cobbles over time.

It was a pretty intense workout for the arms and back which is not the usual target during a GG sesh, so nice to have the variety.

By the time we were done the path was looking loads clearer and much more race ready for the weekend.

Post run we had a stair session, follow by some stretching and a mini tour of Park Hill flats before heading to our homes.

Until next time, happy running :)

The FANTASTIC FIVE assembled at the head of the River Sheaf Walk to help SUSTRANS stalwart Simon with the upkeep of the local walking and cycling network.

This section of the city centre network is a great connection to get people off the ring road and to/from the train station especially. Unfortunately it's also a bit of a litter hot spot and regularly becomes a wet leaf trap making the path slippery and less appealing to use.

Enter goodgym. We grabbed tools from Simon and got straight to it with a variety of:

• Litter picking - 3bags at least, mainly full of retro sweet wrappers
• Cutting back - to improve sight lines and allow the street lights to better light the path
• Leaf clearing - widening the path and making it less slippery

In a small space of time the path was looking a lot cleaner, clearer and better lit so will hopefully be safer and more attractive for all to use in the future.

If you have suggestions of parts of routes that need attention, do let us know and we can factor this into our future plan with Simon and SUSTRANS.

Until next time, happy running! :)