Friday 3rd July
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Report written by Nathan Swain
Friday at Love Trails Festival 2026 saw Goodgym lead a run to beach clean at Whiteford Sands.
3 goodgym run leaders led 12 runners (who had never done a Goodgym task before) on a 7km trail run along the coastal path, through a tick infested forest (only GG run leaders found ticks on them and they hadnt yet dug in) to the beach.
The vast beach on the Gower Peninsula looked clean, but once people started looking we collected bags of rope and netting that would cause harm to birds and fish, a fridge door, a traffic cone, a broken crab cage, wading suit and a huge gas cannister.
After 30 minutes of collecting, we regrouped, committed to heading back through the tick forest, and ran 7km back to the festival site.
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