This evening we ran around 3km to the Salvation Army

10 runners headed out tonight to the Salvation Army – well there should have been 11 but Mark made the schoolboy error of only bringing one running shoe and half his kit! We did try to persuade him that he could still come along like that but strangely enough he felt it wouldn’t be appropriate.

The main task was to thin out the bushes and shrubs so the spotlights could do their job and illuminate the gardens and car park. It was starting to get dark when we got there so great care was needed not to chop each other’s fingers off when we pruned the bushes and shrubs. There was also some leaf clearing to be done and some window cleaning too. By the end of the session we’d filled 10 large bags with twigs, branches, leaves and weeds – a job well done.

One new runner came along tonight so welcome to Jane, Dom’s mum – keeping it in the family – hope you enjoyed your run tonight. Joana was back just two days after completing Tough Mudder – very impressive!

After the task we headed to the underpass for a fitness session working on agility, strength, balance and fitness. It involved a ladder, a circle of runners and lots of shouted instructions as well as some moans and groans when we pulsed our squats and lunges. On the way back to Solutions we had some “banter” with some local schoolboys who encouraged us to run faster so we challenged them to run with us up Crown Hill – we won! They were generous enough to admit we were pretty good runners.

During the cool-down we chatted about next week’s session at Park Hill Rec and also the final Starter session for this month – this Saturday 30th of September at 11.30am starting in Queens Gardens helping the annual Celebratory Walk. This is a great opportunity to introduce friends, family and colleagues to GoodGym and also for regular runners too.

Almost forgot - we headed off to BoxPark for our monthly social - good food, a few drinks and great company. What a great evening.