DOING GOOD

Tuesday the 14th of January, a day that will go down in GG Derby history for a few reasons;

1. Torrential rain. The heaviest we've seen on a group run. Meaning that from head to toe we were drenched & wading through ankle deep torrents of water within minutes... possibly the River Derwent?
2. Many incidents of stitch. Muffins pre-run are now a tried & tested no-no. Thanks for the research Lauren.
3. Our first GG fall... or in this case, more of a splat. The good news, Katherine is okay.
4. My phone & watched both drowned in the said rain (see point 1.) My excuse for the lack of photos & the lack of miles on Strava.

Tuesday the 14th of January, a day that tried to dampen - literally - our spirits. But it didn't succeed. We found laughter in the squelchy trainers, courage in our fall (splat) & good-deediness for the local community even with muffin-stitch.

250 leaflets delivered across the Allestree area in our usual GG fashion of teams left & right. These flyers may have been a little soggy, but they still slipped into the letterbox of somebody that may need the help of the Samaritans or of a person keen to volunteer for this important charity & make a difference to the local community.

Tuesday the 14th of January, a day that we leveled up in leafleting. We found a useful instrument to assist with flyering tasks from here-forth & avoid the snapping chops of angry canines; the trusty wooden spoon. Thanks Tracey.

WHILST GETTING FIT

Tuesday the 14th of January, a day where our activities on Strava could have been logged as swimming. Or flying in Katherine's case. Luckily, we completed a full body warm-up before hitting the pavements (again, literally in some cases) working through a three-part circuit of supported press-ups, squats & reverse lunges. 30 seconds on each gave our bodies a quick blast of energy (& stitch) & we were off on our good deed mission.

We ran out towards Allestree, began flyering & once all distributed, we headed back towards Kedleston Road & back to base. Nothing exciting, or unusual, or hazardous happened on the run back... especially not on a hill. Nope. Not one thing.

Tuesday the 14th of January... A solid (or soggy) run banked, another good deed done & a day to go down in GG history.

UP NEXT

Next week we're back at the Age UK centre to support them with a garden tidy-up. It won't rain, there won't be any falls & no one will eat muffins before the run. It's going to be wonderfully uneventful :) See you there!

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