DOING GOOD

This week we headed out to cycle route 6 (joining near Bass Recreation ground) & litter picked our way towards Pride Park with our bags, grabbers & gardening gloves (they're multi-purpose!) in tow. We appeared like good-deed-doing specters as we moved along the cycle route, head torches shining & clearing the pathway of debris. The high quality photos from this weeks run capture it perfectly... Firework Helen is my favourite snap!

The cycle route at first seemed surprisingly clear of litter, causing panic that we'd be fighting over a singular, empty can. But alas, (unfortunately) litter prevails & we did manage to fill six bags of rubbish along roughly one mile of pathway, GO TEAM! We hope that our cycling buddies enjoy the clearer section of Cycle Route 6 & that we've inspired others to move rubbish to a bin, or not to litter at all!

The Treasure stats:

• Six 35L bags of treasure collected
• Quirky finds incl. a license agreement, a high-viz jacket & a lorry buckle
• Best find was an apparently 'almost' unopened can of Stella (no one tried it to check)

WHILST GETTING FIT

With a 2km run out to the start of our a litter pick, another 2 km covered litter picking (more for the group that looped back!) & the 2km run back to base, you'd think we'd have been done on the running front. Nope. I had planned for the group a litter-leg burner of a paarlouf session up my red sleeve. Evil giggles

What is Paarlouf? Not the most common term; it literally means "pair run" & is a great way to work on speed in an interval setting, but with the fun of a relay! In pairs, one runner completes the set lap at a fast pace & once back, their partner runs the lap. Catch your breath & once your partner is back, it's your turn again!

Thanks to Nathan & Mark for sourcing the location of our paarlouf work, finding us a neat little triangle with a sneaky incline - perfect! Three laps clockwise & three laps anti-clockwise per runner & the GG Derby tribe was sweaty & out of breath!

MENTIONS

Thanks to Nathan for being a great front runner this week & guiding us safely to the cycle route & back again. As always, thank you to ALL of you for getting stuck in & for trying bloomin' hard on that speed work session - you smashed it!

A warm welcome to Mike who completed his first GoodGym run with last night - we hope to see you again soon!

And finally a shout-out to Alice who wins coolest gear of the evening with her woolly hat with a built in light. Brilliant.

NEXT UP

Next week we're back in the Wildlife garden on Darley Park for a bark-moving spook spectacular! Who remembers our launch run there? It'll be a shorter run, with lots of shoveling, wheel-barrowing & if there's time... some sneaky speed work again. Come on, it's good for us! :) As it'll be Halloween, if you're partial to fancy dress, go for it! BadGym will be going as a devil :)