We began tonight’s session by welcoming a new runner (hi Alice!), as well as a number of second timers and veteran GoodGym-ers alike. If this evening was any indicator of the year to come, we can look forward to having many hands on deck for our community tasks of 2019! After Michael gave tonight’s intro talk and we congratulated Martin for a spectacular PB at Saturday’s GoodGym Parkrun, all 18 of us did a quick warmup around the fountain and headed three kilometres back to the prom to once again wage battle against pebbles.

Wielding brushes, shovels and buckets, we swept, scooped, hauled and dumped those cheeky pebbles back onto the beach where they belong, and managed to make some pretty decent p-rock-ress (pardon the pun). Walkers, runners, cyclists, and general revellers of Hove prom can now enjoy an additional 20 or so meters of smooth pavement! With winter still in full swing however, we can probably expect some rough seas ahead yet, and fresh deluges of pebbles upon the prom. But no matter, for we are always up to the task and enjoy the challenge!

Because that wasn’t tough enough, Tara and Michael facilitated some tabata sessions for us in the grass (luckily no dog poo) involving planks, jump squats, press-ups and everybody’s favourite, burpees. Feeling slightly Swedish, we then did some fartlek running back to base, using the lampposts along the prom to mark our intervals between sprints and recovery running. A good stretch and goodnights all around will take us to next week. Thanks for the ‘fantastic sweeps’ and hope to see you all then!