THE HEADLINES

14 GoodGymers

140km (approx) total distance covered on foot

300 leaflets distributed & many, many books saved

DO GOOD

Our second good deed task saw us heading out for a longer run from the Jurys Inn to Mackworth Library, where we then broke into teams (originally the Left & Right team) to flyer the local houses, using more running. The Direct Help & Advice charity (DHA) are in the process of taking over 10 libraries across Derby & converting them into community-led libraries & our mission was to support this initiative by spreading the word via our GoodGym flyer'ing force that volunteers are needed!

Fair to say that things got a little competitive. Once split into a Left & Right team, the task was simple...

The Mission: 1. Flyer your teams' side of the street & the first team to make it (with all members) to the top of the street, wins a point 2. Repeat until there are no flyers left

The Rules: 1. One leaflet per house 2. Stick to the street; no side-streets, excursions etc. 3. All members must make it back to win the point

The Results:

Left Team: 4 POINTS

Tracey, Mark, Katherine, Alice, Steve, Emma, Rachel

Right Team: 1 POINT

Sam, Peter Lehann, Alice, Nathan, Salvo

Total flyers delivered: 300!

Left team (later deemed the GoodGym'ers) stuck to the above rules & won 4 out of 5 rounds. The Right team, aptly named as the BadGym'ers due to a rogue member, decided to take leaflets... I mean matters, into their own hands. We can't fault their enthusiasm as they darted down side-streets & took detours to get all of their flyers delivered. But in the end, it was the Left team that flyer'ed home with the win! (There's that pun again in case you missed it in the title...)

Our task - which teamed as a killer fartleck session! - ended the way all friendly competitions should, with the sharing of Haribos & tropical photo props to celebrate the wonderful city of Derbados. Even the team that didn't win (the losers, but that's too mean to say) enjoyed their sugary treats & photo time.

GET FIT

3km run out to Mackworth & 3km back to base, with roughly 2.5km (depending on how many side-street excursions were tackled) of fartleck-training sandwiched in the middle at our flyering-made-fun task.

As well as the best part of 10km tackled, the Derby GoodGymers warmed up with mobility drills using resistance bands to activate the glutes, hip flexors & quads, aiding good running form. To finish, we did a standing figure-of-4 pose to release those buns of steel & boy did we feel it!

UP NEXT

Already excited for next week? I bloomin' am!

It's GoodGyms 10th Anniversary & so our next group run will see us finding the perfect spot to take a photo with a giant GoodGym prop... Somewhere en route to our task or at the task that represents who we are as the GoodGym Derbados community. Get your thinking caps on teams! It'll be a shorter run to Markeaton Park, where we'll be rockery arranging - anyone know what this is? - to make the local park even more beautiful. I'm sure we can weave another competition in somehow. First Haribo goes to the best suggestion for the group photo!

Finally, a huge THANK YOU to everyone who came along for their 2nd run with us & a big welcome to our first-timers, Alice & Peter! Ps... Nathan got married at the weekend & is off on his honeymoon so a big cheer from all of us to the happy couple! Congratulations!

See you all soon,

Dani x