We all wore our red shirts with pride - A winning team

What a great team spirit it was this evening . There was a sense of eager anticipation and excitement as 8 runners convened at Splashpoint before heading off to one of our favourite tasks at Heene Road Cemetery.

We warmly welcomed back Roxy who enjoyed a well deserved night off from her day job enabling her to join us. Lovely to see Sue again on her second task back after her knee accident . Sue is a fine example of what fantastic progress can be made with a determined mind.

Paul arrived back bronzed and relaxed from his holiday . Kudos to both him and Anne who had run down from their closely situated homes . Little did Paul know that Anne was racing him ( the trend continues !)

It was also great to see ultra runner Gill for an evening leg stretch amidst a very busy season of events for her and also reassuring to see a rather battered Barbara who has bravely continued running despite a face plant fall last week .

Belinda and her bike completed the line up and after plentiful chatter which I felt mean interrupting we set off on a blustery warm up 3k run to our task which included some cheery waving from some England fans in the pubs eagerly 'prepping' for the impending match.

A winning team at St Michaels Road

We had our usual cheery welcome from Sue and Peter who were ready , armed and waiting for us with a fine array of tools and well organised plans for our tidying up task this evening in advance of the South East Garden in Bloom judging this Friday.

Belinda and Anne teamed up together with Paul, Roxy and Gill for some lopping of large branches in different areas of the cemetery whilst Peter took on the sawing of the bigger tree logs.

Barbara and both Sue's grabbed the rakes and started clearing and barrowing the meadow of grass after extensive strimming earlier in the day . A very satisfying job and great for an ab workout too.

The cemetery looked so pretty with a lovely display of coloured flowers and shrubs together with some quirky additions that included a water 'hog only' station for the breeding hedgehogs.

With a vast amount of work to be done the team worked at quite a pace, eager to achieve the best results we could in a short amount of time that simply flew by in a happy glow of activity.

A game of two halves

We reluctantly called full time on the task and after the usual obligatory finish photos ( including 'that' hilarious caption photo of Gill and Paul) we headed off for the 2nd half of our run which proved to be a little more direct than the first half !

A clean team sheet

When we hit the seafront the front 3 runners bravely added an extra loop running into the wind before catching the rest of the group up and heading for a tempo run back to base. There was some impressive efforts, times and PB's achieved demonstrating how speed training really does pay off ( even though its not pleasant at the time! )

Blooming marvellous display by the pier

Some of us stopped to check on and admire our seafront flower bed which is shining through with different shades of glorious red together with the cute trainers which are thankfully still in situ!

Another victory for GG Worthing

We finished with a fine display of squats , burpees , press ups , tricep dips and core work comprising of walking planks, V sits and cross crawls. There was plenty of groaning and commentary which accompanied all these exercises but I ignored them all and we ploughed on with a determination to improve the strength and core of our team.

We discussed a social event in early July and suggested a mid week date . Who can make Wednesday July 11th ?

Next week we are back with our friends at Breathing Spaces with the task TBC

Have a great week everyone :)

Julia x

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