Sahara one night sand

On a day when the weirdest thing was the weather a small but select group of GoodGym runners met at Splashpoint. Tonight we welcomed back Lucy for her second GG task together with Duncan , Gill and Beth. Special mention to Belinda on a well earned holiday and massive GG healing vibes to Sue who has broken her knee after a horse incident. GG visitors coming your way next week !

This hurricane has my head swirling

Sailing close to the windy coastline of Worthing we opted for a sheltered route for our warm up through the precinct before arriving for our first visit to 'Stepping Stones' which is one of Worthing churches homeless projects. We were warmly met by Alistair who tasked us with a garden tidy up.

Weeding around the bush

After a distribution of tools we set about raking,weeding and pruning with a warm glow of head torches illuminating the garden.

To Dark up the wrong tree

30 minutes later and despite the darkness the beds had a complete makeover. Gone were the tall weeds and overgrown bushes to be replaced with smart looking earthy beds. The team were as energetic as follows

Duncan - Hoe hoe Lucy - Don't go raking my heart Beth - Weeding lights Gill - Pruning streak Alistair - All weeding aside

Lost but not least

After a tidy up and cheery goodbye we headed off west incorporating alternate tree and lampost sprints before hitting the seafront for some wind assisted running. It was all going so smoothly until I realised that I needed to be reunited with my car key that I had left at the task . So the girls made a slight detour back to the task to pick it up whilst Duncan set off on a wind assisted effort run back to base and then adding extra mileage in his legs by running back to meet us. Unfortunately Beth and I managed to misplace Lucy and Gill who literally went 'around the houses' looking for us and also driving Beth and I around several blocks trying to relocate them ! My fretful state was thankfully relieved when we all reunited along the precinct along with Duncan too. Happy times returned ( Phew !)

** As blind as a boot**

As we arrived back at my car there was another funny moment of madness when I was standing by the wrong car ( same colour and shape) trying to open the boot. Imagine the hilarity when we looked down the line of cars to see mine standing perfectly wide open!

The boot is on the other foot

Duncan experienced what it was like to stand in my shoes for few minutes with some amusing post run moments of trying on my Hoka's accompanied by Lucy's sloe gin and vodka making stories that would 'make your hair sand on end'

Although the nights are dark you are always assured of a bright welcome at GoodGym Worthing. Hope to see you next week

All the best

Julia :)