Running Rings Round the Rubbish

21 Goodgymers helped their local community in Sheffield
Ben Hooper
Mike Jones
Zofia
Ash
Kim Longbon
Sam Needham
Stephen Gilmer
Hannah McCormack
Rachel
Helen Alford
Sergiu Radu
Shona
Andrew Waters
Rachael (GoodGym Barnsley)
DAIANA Allen
Celine
Dana
Emily Oaks
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Sheffield

Thursday 3rd January 2019

Credits
Mike Jones
Mike Jones

BACK MARKER

Stephen Gilmer
Stephen Gilmer

SESSION ORGANISER

Helen Alford
Helen Alford

PHOTOGRAPHER

Andrew Waters
Andrew Waters

WALK LEADER

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Report written by Stephen Gilmer

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#GGSheff kicked off their January Challenge by once again taking to the streets of Sheffield to tackle some of the city center's worst litter affected areas.

With a chill in the air we jogged down from our usual meeting spot to St Mary's Gate and gathered behind the Theatre Deli, dividing up into 5 teams we left 2 teams plogging while the others headed off round the city centre "almost road crossing free" 1km loop, reassembling back where the ploggers had made it to and then swapping over making sure everyone had a chance to keep warm while we cleared the large area on South Lane.

Having started with a degree of organisation, we soon ended up winging it with groups running their laps and swapping over as needed to use all the tools available, but not having anyone standing idly by. The session allowed everyone to take part, whether they were sprinting their loops or walking, or anything in between and even allowed those carrying some injuries to take part and make an impact.

Kim added an option of some strength exercises while some of us ran our last loop and made sure we'd picked everyone up from their respective plogging spots and we disposed of the litter, shoes, sandbags etc before we headed back to the Showroom.

Lots more stuff happening in Sheffield and nearby during January, keeping checking on the website as more stuff gets added!



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Ed Field
Ed Field (he/him)

Fri 4th Jan 2019 at 2:42pm

Good to see the GG Sheffield crew entering the January challenge. Well done guys!

Stephen Gilmer

Fri 4th Jan 2019 at 2:47pm

Cheers Ed!

Ant Withstandley

Wed 9th Jan 2019 at 3:33pm

Great, I might pinch your idea for our cold weather litter pick in Waltham Forest tonight:)

Stephen Gilmer

Wed 9th Jan 2019 at 3:37pm

Please feel free to Ant! Hope it goes well, I will keep an eye out and look forward to reading how you get on! Enjoy

Join us on our next session

Sheffield

Park Hill Litter Pick - FREE refreshments afterwards at South Street Kitchen
🗓Saturday 10:00am

Keeping the local area spic and span and enjoying a posh coffee after