FAB ruary

What a stunning evening it was after the record breaking weather in sunny Worthing today.

With a spring in our step the walking group set off closely followed by the running group along the seafront and around the pier. Jay and I couldn't resist the photographic opportunity of the breathtaking final few moments of the sunset over the pier.

In perfect timing the walkers and runners arrived at the task at the same time. This evening we were giving a helping hand to Lyndhurst homeless shelter with a garden spruce up.

These blocks of flats offer a 37 bed temporary accommodation hub on Lyndhurst Rd. These go some way to reducing the increasing number of rough sleepers on the streets of Worthing.

Leaf Litting

With head torches, gloves and blue bags distributed the team set about scooping up and bagging garden debris consisting mainly of leaves. It was great to see Anne back on her bike after a niggling injury after the Worthing half marathon.

Shout out and big qudos to Lucy who is topping the good deeds leader board after her recent mission in Portsmouth last Monday.

The rest of the team also seemed to enjoy catching up with each other and seemed fairly oblivious to my photographic nightmares of a very dark task !

We carried all the blue bags from the task to the seafront where our amazing Adur Worthing refuse team will pick them up from early tomorrow. The big question was also tackled of where we would eat and drink later due to our regular chippy not being able to deliver a gluten free option this evening.

For your thighs only

With the 3 groups established and the route and timings sorted we set off on one of our favourite fitness challenges - A crocodile run where the back runner sprints to the front in single file style .

Tamsin particularly seemed to embrace the challenge having arrived at the task lacking in energy but finding her running mojo and pulling out some fantastic efforts as the drill progressed.

It was also great to integrate the second group of runners together with the walkers striding back on the return along the seafront. With the help of a handily placed wall we all stopped for some strength fitness work together . These exercises included sprinter starts step ups, press ups and squats.

With the walkers crocodiling back we reunited with the runners for a welcome pint and bite to eat at the pub where we were joined by Duncan.

GoodGym Round up

Have you ever wondered what happens in other parts of the GG bubble on a Monday evening ? Click here and have a cruise around last nights activity (https://www.goodgym.org/reports)

Closer to home and in celebration of international womens day on Friday 8th March I'm planning a GoodGym event on Saturday 9th March. Either run , walk or marshal at parkrun Worthing . Lets try and bring an extra female who wouldn't normally come along in celebration of this noteworthy day. Watch out for more details in this weeks fitness email on Friday.

In the meantime have great week !

All the best

Julia