First of all, it was great to welcome Emily on her first group run with us! And considering she hasn't run in a while she was great! And she is lovely, so we really hope you come along next week too!

We were very excited to head to Bournemouth Foodbank for our group run this week. they had a lot of food donations that they had received over Christmas and needed them to be organised by date, type of food and sorted accordingly.

Ed is a great guy and he explained to each team what they needed to do and why, which gave everyone that extra bit of purpose to do what they were doing well.

One team of Will, Abi, Ema and Ross were in one section grouping food into types, then those boxes were taken to another room where Caprice, Daryl and Andrea sorted them by date first, and then into categories such as vegetarian friendly boxes, meat containing sauces, pasta, and tomato sauces. One item had us in a almost heated discussion.....a Marmite pot made of chocolate...I was intrigued....Ross was not hahahahaha....

On the other side of the counter Andy and Emily were in charge of sorting food that was going out of date sooner and needed to be used.

Neil had most dangerous job....and I'm glad I didn't have to fill out an accident report...he was in charge of the guillotine...cutting precise labels so they could go on the boxes.

There was so much food that we weren't able to finish, unlike last time. It's a shame but it does mean we are going to have to go back! YAY!

We ran back a more scenic route....some tree roots forcing us to change paths unfortunately, but it was still nice running through the park surrounded by trees and then back through the gardens and up a steep hill where Andy and Neil sprinted to the top!! Awesome effort!! And we love Abi's new shoes! She was floating and gliding this evening!

On Saturday we will be doing an extra task to help out at the Fernheath Play area, another great community project. It is a longer run, but we will be taking it easy and meeting some at Coy Pond at 9:15am to shorten the distance. Great opportunity to get some extra km and good deeds in for our January Challenge! YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!!

Well done everyone! See you Saturday or next week!