Last night was all about the great big get together and what a better way to celebrate than cleaning up a large community space used by family and friends, where people get together to play on the, bowl, join in with sports, walk and be in nature together?!

4 runners ran 2km to the local park in Stockport, Heaton Norris park, which is a large space in the heart of Stockport used by lots of people.

For our warm up we jumped on spin bikes as there was a spin-a-thon at our meeting point, Harry had been spinning all day long on the bike and still had 3 hours to go! So we gave him a little bit of a boost and a bit of encouragement for 15 minutes, giving the goodgymers a chance to warm up the legs before the run.

Harry was spinning for the christie cancer centre, he was aiming to raise £200 but had already raised over £300!!! So a massive well done, this was part of training and awareness for the Manchester to Blackpool ride thats happening in 2 weeks time, a massive well done and good luck to Harry and the team!

After our warm up we had a small run to the park, down a hill, up a hill! Round a corner, deep breath and we were there.

Bin bags and gloves were handed out and we set to clean up, we found all sorts of bits in the bushes, and some lovely surprises too, including a lovely bird and wildflower section of the park tucked away, it looks like a gorgeous space, and we saw some stunning little birds, the area was called Hatton hilltop sanctuary, www.hattonhilltopsanctuary.com if you want to have a peep (cheep?! Birds…..get it??)

We managed to fill a bag each, making the space tip top in time for the weekend, which is perfect timing for the great get together celebrations www.greatgettogteher.org have a look whats going on in your local area and spread the goodness folks!

After our tidy up, we tootled back, down the hill, up the hill, big breath and sprint finish for some! Back to the spin bikes where harry was still peddling, we did a cool down and stretch off and that was us done.

Tomorrow a few of us are taking part in the 5 mile trail run, spaces are still available if you go to the Lifeleisure website www.lifeleiure.net Good luck to all that are racing, I will meet you there later with my trail shoes on!

Have a fab weekend of running and getting together!

Lisa x x