14 people ran 5.5km to drop donations of clothes off at Suited for Success

Compared to last week’s very cold and extremely wet run, it was virtually tropical conditions for tonight’s group run! It was great to welcome newbie’s Shahid, Shalini and Karen on tonight’s run, along with many of our regulars. So, after our introductions we were on our way to Suited for Success, looking more like a bunch of campers with all our rucksacks carrying various items of clothing to donate. Once at our destination we had a very warm welcome from Patricia, plenty of photos were taken as we handed over our donations and Patricia gave the group a quick talk on why donating items of clothing were so important.

time to up the tempo

Once leaving Suited for Success we soon joined the canal. After reaching the Barclay Card Arena we split into two groups, one group going slightly faster than the other for the next 1.2km. I led the fast group, which became very fast! Everyone pushed hard, with Charlotte putting in a great effort leading the rest of the pack. Once at the entrance to leave the canal the group thought they would have a few minutes to get their breath back while they await the arrival of the other group……no such luck, they were straight into some high knees running efforts! Once the other group arrived we were all straight into some tuck jumps followed by some thigh and bum burning wall squats. The two Graeme’s showing great effort throughout the high intensity session and Karen looked like she could hold that wall squat all day!!

What no hill work?!

As everyone knows I’m a big fan of hill work, but we had avoided it all night, so not to disappoint I added in a lung busting hill sprint up to St Paul’s square, Graeme E led the way, Eva showed great arm work and Shalini showed great effort all the way up. After that it was an easy run back to base……oh go on then, just to keep everybody 'happy' I added in one final hill effort, I wouldn’t want to disappoint.... Now it was time for the steady jog back.

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