10 people ran 7k to do a litter pick on the canal for the Canal and River Trust

After last week’s big freeze, it was lovely to have what felt like virtually tropical temperatures tonight! We welcomed Hasnain for the first time tonight, please give him a cheer!

After a slightly delayed start due to difficultly sourcing our litter pickers, we got on our way. Once on the canal we split up into three groups, each group covering around a 400-metre section on the water’s edge. The groups spent around 15 minutes filling bags full of rubbish. Once done we all headed up to Aston Lock to drop the bags off. After the obligatory picture of us showing off our good deed we headed to Millennium Point.

In honour of Sir Rodger

It seemed quite fitting that the fitness session planned tonight was the 1-mile time-trial. After the passing away of the first sub 4-minute miler Sir Rodger Bannister on Sunday it was a great way to pay tribute to the running legend! With little wind, no rain and thankfully no snow, it was a great night to target a PB! Everyone set off, Richard powered to the front looking like he was aiming for a sub 4-minute mile. He was followed by Hasnain who put in great work on his first GG run, finishing the time-trial in 6.42! Morwenna put in a great shift to beat her previous best by 10 seconds. Laura, Karin, Charlotte and Elizabeth pulled each other along to some fantastic times. Charlotte and Elizabeth making their time-trial debuts! Overall, although we didn’t quite achieve any sub 4-minute miles it was another fantastic team effort with everyone running inside 8 minutes 30 seconds! I’m sure Sir Rodger would approve!

After all that effort the group still had the little matter of the just over 2k slog back to base, so we unsurprisingly had some weary legs when we reached 1000 Trades.

Next week we will be out doing good again, it would be great if you could join us sign up here.