Ball of wool that is.........

We once again had a last minute shuffle as it was raining here in Manchester pretty bad and there were weather warnings that is was to get worse, we were due to distribute leaflets but they would just getting soggy!

Then I had a** idea**, whats a good thing to do when its cold and raining? knitting! and with Stepping Hill hospital wanting donations for little preemie hats for the neo natal unit I thought we would whip them up in no time, I was a bit wrong with that, but we all had a good go!

So we now have 6 half made had hats and 1 full hat, everyone has now learnt something new and all for a good cause. A few Goodgymers took away the wool and needles to complete the hats, and I have also added the pattern to our WhatsApp group so if you feel like making one then go for it, I will be taking them to the hospital in a few weeks.

We set off and literally turned a corner to find the "Holiday Inn", we all got comfy, picked a wool colour, grabbed some needles then let the confusion set in.

Luckily a few knew what they were doing so helped the others, we all cast on then set to knit.

It was perfect timing as we came to the end of our knit session as the clouds had parted and there wasn't a rain drop in the sky, so we ran strong and fast just in case.

We had a little warm up of "knit one, purl one" then ran to a local hill for 5 x sets of hill repeats, I'm not sure if people were frustrated with the knitting task or just had lots of energy, but a lot of energy was put into those hills, well done folks.....Then we had a little cool down run around the block before heading back to admire our knitting and do a few stretches.

It was great to see Henry and Ellie back ( Wonder what you had for tea in the end?) And Simone, thank you for your knitting skills and demonstrating, we wouldn't have a hat if it wasn't for you! I'm going to complete the other hats so we have a lovely collection to send to the hospital, don't forget if you want to add to the collection, I will be going in about 2 weeks time? Also don't forget that next Wednesday we have the 5 mile trail run, a few of us are doing that, and I'll be at St Martins this week doing a bit of promotion for Goodgym, and I'll be knitting hats at the same time.

Thank you guys, for again making it a wonderful Tuesday!

Have a great weekend running, especially if your doing any of the Tour of Tameside, Maybe your crazy and your doing all 4 days???

Have a great week guys, next week we should be distributing flyers for Homeinstead, unless it rains again!!!

Happy running,

Lisa x x