It’s Valentine’s Day this week and love is truly in the air….for running, for community and for GoodGym(ers)!

Hot to Trot!

If you fancy marshalling this Sunday at the Richmond Half in exchange for a free place at any of their future events, just drop me a line and I’ll pass on the details. Be warned though, it’s an early start!

Congratulations to Luis who went on his first coach run this week, and to Jamie and Lindsay who both got P Bs at parkrun last weekend. Way to go gentlemen.

Friends with benechips

In honour of Valentine’s Day we had a love themed pre-run poll tonight, discussing how much we like sushi, wine, our fam, running and eating. So romantic. So with a flutter in our hearts off we went to our task tonight at Strand-on-the-Green school.

We decided to mix it up with a slightly different route – oooh – and after 3km of running arrived to find tools and instructions waiting for us.

The school has been struggling with a serious box hedge problem, which we have been helping out with, so tonight we pulled on our working gloves and got stuck straight back in again.

Tackling various areas around the school we tugged, pulled and coerced the prickly little pests out, and then covered the bare ground with woodchips. To top off our upper body work out we then shifted some soil. Phew!

Two Fast, Two Furious

After a steady run back to base it was timed for partnered-up circuits, and this one was tough. In pairs, we took turns working our way around the circuits while our partners sprinted, and it was the first pair to complete all bases that won this week’s special Valentine’s spectacular* prize. So well done to..drum roll...Amber and Jamie!

All that was left was to stretch it out, and to look forward to next week’s task when we’ll be back at Waterman’s Arts Centre for the first time in ages. Until then, happy loving running everybody!

• It was not spectacular.