DOING MERRY GOOD

What a finale to our 2019 group runs; an epically long run (about 12km total!), a whole lotta cards & even more laughter!

We set off from the Jurys Inn in good spirits, donning our festive attire & made our way to the Scouts Hut in Sinfin where our special delivery was waiting for us. We managed to warm up for a few moments in the 'card sorting office' whilst our Christmas cards were organised numerically & into odds & evens (a more difficult task than it sounds!) & then we were ready for our Christmas Card-io! (Thanks Peter for the pun & great to see you back with us!)

Back on Blagreaves Lane, we split into Odds & Evens Teams headed up by Katherine & Rachael - the responsible adults distributing cards to their runners - & we were off! It was eye opening just how many Christmas cards some households receive...

At the top of Blagreaves Lane it was time to go 'dashing' up Hillsway for our final spot of card-deliveroo. Avoiding the icy patches, we safely made it to the top & were back on Burton Road to enjoy a (mostly) down-hill glide back to the Jurys Inn.

We even managed to check up on a our previous tasks-handywork enroute back; admiring the wreaths hung up by GG Derby last week & we are happy to report they are still there & looking wonderful!

WHILST GETTING MERRY FIT

Our longest run to date? Probably!

And definitely a tough route tackling many hills & much ice - well done team! We ran a collective of almost 200km! in the name of Christmas... Card-io last night! Gotta get my use out of that pun where I can.

AND THEN JUST GETTING MERRY

We arrived back at the Jurys a little late, but greeted by our wonderful friends new & old & the important part... with nibbles at the ready!

Once sat down, drinks in hand & a full plate of grub, it was time to tuck in. Especially Sam who probably ate the equivalent of two whole chickens.

Food enjoyed, the pub quiz commenced. To recap - & to rub salt in BadGym's wound, obviously - here are the team names (they deserve another shout out) & the final scoring;

Winning Team: "Norfolk Enchance" with 13 points & a winning tie-breaker point for the best team name!

Runner-up: "Four Goodness Sake" with 13 points & still a solid & innocent team name... I like it.

Third Place: "No room at the (Jurys) Inn" with 10 points & my favorite run-pun of the night with *"What do you get when 10 runners run 10km & move 10 hay bales? A group tighter than a ducks ass!" *

Losers: "The Master Debaters" with 9 points... nothing else to say on this one.

THANK YOUS

Thank you to our back-markers - Glenda, Katherine & Mark - and thank you all for joining in the run and/or social last night & making it such a smashing evening to finish our 2019 group runs on!

Enjoy your break over the Christmas period & when you need a dose of GoodGym, feel free to join in with any of the activities on over the next couple of weeks... I'm gonna plug them again because I'll miss you all if I don't see :)

• 21st December - Trail run at Dovedale (8 miles...ish)

• 26th December - Boxing Day fun run (5km)

Ps. Sorry for the lack of photos, with all the festivities & map reading I forgot to take many. But what a lovely, blurry photo of Pete I did get, hey?

Big Loves x