Huge Congrats and welcome to Ibrahim Alkhataybeh, Milly Cooper, Jaesik Choi, and Harris Arshad who attended their first run!

After welcoming our new runners we headed off in two groups for Lynwood Gardens. On arrival we were greeted and given the tasks for the eve, which included;

• Ivy pulling
• Path edging
• Wood Chipping
• Mound building

After a solid effort from all we headed back via an under pass for our very special 25 photo to commemorate @GGSHEFF being the 25th of the soon to be 50 locations in the country!

Following the photo we paired up for some quick circuits which included;

• High knees
• Wall sit
• Stair sets
• Floor to Ceilings

On arrival back at base we heard the latest news and headed in for a drink and a chat.

Until next time, happy running!

First of all, welcome to Gill & Chris.

James reached his angelic 100 good deeds, wearing his literal & metaphoric wings with pride.

Rob surpassed 50 good deeds thanks to an earlier visit to his coach, while Dan reached his 50. They both wore their bow ties with style.

A total of 30 GoodGymmers made their way to help Heeley Development Trust with continuing to tidy up a triangle of green garden space which acts as a welcome area to Heeley for people coming up Myrtle Road.

We merrily litter picked, raked, pruned, weeded & gathered - head torches lighting our way - transforming the triangle.

Our fitness for the evening involved hills - something the troops have come to expect whenever I'm in charge, and I hate to disappoint. So up the mountainous Myrtle Road we went, stopping at the top to enjoy the view of the lights of the city twinkling away far below. As Tori said:

At least there's a good view...

We then headed back to base, but not before doing some intervals up the hilly Howard Street, using the lamp posts as markers.

Finishing off with some stretches, we the went into the Showroom to enjoy some 100 good deed tiffin in honour of James, made by Suze. It was good.

Happy running (walking is fine too!) - and see you next time for more adventures, when normal service will be resumed with Terrific Tom back in the lead.

It was back to college for @GGSHEFF as we met SENSATIONAL STEVE CHU of Age UK Sheffield at Sheffield college for tonights task of delivering the Age UK 'Keep Warm' leaflet around targeted areas of the city.

Before we set off we had a huge cheers for SUZE & SARAH who have both reach a massive 100 good deeds, huge congrats to you both!

We heard the brief from Steve telling us how the leaflet would inform elderly people in the area of the services available to them over the winter to help keep them warm such as free at home energy checks to ensure their homes are as warm as they can be over the winter months.

We split into 5 teams each armed with leaflets and a map of a specific area and got straight to it, we were off to a flyer....

The only way was up to begin with as the teams headed off up Granville Rd to their set destinations, we were flyering high...

After a good session we met back at the college for 7:45 and did a quick headcount to ensure we had everyone before heading over the road to the South St Park for some TRIPPLE TROUBLE fitness.

This weeks fitness session was leg focused and consisted of three different exercises using the parks assets to our advantage;

1. Stair lunges - Taking two stairs at a time to lunge up and work on opening the hips.
2. Stair quicksteps - Hitting each step with quick feet and driving the arms for momentum as soon as no 1 was over.
3. Downhill recovery - Jogging back down hill to bottom of stair set 1 to recover.

Following the above we headed home with some additional stair sets by the fountains to gather the group before heading over the road for some stretching to finish.

Thanks to everyone for coming along and helping with delivering the flyers and hope to see you all next week where we will be helping SUSTRANS with the National Cycle Network.

Until then, happy running :)

ITS A RECORD!

WHAT A TURN OUT, WOW!

Big welcome to new runners who came for the first time, hope you enjoyed it and will be along next week. BIG CHEERS FOR;

Amber Cagney, Laura, Jennifer, Hawa Ould-Ahmed, Thomas Paul Archer, Alex Lynch, Dan Twort, and Jess Zollman Thomas!

Also HUGE congrats to Helen who winged her way to 100 good deeds tonight and to Rachel who was on her 50th good deed! GREAT WORK BOTH!

This week we were back off to HEELEY PEOPLES PARK (HPP) to help HEELEY DEVELOPMENT TRUST (HDT) with the upkeep of this fantastic community owned and maintained park.

We split into 2 groups, with Sam and Tom taking a group and Steve and Kim taking another.

On arrival to HPP we met with FANTASTIC FRANK who gave us the low down on HDT and the park and what the task was going to be tonight.

Armed with very useful lights PARKY ROB got the first group straight to work doing the MONSTER MULCH, loading buckets and barrows with mulch that was spread over three parts of the park;

1. Playground
2. Pathway to/from the playground
3. Around the boulder

On arrival, the second group got another brief from Frank and mucked in with the first group who were already set up with the task and had an efficient line of fillers, carriers and spreaders on the go!

In Rob's words; 'You can't go deep enough'

So we pilled it high, creating a soft landing for all users of the park's fantastic boulder and park facilities.

During loading of said barrows and buckets, some interesting things were overheard....

Adam, stop soiling on my feet!

Thanks so mulch...

Mounds good

Thank you very mulch

Spread the love

At the end of the task Frank and Rob thanked all and mentioned that the most mulch they had ever spread in a single session was 2 van loads and we had done three in 45mins, so this was another record for the night!

We waved goodbye to the park, Frank & Rob and headed to another park for a spot of fitness were there was TRIPLE TROUBLE in store.

We got into teams of three and each member complete a set of the following, tagging team mates along to the next exercise as they finished the previous;

1. Loop of the park (quick as you can to save your teammates)
2. Straight arm hang (with raised knees or legs if you fancy it)
3. Step up's or box jumps on the TETRIS peice!

It was a fantastic evening of running, fitness and good deeding!

Until next time, happy running! :)