After a late cancellation of task and a quick re-arrange we headed off to Ship Shape to help them take two of their planting beds back to soil as they had become very overgrown.

In the near future they will look to plant new plants and or fruits and vegetables.

The two beds on arrival looked very sad and overgrown so we got straight to it getting gloved up and stuck in with pulling weeds and picking litter.

It was great to welcome a new runner who has moved up from London Rob. Give him a follow and we hope to see you on future tasks Rob!

After a hot task the majority of us headed back to The Showroom for some food and drinks before heading home. A really nice sunny eve, well spent.

Until next time, happy running :)

Our Motley Crue gathered outside The Showroom Cinema last night around a defibrillator to kick start our hearts ready for our uphill journey to Lynwood gardens. It was great to welcome back George who we've not seen in a while and we hope she and husband Sam are able to make it along when they can. Fortunately the defib was not needed and we all made it safe and happy at Lynwood gardens, meeting Seiko there.

John Kirkwood who is Sustrans Ranger and looks after this patch of the Sustrans National Cycle Network (NCN) met us at the task and walked us through this very important link road of the NCN which keeps people off the busier surrounding roads and gives people using it a taste of inner city nature. We also met with Sustrans volunteer Craig Myres who brought all the relevant tools down to help us.

The path was getting overgrown and narrowing with overgrowth and fallen branches. We got straight to it and set to work:

• Brushing
• Chopping/lopping back
• Litter picking
• Scrapping
• Soil shifting
• Armchair moving

After a good session and with a city owl cheering us on in the background (an actual one, not Sheffield Wed fan) we popped tools down and headed off into the night with a run through town to mix it up and see all the developments that are popping up in town.

John has sent us some photos of how it looks in the daylight which is a lot better than when we got to it!

Until next time, happy running! :)

Seven SENSATIONAL GG runners did an extra long run around Sheffield Gym's tonight to help spread the word about a number of fund raising events for the fantastic charity PACES.

Paces provides a vital service for people living with Cerebral Palsy, and they are always seeking funds to continue and expand their work.

We heard more about Paces from their Event Manager David, who told us more about the charities work and fundraising plans for 2023 through a series of runs including:

1. Sheffield Half Marathon - 26th March
2. Dearne Valley 10K - Sunday 21st May
3. Sheffield 10K in September - Sunday 24th Sept

Why not enter yourself and get the #redthunder to join the #pinkarmy

All of the Paces events details can be found on their website below and it's not just running. There is Skydiving, walking/trekking, cycling, golf and all sorts!

https://www.pacessheffield.org.uk/events/

It's a great time to set some goals in Jan, so why not make one of them a Paces event where you can raise money for a good cause at the same time!

The task itself set us on a treasure hunt style run, finding as many of the local gyms as possible and asking them to pop up some posters promoting the upcoming events to try and get more people involved and raising money for the charity.

At each location we had a group photo outside the gym before heading to the next.

It was great to have a Task Owner running with us setting the pace... and David promised he'd be along to future runs. It was also the first run for another Event Manager, this time in the form of Greg who we really hope will be back again for more and did fantastically well considering that this run was a lot further than we would normally go! Top effort Greg! Please do give both of the new runners a follow. We also had new to the area, but not new to GG runners Becca and Yvette who were both great, really nice chatty people who we hope come back again soon too!

Until next time. Happy running! :)