6 GoodGymmers braved the forecast, ran 3.5k and took on the mighty thistles at the Lordship Rec

got a promotion and took on a new role as back marker

Thankfully the rain pretty much held off this week. As do–gooders began to arrive we welcomed two new comers Nargees and Helen. Lovely to have you join us guys! As we went through our briefing it started to spit with rain just a little and after a few jokes about future attendance due to the weather we set off on our merry way toward the Lordship Rec, where this week’s light – the adorable Joan awaited our arrival. Out to Paul who got a promotion and took on a new role as back marker effortlessly, splendid job sir.

greeted by a beautiful double rainbow

As we entered the meadow, which contained (for want of a better word) the thistles, that have been taking over this lovely space at the rec, we were greeted by a beautiful double rainbow. We have attended the Rec for tasks twice and been greeted by rainbows on both occasions. I like to think of this as a sign that our efforts are greatly appreciated.

We had seen the light

We were also greeted by a huge wave from the ever so appreciative Joan, in the distance. We had seen the light. She was waiting for us near one of the bridges in the meadow and the scene took me back to our last task here, when something very special happened. See report Here. Once again Joan was extremely pleased to see us and went on to say how much she enjoyed our visits, not to mention the benefit to the park and its users.

age-old argument of whether or not we we're a jogger or runner

Joan then took us to the spot that she wanted us to clear of thistles and we wasted no time in getting stuck in. We split into two groups of three then set about snipping, cutting and bagging of those cluttering composites. Filled bags began to build rapidly as we conversed on the age-old argument of whether or not we we're a jogger or runner. The conclusion – as with most things in life, you can be whatever you want to be if you want it bad enough and put in the effort. Once again time had run out so we gathered ourselves along with a few bags packed with thistles and began to run (maybe we jogged?) toward the compost drop off point to dump the bags, say goodbye to a very proactive Joan, and get ready for our time trial.

This week we launched our monthly time trial

This week we launched our monthly time trial and like any launch the goal posts just had to be moved (a couple of hundred metres). So I had previously told this week’s goodgymmers that they would be doing a time trial over 400 metres and that it wasn’t a race against each other, more a race against themselves so they should push to get a good time to beat next month. Well they all pushed themselves super hard and actually ran a distance of 627 metres. Well done guys. You smashed it!

Time trial results:

Matt - 2:28.37

Paul - 2:30.47

Chris - 2:31.03

Nargees – 3:15.05

Helen – 3:15.45

Next Weeks Task: Here

Until next week do-gooders - stay fit, do good and look out for the light