It was good deed 100 for Becca tonight. Give her a massive cheer, what an achievement!

On a sunny but overcast eve the GG SHF crew met up with Kendal from Bloom Sheffield at Meersbrook allotments to help with this fantastic charity run space that creates a safe environment for women and non binary folk to come and spend time tending to the flowers and chatting with like minded people in a wonderful space.

The jobs on this visit involved:

• Weeding
• Loading woodchip into wheelbarrows
• Spreading woodchip onto the paths
• Chopping up and turning the compost pile

Since our last visit the place has really come in to flower and there are some fantastic colors bursting through in the sunshine!

We sought the less hilly route home as a number of us were feeling tired and a bit under the weather. Hopefully all will feel better soon!

Happy running :)

A FANTASTIC turnout tonight to a new group run task to help the fantastic charity Bloom Sheffield who are doing some fantastic work over at Meersbrook Allotments. Bloom are a community flower garden for women in Sheffield.

Here, you’ll find a safe space where you can learn new skills, make wonderful friends, and leave your worries at the gate. Come join us, and let’s grow good things together.

We welcomed new runner Emma to the group tonight who did fantastically well. Hope to see you back soon Emma!

5 of us ran from The Showroom, met another 2 en route and finally met with everyone else at the gates to Meersbrook allotments to meet Kendall who welcomed us, opened up and showed us to the fantastic space which is the Bloom allotment.

After hearing a bit about Bloom and all the fantastic work they are doing, we got straight to it, filling wheelbarrows with woodchip and spreading it on the paths around the beds. We were having barrows of laughs and fun and the uphill loaded barrow push was a great fitness session for all who took it on!

After about half an hour of solid effort from all, the allotment was looking like it had a new carpet and is ready for Blooms next session.

From the allotment gates we parted ways at the fork in the road with some running back in different directions and Michelle cycling off towards the sunset. Possibly even on a Raleigh bike!

For those brave souls that ran back to The Showroom, we all took part in a sensational session from Celine who was being recorded to complete her Leadership in Running & Fitness (LiRF) qualification. She did great and I am sure will be leading some brilliant sessions in the very near future!

Until next time, happy running :)