7 Goodgymmers ventured out tonight litter picking along the River Sherbourne and Whitley Common, with a combined run/walk of approx 3.5 miles. We welcomed Claire and Chris on their first group run as GoodGymers, the last run we did with them was in support of their fundraising challenge, it's great to have you on board guys!

After our warm up in town we made our way to the river with Nigel meeting us half way on his bike. As part of the 100 days of Action, GG HQ had provided a game of litter pick bingo. However it proved quite difficult to look for litter, hold your picker and cross off the items on the bingo card so we decided to do it as a group and share the prize. We managed to find most of the items on the list but the area was super clean and tidy and we only managed to get half a bag of litter between us!

Was really proud of how everyone looked out for each other and it was just an all round lovely night, having a chat with friends whilst doing good at the same time. We headed back for a fitness session lead by Laura for her LIRF qualification which included hill sprints and then finished off with a few chocolates from the shared prize.

Three goodgymers ran approximately 6.5km to the River Sherbourne for our regular litter pick.

After warming up, we made our way out of the city centre via the historic London Road cemetery to the river. We meandered down the river and managed to fill two bags with take away wrappers, bottles and plastic. On our return journey, the sky put on a fantastic display for us as the sun went down. Make sure you dust off your headtorches ready for our next group run!

Three Goodgymers ran approximately 5k and then plogged along the banks of the River Sherbourne in Coventry on a warm and windy August evening.

When we arrived, we noticed that some of the overgrown nettles and brambles had been cleared and some litter had already been cleared, but we still managed to fill two bags with small pieces of plastic, sweet wrappers and cans. We also sampled some local food- ripe blackberries!! We will need to go back in a few weeks to collect enough for a crumble!

After a good litter picking session, we made our way back to the city centre, narrowly avoiding an unhappy dog and a hungry squirrel!

Welcome to Dongye for his first group run- hope to see you again soon!

On Tuesday 31st August, Five members of GoodGym Coventry set out to litter pick along the banks if the River Sherbourne.

Unfortunately, the route we were taking was a main route into town and as a result was covered in lots of litter. There was especially a lot of litter on Whitley Common- hence the title.

All in all, 4 bags of litter were collected.

For our return to the start, we found the most undulating route to practise our running up hills.

On a lovely, sunny Tuesday evening, 7 GoodGym Coventry runners litter picked to support the River Sherbourne living landscape.

it was great to meet James on his first GoodGym community mission. Lots of old rubbish was found and unique positions for gaining better access ymti the rubbish was found so that 6 bags were filled with rubbish.

On a lovely but typically slightly rainy Tuesday evening, 7 GoodGym Coventry runners headed out along the River Sherbourne to support Warwickshire Wildlife Trust's River Sherbourne Valley Living Landscapes.

There was quite a lot of litter along the paths and banks. 4 bags were collected but unfortunately 1 by 1 all of these proved to be weak and holes 🕳 appeared in the bases. Luckily, litter bins were closed by so we headed back to the common and tidied a bit there too.

We completed our session with a 4km run too and a good stretch. All socially distanced.So lovely to be back running and doing good in groups.