Tonight 8 runners joined in at Goodgym Stockport. It was our smallest run to date as we were running to stockport womens centre which is just 2 streets away, but we did need the energy to tackle the garden.

We have visited the womens centre last year so we knew where we were going and what we were doing, so once we arrived we got to it with the tools and gloves and started to de-weed and tidy up.

* Tonight we were joined by our lovely newbie *Catherine, welcome to the crew! Dont be fooled by tonights running distance, it wont be that short every week, but we also dont waddle walk every week either. Also a massive hello to Matt and Pauline from lovely Liverpool, great to see you both again and for once again bringing your positive vibes with you.

We had 45 minutes to cut down the long grass, sort out the flower beds and rip out the weeds around the centre. And thats just what we did, and in the mist of the grass we found lovely little wild strawberries that we planted in one of the overgrown flower beds. We also pulled out a huge weed out make a lovely corner space, and as well as the back of the centre Pauline and Matt did a wonderful job or de-weeding and cleaning up the front of the building.

As well as the strawberries we also found a bar of chocolate in the overgrown grass, now imagine if that chocolate bar grew!!!!

After we had got the area looking tidy we had 15 minutes for a fitness session, we had a 3 minute run circuit with some face speeds, co-ordination and agility work, then a 7 exercise circuit, each runner had to pick a exercise while they did a run, from looking at everyone it was enjoyed?? Who doesn’t love burpees and waddle walking???

After all the fun was over we headed back, just a short run back then a few stretches. Dont forget next week we are off to kiss some frogs, but we are going to clean them first! Its going to be hopping fun………

Have a great week folks, happy running, Lisa x x

As the weather begins to change, we still saw 11 amazing runners set to the Womens Centre, it was very very VERY close to our start location and so we set off with a fun warm up outside LifeLeisure GrandCentral. From here we ran up past Stockport Art gallery and channeled our inner "Rocky" with some small stair repeats, see photos for evidence, we even had some locals cheer and chant the "Rocky" theme tune.......

With the location being so close we continued to run on past the Womens Centre to a section of land to complete some loops of the area, the challenge was to see how many loops could be done in 10 minutes, there were options for rest, or to speed it up. Everyone worked super hard on this section, so well done guys, you rocked it!

After our run challenge we made our way back to the Womens Centre where we were met by Nicki. She introduced herself and gave us a pile of bags to start up. We started to clean and de-weed the area, whipping and ripping the area into shape! As ever the team took the task with pride and enthusiasm, worked hard and still managed to chat and smile.

Before we knew it, the task in hand was done, the garden and surrounding areas were looking fresh and clean, and can now be used for a relaxing and tranquil space.

Because the crew had loved the stairs at the gallery sooooo much we decided to head back a different route, this time via the park with a a looooot of stairs. At the park we had a small fitness session of stair running mixed with a few gentle laps around the park, which was lovely and peaceful and the birds were still cherping.........

After the session was complete we made our way back to LifeLeisure where we discussed this weeks Stockport 10k on Sunday, and next weeks group run 5km clean up challenge. We finished with a cheer and a good old stretch off.

A massive thanks again for all turning up and working hard, welcome to Jessie who made it to her first northern Goodgym session and Anne for completing her 1st 10km race on Sunday and still showing up to work hard. Thank you, thank you, thank you,

Same time next wk???

Lisa x