Wow, what a contrast to last week with the weather and thank goodness the sun shone on us as there was a lot of raking to be done as 14 GoodGym Coventry runners headed to Langar Aid to rake the garden and litter pick and tidy the surrounding areas.

It was great to welcome three new GoodGym runners, Nigel, Ed and Victoria.

Having been greeted by some of the Langar Aid staff, roles were quickly decided and some cleared the garden of cut grass, some tidied the garden and swept and litter picked the surrounding area. It was clear to see how keen everyone was to complete the task well, conscientiously clearing and sweeping till the last moments.

It was great to meet not only some of the volunteers at Langar Aid but also some of the people who benefit form the work Langar Aid do and who would benefit from our hard work. Once the task was finished, it was great to see inside too to see the kitchen and dining area and learn a little more about the history of Langar Aid.

On our way back to Drapers, we stopped for a quick relay run with team 2 being the winners. Good work all and well done Pia for doing 2 legs on tired legs and Ed for helping maintain order.

See you all next week hopefully for some gardening at Spencer Park. Have a good week, Liz x

Three was definitely the magic number with 3 new Goodgym runners and clearing the canal to Bridge 3, we had a great evening. Lovely to see so many of you returning and great to see Norma, Rosie and Katie.

Tonight, we headed out to visit the canal, starting out slightly away from the basin at bridge 1, we splintered into groups and attacked the canal banks armed with bags, bag hops and litter pickers, the teams bagged and binned up any rubbish on the path. As this area is also a cycle path we were also supporting Sustrans who support the use and maintenance of local cycleways of the UK. Competition was rife as to who could find the most interesting litter- this possibly being the separate discoveries of a sofa (although we were unable to remove this), a comb and a hair dryer!

Making the most of the remaining daylight, we regrouped and ran back towards town and completed our hill reps on the lead up to the cathedral. Hampered slightly by water and a takeaway delivery driver. Everyone put in maximum effort for all 5 efforts. Fantastic powering up the hills. As it was at the top of the hill, we stopped off at the Knife Angel and had a photo by the Cathedrals too.

Next week is delivering bags for the Cyrenians aswell as the first GoodGym Coventry social. Please bring a rucksack you can run with if you have one.

Hope you all hava a lovely week and see you next week, Liz x

p.s.Info on Arabian bites can be found here

Wow, what a first week. You lots are amazing. Forty one runners ran 5 km in total to Coventry Resource Centre for the Blind on the19th March where they weeded, cleaned paths, moved sheds and rafts to clear a fantastic area which will now be used to build a shelter for visiting Guide Dogs.

Having been greeted by Hugh and Jo at the Centre and having learned about how the task would benefit, our busy 41 set off on competing the task. Due to the nature of the task, as well as the participating in the task runners also participated in a mini fitness session. The transformation of the garden was impressive with a shed, desks and at least 15 bags of weeds relocated to a skip. Having been thanked by Jo, we headed off to complete our fitness session.

The fitness session started with finding a buddy and then completing laps of the park mixed with some strengthening exercises. All runners gave it their all on the reps and completed the session with smiles beaming.

Thank you so much for attending and giving it your all, not only on the task but on the fitness session afterwards. It was great to chat to lots of you, hope I can catch up with the rest of you at sessions in the future.

Next week's run can be signed up for here