Proving once again that GGSheff ain't no party poo-pers, twenty-five GGSheffers made their way to Heeley City Farm last night to display maximum Goodness. We welcomed Cerowyn (referred to us by our old pal Shona), a new runner and also welcome back many recent joiners so it's good to see we haven't scared anyone off! After a quick debrief, an explanation of the running drills and count off, the team headed out on the 2km trip.

On the way out, we made sure to listen out for the whistle - one toot for fast feet, two toots for super slow running (just like Baywatch!) to practice our form and build core strength. We did squats at red lights and walked across the road in our best Emperor penguin impressions to build up some of our running muscles.

On arrival, Julie from Heeley City Farm met us at the entrance to explain our jobs. The farm had recently had to make a member of the team redundant so we took over some of the jobs that he would normally have done all on his own - bag up leaf mulch read for sale, move some manure and turn over another manure pile. The whole team worked really well together despite a few cramped spaces proving once again how much a group of good people can do in a short space of time. As we were all knee deep in the task it was suddenly time to start packing away and we left the farm neat and tidy, just as we'd found it.

After a few words from Julie, a photo with the big pig and a some hand scrubbing it was time to head back to base. In a change to the normal intense work out provided by Tom, we assembled on the green for a yoga practice showing the whole city our Downward Dog and Warrior poses before a good stretch off and round up of the week.

Thanks to Chris D and James for being solid back markers! See you next week :)

The day after the Sheffield Half Marathon an impressive number arrived at the showroom to aid their recovery on a short run to Lynwood Gardens.

We welcomed Gabriella, Zuzanna and Gavin on their first runs, show them some support and give them a cheer!

Super Sarah was bestowed with her very own bowtie for reaching her 50th good deed, make sure to give her a cheer here.

We headed to Lynwood on our traditional route which despite the climb on Hanover Way is the least hilly route from A to B, but we took it steady to make sure those post race legs weren't to painful. On arrival Gorgeous Gareth gave us a intro to the evening's task which focused around getting a skip filled, Captain Kat has clearly been reading some productivity books and quickly suggested we form a human chain to pass the debris from where it was being stored out to the skip. We got an education on what Greedy Boards were and soon had all skip filled.

With a little bit of time left we turned over the compost piles and searched the location for anything else that looked skippable.

Once were were finished and had received a warm thank you for Gareth we headed off.

Having promised not to inflict the Moby Flower Squat Challenge on everyone we spotted off en route so Stand In Steve could ruin another favourite song. This time it was Will Smith getting us to pulse squat, jump squat, forward, back and side lunge to "Switch", which everyone loved!

When we arrived back at base we spent a little longer stretching to make sure we helped with leg recovery and didn't forget those arms that had helped drive so many up That Hill the previous day!

Team Leader Tom found he had an urgent appointment in South America and so it fell to Capable Chris to get his hands dirty for his first time as run leader and guide 37 super Sheffield runners to Heeley Peoples’ Park for an excursion into the undergrowth. Michelle proudly wore her red bow tie to celebrate her 50th Good Gym mission. Setting out from the Showroom in the light was a great start to the evening as we made our way to the task and a meeting with Heeley Park stalwarts Andy, Rob and Bev. On arrival we had a quick briefing and the announcement of a competition: which team can gather the most Sticky Willy in the time available? Sam, Harris and Kat lead their groups away under the trees and the race was on. Three large dump bags were filled in quick time and, in the interests of group harmony, the outcome was declared a draw. From the park we headed back to the Showroom with a detour for some circuits, along with box jumps, dead hangs, push-ups and triceps dips along the way. Once back we had a stretching session and dealt with a full week of announcements for upcoming Good Gym events. Sadly we had to say Goodbye to Michelle , who is off for an adventure in Mull, while Sioned is returning to Bristol: we will all miss you both. And finally, Good Luck and Good Running to all the intrepid Good Gymers running the Sheffield Half Marathon on Sunday, the cheer squad will be out to help you along.