This week, Sally-Anne, Lauren, Kirsty (with Rocket), Jessica, Anne, James and Adam met at the RSPCA in Chobham.

We wondered if the RSPCA staff were really expecting us as the gate was locked. But this did not stop us, and we climbed it -more or less- gracefully.

While waiting for Adam and James who were running from Woking, the rest of the team decided to jog around the horses’s field. Thank goodness the ground, although uneven, was dry.

Rocket was the fastest and the best of us all…

We only found a few shears to tackle the brambles, but this did not stop our usual efficient enthusiasm! We managed to clear a whole side of the dogs’s compound and James even saved a tiny frog from the jungle before handing it to Anne who released it safely in a quieter area.

Our very best wishes to Adam and James who will tackle the Big Half in London on Sunday.

Later this month Jessica will run a 10K in Henley and Anne one in Windsor.

We are all in awe of Sally-Anne, our super Star, who is training for the Ironman triathlon due to take place at the beginning of October (but we hope to see you again before then Sally-Anne!).

If you are available, it would be lovely to see you at Woking Park to support junior parkrun.

Next week we will meet at the Leisure Centre and go to the Lighthouse to perform our usual duties.

In the meantime, happy running to everyone.

The GoodGym crew consisting of James, Wayne, Anne, Katie, Kirsty, Sally, Adam, Becky teamed up with the Run Company crew made up of Rich, Louise and Karl.

Never have pink and red gone so well together as a team of 11 people in team tshirts running around Woking carrying bin bags and litter pickers.

We made our way along Chertsey Road and back into town via Woodham Road, clocking up approximately 5k each and picking up litter as we went. The running turned more into walking as our bin bags filled with good deeds.

Big congratulations to Anne for reaching her 200th good deed.

The wonderful residents of Woking even took time to appreciate Anne for her hard work cleaning up the community. We also got a few appreciative beeps from cars along the way.

Big thank you to Louise for baking blondies for the group.

Considering it was bucketing it down with rain all day, the Woking GoodGym group would be forgiven for thinking the task of laying bark on the parkrun course would be cancelled. But alas, we are not fairweather people and Holly, James, Sally-Anne and Rebecca showed up as planned. We did a reconnaissance of the parkrun course, which having dried out the past few weeks, was extremely wet. Therefore, we decided to make a start with the task. Also helped by the fact it stopped raining.

Armed with two wheelbarrows, one spade, one fork and four buckets we pitched together to shift the bark onto the wettest parts of the course. Ignoring the mould spores growing in the bark we chatted away while working, including sharing tips on fueling during long distance cycles for vegans. Many hands make light work and before sunset we managed to cover a lot more of the puddles than we first expected. Perhaps because strong man James managed to carry four buckets at once!

Initially concerned we would not have enough bark, there is still plenty left for another GoodGym task. So we look forward to seeing you there soon.

Well done to everyone who took part in the Surrey Half

• Woking Member took on the Surrey Half last Sunday and did an amazing job, well done to Owen, Adam, James and Rebecca. Also a big thank you and well done to Anne who was volunteering at the finish line.
• Good Luck to Anne who I think is still running this weekend at the Kelly's event on Saturday.

Last Night at GG

Meeting at the WWF last night we were heading off to Woodham Parish Church. With Adam and Owen leading the way down a muddy canal, it looked like Sally-Anne stepped in some rather muddy deep puddles.

With everyone at the Church it was up to Adrain to set and give out the tasks for the evening. He is always so well prepared for us. He had three jobs - * Grass seed duty, with raking the soil and sowing the seeds and raking it again. * The inside job which took place in the entrance to the hall of cleaning down the walls and then giving it a coat of paint. * and Clearing Leaves

With everyone so busy doing their jobs and the topic of the evening, of course the corona virus and how it is effecting people's day to day to routines. A big thank you to every one for their hard work and for everyone being so helpful.

Next week every day the corona virus information is changing and with that in mind ... please can you keep an eye out on the GG website for more information, especially with next week's task meant to be taking place in a care home.

Last night 6 runners plus Bodhi ran 6km to spread the word of GoodGym delivering leaflets in the local area.

5 met at our usual meeting spot outside the leisure centre before heading off towards Kingfield where we were joined just in time by Sally-Ann making up the 6. None of us recognised her as she wasn’t wearing her trademark fluorescent jacket and it was like meeting a brand new person!

We split into 2 teams taking both sides of Elmbridge Lane where we split with one team heading down Queen Elizabeth Way and the other taking care of Sundridge Road. We then regrouped before smashing out Howard Road and the task was complete in double quick time.

Nick had the bright idea of heading up to Ashwood Road to do some hill climbs where we all did as many repeats as we could in 15 minutes which was quite hard and everyone did well with most people completing 5 repeats to ensure we all finished exhausted before heading off home.

Next week we will be heading back to the allotment to tidy the plot and turn over the soil so get signed up if you can make it. Also don’t forget to volunteer for Junior Parkrun on Sunday; they really appreciate our continued support each week.