After a misty morning a clement evening brought 20 GoodGymmers together to move compost. A short run to the Orchard School (almost, but not quite, getting lost on the way) we make it to our task, some trepidation in the air as the last task here involved 16 tonnes of compost... This time however we were lucky… only 4 tonnes! After orders to split up into lifters, diggers and spreaders our job was easily under control, and looking like we may finish early, however early-finishing is not a word in Tom Craggs dictionary and so a fourth group of circuits was created. Even with Tom’s extra group we completed the task with enough time to run a few laps of Well Street Common to get our heart rates up and attempt to blow away the smell from the compost, then back to home for stretching. Another great run and excellent task well done to the 20 hard working runners!

Stephen.

Tonight we didn't have a task so instead 14 intrepid runners set sail for a scouting run over the border into Hackney to check out Well Street Common and explore it's advantages asa site of future GoodGym sessions.

After about 2km of running to the park, including a stretch of 'threshold running' to Lauriston Road when then got tot he park and did a range of drills, intervals and team running before looping back via Victoria Park. With 7km of running, including lots of faster intervals we were all happy to get back to base for a good stretch!