No kidding at Kamelia

Oh No ! The task tonight cancelled with 50 minutes to spare leaving me not a lot of time to arrange a back up.

However it didn't stop ( nearly ) all of us all meeting as planned at our alternative the other side of town at Worthing Leisure Centre.

It was heart warming to welcome Lucy , Barbara, Emily ,Jay ( despite his serious scratches ) Nick ,Anne,Paula, Ros and Paul on such a cold January night. With us in spirit Gill, Tamsin, Michelle, Duncan and Dr Emma who all sent their apologies.

With a slightly delayed start we set off in 2 groups , one walk/run led by Nick and one running led by me. We convened for an alternative last minute task on the prom for a beach comb along the shore , pebbles and seafront community gardens.

Exercise ? I thought you said extra fries !

Despite Lucy favouring a run to the fish and chip shop we did in fact commit to our fitness session and resist the sprint to the chippie

Before we embarked on the task we decided to get really warm and do the much looked forward session first. Tonight we carried on some more partner work that was so enjoyed by the team last week with a variation on the theme .

The team paired up in readiness for some sprint shuttle relays. Whilst one sprinted the other did a combination of squats, jumping jacks, inchworms and squat tuck jumps. This was repeated 4 times ( In Jays case 5 times!)

This was followed by a 'you go I go' tag team circuit comprising of tricep dips, jumping jacks , high knee runs , squat jumps and plentiful high fives and some military style motivation.

I cant think of a shingle beach pun

Fitness done the team turned to a swift comb of the shore line and beach front gardens in attempt to fill the all important blue bags.

15 minutes later we reconvened, condensed the rubbish and headed back to base in our 2 groups where we spent another 10 minutes stretching and chatting.

Congratulations -You survived Blue Monday !

Well done everyone! We pulled tonight from the brink of disaster and turned into a great punny, funny evening full of energy , happy faces and infectious feel good vibes. Thats the way to smash a freezing January Monday

Massive kudos to you all for turning out and giving your time to GG tonight.

I'm really excited about next weeks cooking task. Although Meridian have postponed filming until February we will still be turning out in full force to cook for the annual Turning Tides sleep out on Saturday 2nd Feb.

I'm also planning to slide in a post parkrun task this Saturday so that we can comfortably achieve our target on the GG January challenge. Keep an eye on the whats app and website for details of this.

Have a great week

Julia x