10 people ran 6km to help out at the Birmingham Mission Care Centre by handing out food to the homeless and donating some toiletries and clothes

So, after Aidan kindly took the reins last week while I was enjoying some Tenerife sunshine, I was back this week to put the group through their paces whilst doing a good deed on our way! It was fantastic to meet four brand new ‘GoodGymers’ tonight. Welcome to Kate, Morwenna, Karin and Andy.

Double task

So, after the intro’s we were on our way to the Brum Mission Care Centre. Once we arrived we set about serving food and providing cutlery to the homeless. The group also donated a tremendous number of toiletries to the centre and a few clothes as well, meaning the Mission team were overjoyed with our help. Great work team!

Steps and Hills?!

Once done we were back on our way, stopping outside the Mailbox to do some high intensity work on the steps, concentrating on getting a high knee lift, Andy, John and Chloe showing great technique with Kate and Chan showing great effort. Now this was just a bit of ‘tune up’ for the hill work, so off we popped on the short journey to the Post Office were ‘our hill’ was waiting. Tonight, we went for eight minutes of hardcore hill efforts, the group running as hard as they could to the top and then jogging back down to recover. Now what can I say?! Everyone was fantastic! The group worked so hard, it was a great to see! Obviously, the group split slightly throughout the session, but we still managed to get the group together for a big effort on the last rep and it was a great sight to watch, we even had a rather impressed audience looking on. Let’s hope they sign up!

Once done and everyone exhausted it was time for a gentle run back to base, for a bit of a stretchy stretch! Next week we will be out doing good again, it would be great if you could join us sign up here