8 lovely runners ran 3km to help at the Greenwich & Bexley hospice charity shop!

Well what a lovely morning it was for a run! The perfect autumn day, super cold, but super sunny... my favourite! The best way to start our series of Big Half starter sessions!

We were joined by 4 newbies, Ciaran, Kate, Rina and Vinnie... welcome everyone! And 3 of our regular Wednesday runners, Alex, Steve and Gennie, great to see you in the hours of daylight!

After doing a little warm up by the gym we set off with a nice little jog to the charity shop. We were greeted by Sarah who explained a few things that needed doing. Rina, Gennie & Vinnie went out the back to sort out some donations. Ciaran opted for the hoovering and also doubled up as a great sales person, making twenty quid sale on a pair of shoes... NICE ONE! Whilst the twins and Kate cleaned and tidied in the main part of the shop.

It was so nice to be doing it in the light of day for a change, usually we do it at night time, when it's dark and when the shop is closed so it was nice to see it busy with customers and also busy with people dropping off donations.... CONSTANTLY!! Steve even had to help a nice lady with some bags from her car, she had about 12 bin bags crammed full of stuff!

Strike a pose!

We also had Ryan join us who was from the London Marathon events team who are putting on The Big Half. He was taking some snaps throughout the day and also a little video of us all going into the shop, which only took about 4 takes so that's pretty good I'd say!

After about half an hour at the shop, we headed to the university for a little fitness session. We did a few core exercises followed by some intervals and then we called it a day. A little jog back to the gym for a quick stretch and we were done!

Wednesday group runs!

Don't forget we have our normal Wednesday weekly group runs at 6.45pm meeting at the Old Royal Naval College. The format is exactly the same as what we did yesterday, it's just the run could potantially be a little bit longer that's all. So hopefully see you at a group run soon! The link to the next one is here.

We also have a GoodGym Greenwich Facebook group so please join! We have around 30 people running the Big Half from GoodGym Greenwich so it's a good opportunity to buddy up with someone in the local area for your longer runs on the weekend!

The next starter session is Saturday 16th December, all the details are here.

Great job yesterday everyone! You all did great on the run and really got stuck in with the task so well done! Hopefully see you all soon!