Well, last night didn't quite go to plan. After a day staring out my window wondering what the weather would deliver this evening, 9 brave souls optimistically arrived in Woolwich. We stared up at the clouds and hoped that they would calm down and give us a dry run. After a brief shower we welcomed the group and warmed up. We had a great chat discussing some common runner questions including best place to land on the foot and how to work on our arm movements while running.

We headed off to a new task tonight which saw us take in a new area in Woolwich, Plumstead and it's common. We encountered some hills on the way and I saw some really strong running! The weather blessed us with a break in rain as we approached the Slade Centre, however we had missed our task owner due to a miscommunication and were left pondering how we could get some good done this evening. We agreed that we could go and do some litter picking, but then the weather decided differently. The heavens opened as we headed back towards central Woolwich and the group bravely ran in probably the worst weather I have experienced at Goodgym!

As we were soaking, the sun had gone down and the run had been a good effort we headed off, most of us to the Equitable to warm up and discuss philosophy over some drinks.

Thank you all for your company last night and the run leader team will ensure this kind of thing won't happen again! So so soooo lovely to see all of your smiling faces laughing at our bad luck and getting absolutely soaked in the aid of doing good in our community.

Next week's group run will be updated soon with more information, keep an eye on your inboxes and if you aren't already involved you can join the whatsapp for some great chat and discussions on GGG business.

Hopefully see some of you on Saturday at Charlton parkrun! If you've not been before and fancy a free 5k run or a chance to volunteer have a look https://www.parkrun.org.uk/charlton/