Finally! After sixteen months and a couple of false starts The Pack is Back!

We welcomed Jason & SSusan for their first ever group run! They both joined us in the last 16 months and although they have clocked up an impressive 24 and 28 good deeds neither had ever done a group run!

Rosiewho has been Goodgymming since 2014 mostly up in London, also joined us for her first group run Brighton style. Welcome Rosie!

As part of the welcome speech we normally celebrate any achievements and successes by our members since the last group run so with 16 months worth of material we had quite a lot to mention! Well done to Abi for running 15km in one go ( and good luck for 16km at the weekend!), to Roy who ran the Virtual London Marathon in a very impressive time, but perhaps most impressive is Michelle who can now cycle all the way tot he top of Southover Street without stopping. Go and give it a try to see how tough it is!

So after a reasonably gentle fitness session to ease you back in we ran a hot 2km run to our task at the Bates Estate where we met Cllrs Zoe & Martin who explained that whilst the council cut the grass around the estate they don’t have the time to keep pathways and staircases clear. So our main task was to clear a very overgrown stairway of brambles and weeds. It was a tough job but after 45 minutes of snipping, pulling, sweeping and bagging the stairway is now significantly clearer and residents can use it without fear of bramble scratches and trips.

And as if the excitement of group runs restarting this week wasn't enough don't forget parkrun also restarts on Saturday and we have a Sunday Community Mission at Junior parkrun to help out with as well.

Enjoy the rest of the sunshine and see you next week!