It was a chilly and rainy evening, but that didn’t stop the fantastic Woking Goodgym members from coming out in full force to wrap up the year with a final mission!

This evening, we were thrilled to welcome Chris, Karen, and Laura for their first time with us. We’re so happy to have you on the team and hope you enjoyed the mission as much as we did!

Tonight's adventure was organised by James, who brought along his Christmas backpack packed with 1,300 leaflets for the Shooting Star Children's Hospice fundraiser.

Shooting Star is collecting and recycling as many Christmas trees as they can this year in exchange for donations, which helps support children with life-limiting conditions and their siblings — what a wonderful cause!

Our determined group of ten set off toward the town centre, running through Woking Park, with Quinn, the dog, wagging his tail even harder in excitement beside us! We decided to extend our session tonight to get as many leaflets delivered as possible.

The GG army arrived at our first stop, and thanks to James and his magical keys, we quickly accessed 7 of Woking's apartment complexes to fill their letterboxes. It was like witnessing the world's most efficient production line!

After we finished there, we agreed to keep the leafleting going on our way back to the leisure centre, targeting both sides of Hillview Road, White Rose Lane, and Ockenden Gardens.

By the time we regrouped at the leisure centre, we were all buzzing with excitement after delivering a whopping 1,240 leaflets in just over an hour!

Karen, Laura, and Nadia took a few leaflets to share in their neighbourhoods, tonight, Anne, Wayne, and Alys had fun taking turns as backmarkers. Kirsty played the role of the unofficial lollipop lady, making sure everyone crossed those busy roads safely and struggled to keep up with the current, "not a runner" Agathe who whizzed through the streets.

Wayne captured some fantastic photos, and Alys Alys them on social media to spread the word about Shooting Star's cause.

James led the way as our fearless run leader tonight, and as a fun twist, Nadia still has some burpees to do in the new year as her penalty for not wearing her red tutu, Anne narrowly missed her penalty by nipping home and picking up hers to wear.

We missed our lovely regulars Katie and Becky this evening, who both are recovering from illness, and we look forward to supporting them back to full fitness in the new year.

On Saturday and Sunday, GG Woking is supporting the Woking District Rotary Club, James has arranged a group social 10k run at Polesdon Lacey on Sunday for members who are not volunteering at Woking Junior's Parkrun.

On Christmas Day, several members are meeting at Homewood Parkrun to build up a calorie deficit ahead of their Christmas lunches. Merry Christmas everyone!