Sunday at Love Trails Festival 2026 saw Goodgym lead a run to beach clean at Broughton Bay. ​ 3 goodgym run leaders led 16 runners (who had never done a Goodgym task before) on a 7.5km trail run along the coastal path, avoiding the tick infested forest and diverting onto a hillier road route, and across some sand dunes to the beach. ​ On arrival one runner commented "but this beach is clean? what are we going to collect?"

How wrong they were! the beach on the Gower Peninsula looked clean, but once people started looking we collected 15 bags of rubbish, another broken crab cage, a toy spade (which will be recycled as a gift to one runleaders children) and a heavy duty crate.

After 30 minutes of collecting, we regrouped, and ran 7.5km to the festival site.

Friday at Love Trails Festival 2026 saw Goodgym lead a run to beach clean at Whiteford Sands.

3 goodgym run leaders led 12 runners (who had never done a Goodgym task before) on a 7km trail run along the coastal path, through a tick infested forest (only GG run leaders found ticks on them and they hadnt yet dug in) to the beach.

The vast beach on the Gower Peninsula looked clean, but once people started looking we collected bags of rope and netting that would cause harm to birds and fish, a fridge door, a traffic cone, a broken crab cage, wading suit and a huge gas cannister.

After 30 minutes of collecting, we regrouped, committed to heading back through the tick forest, and ran 7km back to the festival site.

Our first litter picking task since the mammoth January challenge, we are here to stay active and get things done.

5 goodgymers met outside the glassworks, or usual start location. After a catch up chat, we made the decision to walk out to the beginning of the task as one group.

Lots of chatting on the way, where we have lived, life experience, general chat..... Now lets get to the task.

Michael handed out gloves, litter pickers and bags and it was time to start. A few wondering eyes from passers by as we set up in a corner of the street.

Hopefully the goodgym logo will be emblazoned on their minds after tonight.

2 teams set out, litter pickers and ploggers. The conversations continued as we cleaned the streets, filling bags with various items including a drinks dispenser, not a television... It was too big for the bag. Michael even found himself distracted when the crew pointed out a spring base from a mattress, rusty and old looking, but still full of bounce.

Like a toddler on a trampoline

As the plogging came to an end, it was time to drop our bags at a designated council bin for collection. Take a group photo, and then head back to our start location to complete the 5km.

1 bag collected along the Taff

2 bags from Llandaff

1 bag collected in Gabalfa