This weeks group run took the team on a fairly long distance run 4km out to Stony Hill nature reserve. A popular park space for after school playtime it was due for a tidy up of the usual forgotten litter.

Our team of seven got into every corner and copse of the park seeking bits to fill our bags. after thirty minutes or so we'd filled an impressive eight bags, set them by the road for collection and began the return 4km journey back into town.

It was Earth Day, a day to celebrate nature and consider what we can do to help and protect it.

Our task at the Lea Vale Community Garden was to help get some unruly vegetable beds in order with a good digging over and building some new wooden frames around them. This will allow the gardens users to focus on making contact with nature by growing vegetables in the garden and enjoying the peace of this secluded green space.

As always it was a steep run up to Farley Hill that got our legs pumping hard and burning loads of calories. After the task we did a nice core conditioning workout on the lawn before heading back down the hill.

After the wettest winter ever, the players and the changing rooms at 61 FC had clearly got a bit muddy so we were called in to give it a spring clean now the weather has brightened and the pitch is dryer.

We did a good paced 4km run out to the clubhouse, got set up with soapy water, scrubbers and mops and set to work bringing a fresher look and smell to the club!

Job done we had our traditional half-time orange squash and biscuits and finished the evening with the return 4km run into town.

A quick run this week out to the Hightown Baptist Church via a short or long route depending on preferences.

Our task for the evening was to give all the chairs in the hall a good scrub down to remove stains and spills that had accumulated. These chairs are used each week for the FoodCycle sessions so they get a lot of action on top of normal church activities.

With a big group of us we were able to get them all scrubbed up with plenty of time to spare for a workout session in the luxury of the indoors and a soft carpet!

The activities for the workout were all down to chance as we used fitness dice to prescribe each component of the session. This led to a lot of jumping jacks and walking lunges!

We added small recovery stretch sessions in between as everyone got a roll of the dice, and finished off with a round of squash from the kitchen before locking up and heading back into town.