Tonight was the first GoodGym Run club session. This will be a monthly session involving a structured running session generally involving some form of interval training followed by a litter pick.

Eve and Morwenna did the running session, led by Jonny who was on his bike.

Eve and Morwenna ran down to Millenium Point as a warm up and then it was straight into a fartlek session. This is a swedish term meaning 'to play with speed'. This basically means it's unstructured interval training. The session was 2 x 8 minute fartlek blocks with a 2 minute rest between sets. The efforts ranged from fast 20 second sprints, up to a more sustained 1 minute effort. The efforts were interspersed with 'easy running' recoveries. Both Morwenna and Eve pushed hard and were especially nippy on the 20 second efforts, catching Jonny by surprise at one point as he led the way on his bike.

Once done the 'warm down' was an uphill slog back to 1000 Trades.

Back at base we met Miriam who'd come for the litter pick. We collected our equipment and off we went to do our 'do good' bit. We found a pineapple skin, hence the pun I couldn't think of!

Once done we had a picture before heading back to 1000 Trades, were Morwenna, Eve and Miriam stopped for a drink and Jonny used the last of the light to bike home.

Jonny was back on our adopted part of the Birmingham Road to pick some litter.

There was quite a heavy rain storm earlier, but when the task started Jonny was greeted by glorious sunshine :)

One whole bag was collected in a 30 minute stint, so a good job done!

Tonight was the running session followed by a litter pick in the lovely Sutton Park.

The running session was 4 x 1 minute efforts, followed by 4 x 2 minute efforts, this was then followed by another set of 4 x 1 minute efforts.

Once done we did a litter pick near the town gate. Danielle gave us a pun! But unfortunately by the time I got home and after a weights session I had forgot it! Hopefully we can use it next time!