IT'S A RECORD!

WOW! A new record turnout for @GGSHEFF and on probably the worst night of weather we have seen since we started! A MASSIVE THANK YOU to everyone who came out, braved the weather and really got stuck in to helping REGATHER!

WELCOME

A big welcome to new runners to the @GGSHEFF family:

• Sergiu Radu
• Andrea
• Rob Kenning
• Katy Coutts

Give em a CHEER!

WET WET WET (I CAN FEEL IT IN MY FINGERS)...

It was a wet one, but spirits were not dampened with the rain, we set off from under the cover of THE HUBS toward our destination of LYNWOOD GARDENS where REGATHER's infamous GORGEOUS GARETH was awaiting with tools, gloves & water ready at the top of a cheeky little climb.

After getting a great brief from BIG G, we split into the following crack units:

1. TEAM SPADES
2. TEAM RAKES
3. TEAM BOX & BAG
4. TEAM BARROW

With Daddy G's floodlights lighting our way we shifted & spread a HUMONGOUS ammount of woodchip into Lynwood Gardens which is being used as a forest Kindergarten.

As we were smashing through the task and the rain was lashing down harder at times we didn't know weather to laugh or cry, but we went for the former with everyone feeling chipper and having a wheelbarrow of a time, swapping teams to ensure we stayed as active as we could in the weather and ensuring no one left with a chip on their shoulder...

GETTING WARMER

Before saying our goodbyes to Poppa G & heading home, to ensure everyone could feel both their fingers and their toes we got warm before setting off back to base with:

• Paired arm locomotion
• Squat jumps
• Static Sprints

HEADING HOME

After getting a heartfelt thanks for our work from GLORIOUS GARETH we set off homeward bound with a few stops on the way to keep the group together and warm. This week featured:

• Ohhhhhhhhhhh the Hokey Cokey
• Side step circles (with added shout outs to the Striders)
• Squats (of course)
• Underpass Madness
• Wall Squat challenge
• Sprint loop backs

STRETCH TIME

On return to base we headed for the cover of the Hubs once more to stretch off and hear the latest news on

• Progress of the Jan Challenge - Keep getting those deeds and KM in!
• Barnsley Group Run - Tues 16th @6pm
• Extra group run this Sun with Friends of Sheaf Valley Park - Details TBC
  
• Barnsley Starter Session - Sat 20th @12pm
• Sheffield Starter Session - Sun 28th Jan @12.30pm
• Langsett 10K - March 17th
• Lakes - June 3rd

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much going on to get involved with, check the website or Wattsapp group for more info.

Until next time, happy running,

Tom :)

This week the Sheffield branch of Good Gym set off for our third visit to help Heeley Development Trust.

With a slightly longer run to the Thirwell Rd location it gave us all a chance to warm up on a nippy November eve. On arrival at the top of typical Sheffield steep hill we were warmly greeted by FANTASTIC FRANK who gave us a true to form fantastic brief of the evenings task which was continuing with lifting and shifting a huge pile of logs that are to be bagged up and sold in the future to raise much needed funds for HDT to develop the Thirwell Rd site for small business's such as Regather Bikes who do some fantastic work such as fixing bikes and providing them to Asylum seekers.

We split into three teams. Two human chains piling logs into a log stall and tonne bags and one crack team of suitably strong men and women to lift and shift some of the biggest logs ever seen by human eyes with a wheelbarrow! SCIENTIFIC STEVE set about improving our efficiency with some logorithmic algorithms, what wood we do without him? The human chain saw the pile quickly go down as the evening went on.

With all teams happily chipping away at the task under floodlight kindly provided by FANTASTIC FRANK the shout for the last minute was raised and the pressure was pilled on with some people starting to crack but we pulled it together in true @GGSHEFF fashion and got the job done!

Following a big log pile group photo we got warm before heading back into the night with some static sprints and paired arm rows.

On the way back we made a brief fitness stop in one of our fave parks parks for some quick fire fitness including:

• Box jumps or step ups
• Tri Dips
• Piston Squats
• Two up group sprints

To finish us all off we added some underpass squat shenanigans and Mobot sprint and return loops to keep us together and add some individual challenge before stretching off outside the hubs and hearing all the latest news including:

• REGATHER XMAS SOCIAL - Tues 12 Dec - 6-10pm
• PERCY PUD - This Sunday!
• BUCHAREST RUNNING FESTIVAL - 12-13 May. Promised spreadsheet link here. Get signed up, not to be missed!
• JANUARY CHALLENGE - Get STRAVA linked up to your GG account, if your not sure, ask.

Next week we are off to The Real Junk Food Project, get signed up today.

Until then, happy running :)

This week saw @GGSheff run to a new location with the fantastic REGATHER to help Friends of Lynwood Gardens with the upkeep of this city centre gem.

WELCOME

We welcomed a new runner to the group this week who mucked in really well with the group and is a real chip off the old block. Give a big CHEER and follow for LUKE

LETS RUN

With a bit of a longer run than usual everyone did a fantastic job of getting to the task site. On reaching the site we were given a fantastic and thorough brief of the nights task by GORGEOUS GARETH who even brought some posh moveable lights for the task to make the task doable in the dark of the wooded area and made for some very arty lighting for photos.

TASK TIME

Our tasks for the eve was to shift cut down weeds into a compost pile and shift as much woodchip into the muddy grounds of the park as we could to make the area more useable for the public and the kindergarden on site. By the end of the task we had covered a massive area with very little beating around the bush. The team really stuck with the task throughout with everyone chipping in!

PHOTOS & TREATS

At the end of the task we gather for a great group photo taken by MAGICAL MARTIN and had time for a quick drink before heading back to base with bags of treats provided by GORGEOUS GARETH of REGATHER in the form of honeycomb and fudge - DELICIOUS!

SPRINTS & SITS

On the way home as it was a bit of a longer run put in some sprint and returns with everyone doing a great job and really giving it a go when they saw the sprint go off the front and the hands go up for the loop back to 'THE KING' as the back marker. We formed a great wall sit tunnel in the underpass to give high fives and cheers as people came through and get a great group photo.

Back at base we used the wall for some stretching and headed inside for liquid refreshment, pun suggestions and talk of a GG climbing session this week - watch the WhatsApp!

Until next week,

Happy Running :)