19 awesome Goodgym runners ran 1.5km which was a small distance but we had a mamouth task!

It was lovely to see some of the same faces from the launch last week and lovely to meet a few new faces too.

After lying (unintenially!!) to the group on 2 fronts, I had said the task was a small pile of twigs(!!!!) and that we would do some speed interval trainging to make up for it. we set off a steady pace with David as our back marker to meet the lovely Pam Robinson at St Matthews church in Edegely. Pam provided us with bags, gloves, garden equiptment and lots of positive enthusiam, and later on tea and biscuits.

This is where the confusion started, I had spotted a small pile of twigs that would take 10 minutes to clear by the team, but once the gate was open I realised there was a whole other pile of twigs that was HUGE......Whoops.

As well as the mountain of twigs we got stuck in to a few other tasks as the cleaner has broken his shoulder, so we hoovered, cleaned windows, wiped, sorted, cleaned rails, mowed the lawn, and then moved more twigs!

As the end seemed close a few of us had a cup of tea and a biscuit and then got stuck back into the pile ahead.

All of a sudden time seemed short and we were desperate to clear the twigs so we got the speed and determination up, and it was happily decided that the interval training was to be saved for another session.

After reaching concrete on the floor and seeing the huge difference we had made to the space we downed tools and started to run back to Lifeleisure. Once back we ended with a small stretch and a laugh at the size of the " small pile of twigs" i had told the group about.

It was another wonderful task, well done guys you were fantastic,

See you soon team,

Lisa x

45 runners ran 6.0k to help reform the signpost gardens and surrounding areas.

What a fabulous launch night! 45 runners/Amazing humans, joined us at Lifeleisure Grandcentral where we were joined by our partners Age UK Stockport and Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. We had a gentle warm up to set our legs for all the hills in the evenings session (sorry!!) After 3 shorts breaks waiting for the magic green man we started stomping up hill number one to our location of Signpost Stockport for Carers in Heaton Moor. The group were amazing, everyone chatted and laughed (grimaced maybe?) up hill one, slight race down hill, where we then ran up the 3rd and biggest hill........(sorry again) Eventually we made it to Signpost where the lovely Julia and Catherine met us with warm smiles and all the equipment we needed for our task of arranging the garden, pulling up moss, painting planters, cleaning windows and sprucing the area up for carers. It looks brilliant, a tranquil, colourful space for people to take some time out to relax, and the windows are also gleaming! Well done team, together we made a huge impact. As well as our run, the night also included a fun fast blast fitness session where we planked and press up'd around the grass, here people were able to work as hard or as easy as they liked.

After the task was complete we made our way back to Lifeleisure for a stretch off, de-breif and a huge massive thank you. People were still smiling at the end of the session, no more than myself who still hasn't stopped smiling, I'm still overwhelmed by the greatness of you all, the atmosphere, energy and sense of community was wonderful. Well done to all of you, Same time next week then eh??..................................no hills next week, promise.