15 awesome goodgym athletes went litter picking on the parkrun route.

Yet another hot evening in Chelmsford saw 15 of us, including first timers Catherin, Rachel, and Mark, set off on a task with a difference. As we are heading to Parkrun Chelmsford this week to celebrate our historic partnership sign up here we decided to make sure Chelmsford looked at it's best for the occasion.

After a brief introduction we set off to the start finish area for our warm ups. some running drills and sprints got us all going and ready for the task. We then split the route into sections and in small groups spread across the park to clear the park. After 10 minutes we regrouped for some exercises and a short relay, before setting off to the next section.

Some great arm exercises got us ready for the second relay on the "short ascent" in Admirals park. We put those arms to good use driving them up the hill and the relay did get a little competitive!

More litter picking around admirals park and we set off back to base with a fun sprint through the arches to practice our sprint finish for Saturday.

A quick stretch and a reminder that members can cheer and support each other on the website, and we were done for another group run.

Don't forget if you haven't done a Parkrun before you need to sign up on https://www.parkrun.org.uk/register so you can get your barcode and bring this with you. You can run without it but you won't be recorded. those not up for a run at 9am on a saturday there are plenty of volunteer activities you can do, or just join us for breakfast around 10.

We will be heading back to the ideas hub after parkrun to have some breakfast and chat all things Goodgym! see you next week!

12 runners moved tables and chased Olympic dreams at the Ideas Hub

This week our hosts The Ideas Hub took us to task moving tables, cabinets and monitors from our base to an office space around the corner. Slight confusion led to a couple of items doing more than one lap but we made short work of the task leaving us plenty of time to get further into the Olympic spirit with a fun fitness session in the park.

Great that Mark Brought Newbie Sophie along and with our other newbie Kate they attacked the fitness session with gusto!

After a nice long set of drills working on running form and coordination we began a short set of sprints, with some very impressive acceleration from some of the team.

Next, after a brief discussion to decide on the event, swimming and diving were over-ruled on safety grounds, and we went for the throws! a slightly adapted javelin session was made much more fun by getting the opposing team to chase the missile and collect it for the next throw. After 2 rounds of this game we went for one more with the discus before ending the program with the traditional relay battle.

We even joined Gerry in a press up challenge before home time.

Great work by all participants in a slightly longer session and well done for working through the task in double quick time.

Don't forget next weeks session is being taken by the legendary James Poole so it's sure to be entertaining! sign up here!