Sol Mates

On a beautiful day in sunny Worthing nine GoodGym buddies met up for our Monday evening fix. It was great to welcome back Michelle who was of our first runners to join the group back in 2017 and who has been a loyal member ever since.

Fresh from 'Beat the Tide ' Mr and Mrs R came along with a few aches and pains. Big kudos to them both. They could have sat in the sun and drank beer but instead they came to do good and have fun !

Welcome also to Barbara , Paul, Dr Emma , Steve and not forgetting and our very own super hero Cake Man

We headed out onto the grass for a mobility based warm up designed to free up aching muscles and stiff backs before setting off to walk or run to the task nearby at Lyndhurst homeless hostel .

Worthing Border Force

At the hostel we were tasked with creating an edge around a rectangular bed that is going to be a vegetable garden together with weeding it . There were also a number of pallets that needed painting.

The team chose what they wanted to do with Paul , Steve , Michelle and Emma grabbing a paint brush . The two B's attacked the weeding followed by the bindweed and John and Jay took a leap of faith by jumping on the spades to create some sharp lines around the bed.

35 short minutes later we reluctantly called time. We could easily have spent a lot longer there but we bagged the bindweed and headed out front to get a sunny team photo.

We are going on a Bear Hunt

For our run we decided to stay close by to give flexibility to our very own doctor in case of an emergency! I decided on some laps and Steve had the great idea of heading to Homefield Park . The team split into pairs and did some efforts around the perimeter of the park focusing on speed and stride length.

It was at this point that we spotted a brown bear in the park but sadly, no Lucy for Jay to protect this evening, so it went mostly unchallenged apart from a celebrity photo being taken by me!

As it was such a beautiful evening we finished with some agility and core based games that felt like an old school sports day! We split into 2 groups with jumping,hopping and jumping jack relays finishing with the plank game. As the photos show there was a fair amount of cheating with this final game!

Cheers to a sunny Monday

Steve very kindly hosted drinks at his afterwards which I know was very much enjoyed by all that went along . Thanks Steve. We love that social feeling and I look forward to joining you on the next round :)

Next week we will be back with our friends from Breathing Spaces. Keep an eye out for more details on meeting point and task details.

Have a great week . Good Luck to all of you doing events . I'm looking forward to hearing all about your experiences.

Sending lots of GG happy vibes to you all

Julia xx