Food and showers....the Speke 10k had our Goodgymers appreciating the simple things in life!!

Little by little, the numbers of red tops expanded beside the sign-in table. Joined by the good company of Jak and Marie, the nervous excitement was palpable with some GGers facing into their first 10k, (kudos to Tim), and most of us facing into our first 10k in quite some time.

After a warm up lap led by Char, everyone was psyched and ready to go! After the initial grey start around the car park, the race wound round some beautiful stables buildings, the children's playground, through the archway and up a muddy hill to have the trees clear to open up to a beautiful view out over the Mersey and out to the Wirral. On the steady ground now, the path slinked down through the woods until it all opened up to the front drive of Speke Hall in all its Tudor style glory. But never mind that, the GGers were in the zone now, only catching a glance of it before heading out into the wilderness.

At this point, entering the fields, flippers and goggles would have allayed the initial shock as we absorbed all the nature underfoot! ....Hmmm...we're Goodgymers....in for a penny, in for a pound. At that very moment thoughts of food and showers flashed into mind and then out as we came back out to see a strange helpful man direct us to the woods with Mickey Mouse gloves!!

With Sam fitting in a daytime Blair Witch Project selfie whilst running through the woods, sight of the car park opened up soon after and that times two brought the red t shirts rolling in with strong sprints aplenty over the line.

Well in guys, a great race by each of you and a cosy rest is well earned