After the wild days of the January Challenge (smashed it, well done team) a super 17 showed up for the first Group Run of February.

Running through wild winds, rain and hail, these super heroes attracted more than a few seconds glances as we headed right through the city centre. We made good time and were greeted warmly by Warehouse Manager Jo and her boys with a stack of crates ready for sorting. The Foodbank received loads of extra donations in December and our task was to help sort the items. Each item was sorted into boxes according to its best before date and type.

After a few minutes of getting used to where each food type was located, the team speeded through a stack of crates, with another pile added with just ten minutes to go. With our backs to the clock, all of the crates were sorted before the time came to head back to base. Brilliant work team!

Big shout out to newbies Farnaz, Georgia and Lucy who all got really stuck in at the task and easily kept pace too. We'd love to see you again soon.

After the task there wasn't much time for a fitness session, but we used the warehouse car park to get everyone's heart beats nice and high with a 3-minute game of tig. But before the 3 minutes were up, the amazing IT team of Baptiste, Will and Effie managed to tig everyone!

The return journey was made extra exciting by traffic lights, hills and hail. But everyone dug deep and we made it back to base a little after 8pm. Well done team!

Next week we're in the city centre once again, sorting donations at Scope. Don't forget to sign-up here.

PS. Holiday alert! If you'd like to join the Liverpool X Cardiff Welsh Weekender make sure you sign-up here PLUS complete the booking form and pay the deposit by Wednesday 12 February. If you'd like to contribute to the Friendship Fund you can do so here, and if you'd benefit from some financial support have a quiet word with me in confidence.