10 amazing Goodgymers helped at Age UK Leicester by sorting, sizing, tagging and hanging bags of donated clothes to be ready for the shop floor. Everyone got stuck in with a few pro’s among the group who are very familiar with the task, especially Lindsay, Jimmy and Stu who visited last week!

Our help was much appreciated by the Staff at Age UK especially Abby who kept us stocked up with clothes to sort, we filled 4 rails today! They were also very grateful for the donations Sarah, Dawn and Lynn brought along after their New Year sorting.

Great to see Samir has a new bike, Jimmy’s first question was his concern about its safety (reminding me of the times Jimmy used to lock my bike with his beeping alarm). I did wish that Stu had bought a new jacket, it really suited him!

Shout out to Lindsay and Lynn who want to take up the task force training to keep Leicester going from strength to strength with more the merrier Task force members.

Fantastic efforts everyone and great to see so many familiar faces keep up the great work and have a lovely weekend.

I volunteered to marshal for the Martinshaw (nothing to do with The Professionals actor…) Woods XC race, part of the DRXC league, and hosted by West End Runners.

I had a great spot seeing runners across the M1 bridge for the small lap in Ratby, then directing them through the small gap back onto the larger loop in the woods itself, and to the finish.

This year I was sensible and took a chair, as we are positioned over an hour before the race start. I had the benefit of ‘Duvet Coat’ to keep me warm (an almost full length padded coat I bought to stop me from freezing whilst watching Leicester City. Who knew that this would be the solution to not freezing?)

Guiding runners over the bridge was not a problem, but getting them back through the tiny gate was interesting, especially when the field became more crowded and runners were jostling for position. Although there were no incidents for the runners, I was shocked to hear what sounded like several cars crashing on the M1 below the bridge!

I had to then marshal runners whilst trying to see if I needed to call the emergency services for the car crashes below! As a race marshal, members of the public seemed to think I knew what to do but this is not something that was covered in our brief.

Thankfully nobody on the XC course and the motorway was seriously injured on the day, and I can now relax.

Today I marshalled at a cross country league race it all went well.

A big well done to our sub zero hereos today in bitter conditions we had Ian and Jimmy at Braunstone and the three wise men of Dave Abul and Martin at abbeypark keeping the parkrun show on the road well done everyone

3 Goodgymers met at 10.30 for our volunteering role at the Age Uk warehouse.

We were greeted by Abby, who was really grateful for the help, as they've been inundated with donations. Lindsay and Jimmy had been before, so we're able to start immediately with tagging, pricing, and hanging the garments on the rail with the correct size cube.

Stu quickly picked up what to do and worked in tandem with Lindsay. Before we knew it, we'd filled the rail with 99p clothes, ready for the shop floor.

Today in freezing conditions we had our hi vis heroes doing great things for goodgym and parkrun we had abul at abbeypark Dave at watermead and Ian at Braunstone all doing great things making the world 🌎 a better place.