The BIG 50 at Healey Peoples Park

On a fairly mild Feb eve a FANTASTIC FIVE set off from The Showroom Cinema to meet up with the rest of the gabble at our old friends Heeley People’s Park.

A HUGE GG welcome to new runner Sarah who joined us on her first GG run. Hope to see you back again in the future soon.

Our friend Rob the Parky had been unlucky getting a new load of woodchip for the playground area, but the old chip needed turning over in any case.

We got straight to it with fork and rake turning over the old for the new to fluff up and increase the longevity of the playground surface.

With decent numbers it didn’t take us long to fluff the four areas of woodchip and pop tools back tidy and safe for Rob.

This left us with some time for some park fitness which of course had to involve slides as we were in a playground!

We got in some quick sets of proper star jumps and knee ticks before racing to the slide of choice for some strong weeeeeeee’s!

Those of us that headed back to The Showroom stopped on for a couple of beers each and tales of swim trips gone by, clear waters, cold waters, jellyfish and chaffing!

Until next time, happy running! :)

We welcomed some traveling GG members from Leicester in the form of Zachary who was one his first run and Elena. You are both welcome back anytime and hope you enjoyed it!

This week we were back to help out our good pal PARKY ROB who is always so appreciative of the work we do. Unfortunately he had some bad news for us, letting us know that some of the trees in the park were to be chopped down due to Ash die back. Sad times, but necessary to keep the park users safe.

Out task for this week was to cut back three beds that were getting a bit keen with the better weather and encroaching onto the pavement and park a bit too much, so we got straight to it giving them a good haircut.

James proved too strong for the secateurs which were fortunately the only casualty on the night.

Well I avoided the cape as long as I could but MARVELOUS MAX wouldn't let me get away with it. With the 200 milestone reminder it was time to done the silky marvel and embrace the magic. We said our goodbyes to Rob and some of the other runners and headed to the U-Mix center for some DOUBLE TROUBLE, working in pairs and each taking on 4 exercises in total, including:

• Box Jumps
• Step Ups
• Leg Lifts
• Chin Ups

Back at base we stretched off and headed in to sample the extensive new menu The Showroom had to offer.

Until next week, happy running :)