Well done to everyone, you all did an excellent job painting the shop again this week!

Our task this week was to go back to the Age UK charity shop for more painting, helping to liven up the shop. Veronica and her team had done some more painting since last week but there was still plenty for us to do.

Once we had said our goodbyes and had a picture, it was off to Tudor Grange Park to do our one mile time trial for the very first time.

Everyone really pushed themselves, with lots of PBs, a great achievement for all!

We will be going back to the shop in a few weeks’ time to help out again and work on the finishing touches! There’s also a possibility we could be on local TV.

See you all next week for a slightly longer run (about 3k each way) to the Courtyard. We will be helping out by doing some gardening and tidying in the communal garden.

A massive well done to everyone tonight, we’re halfway there to a newly painted charity shop!

Tonight’s task involved running to Age UK’s charity shop and livening the place up with a fresh coat of paint. Upon arrival Veronica had everything ready for us so we could get stuck in straight away!

Once we had painted the two walls, we took the obligatory team photo to show off our hard work, along with all the wonderful hats for sale in the shop! Then it was off to Tudor Grange Park for a pyramid session. This involves running hard for increasing intervals (from 30 seconds to 1 minute) with 30 seconds rest in between. Everyone pushed themselves and showed good commitment to the session.

It’s all about controlling efforts and spreading your energy evenly over a set time, just like you would in a perfect race setting.

Once we got our breaths back, it was time for a short run back to base followed by a cool down stretch.

Great to see some regular faces on our Wednesday nights and congratulations to Maya on her first GoodGym Solihull run.

See you all next week for more painting with Age UK!

We did it - Goodgym’s 50th group is officially launched!

31 runners ran 5km to Newlands Bishop Farm as part of the GoodGym Solihull launch. At the farm we met Dan, who showed us around and gave us an insight into the work they do, providing jobs for adults with learning difficulties and enabling them to gain new skills. We’ll be back in the summer months to help them out with digging, painting, gardening and much more!

Runners also took part in two mini fitness sessions, with high intensity training, reps and group activities. Everyone gave it their all and completed the session still smiling.

We then ran back to our start location, the Royal British Legion Club, where we cooled down with some stretches.

Thank you so much for attending and giving it your all, with the run, the fitness sessions and meeting new people. It was great to chat to lots of you and get the GoodGym ball rolling in Solihull!

It would be great to see you next week in Tudor Grange Park for our litter pick as part of the Great British Spring Clean.