It’s been a busy period with launch of the summer couch to 5km programme with a healthy number of new faces joining the programme. With the new forthcoming move of the ICB to Shire hall in September, we have relocated back to Edward Jenner Court. After careful consideration of locating the group into the city center, we felt that trying to run the programme would be more difficult and risky with the routes. As Brockworth offers plenty of safe and flat routes, it makes sense to stay in the local area.
The progress so far has seen the group completing Week1 through to Week3 and the progression onto Week4 has given members the confidence to succeed as intervals of the programme increases. A lot of members have said "running in group is much more successful than trying to complete it on your own".
As we progress towards Week5 we are now working on developing run buddies but still offering groups with Run Leaders to support everyone’s ability.
It’s not long until we enter the first running event at the Cheltenham Running festival, in which, we are aiming to raise funds for Gloucestershire hospitals trust charity. All donations can be made through the Just Giving page https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/health-hustle1.