Wood you believe we were rained off yet again?!
8 GoodGymers made their way 9.0km to help the Hillview Good News Centre in Brighton.
- Tuesday, 9th of April 2019
- Led by Tara Shanahan
There aren’t many rainy Tuesday evenings but the ones we get do seem to coincide with our visits to the Hillview Good News Centre!
Way back in December we applied the first coat of paint to their outside wall and tonight was our third visit to attempt to apply coat two. But yet again the weather was against us and rain stopped paint! But as always community workers Sean and Fay came up with a great alternative so there was still good to be done at the end of our run!
But first in tonight’s news we congratulated Helena on winning a bronze County medal at the Sussex road relays on Saturday and we all admired Roy’s new half marathon PB set in Istanbul at the weekend. Big ups also went to Amro, Paul, Rosemary & me who all completed missions this week. I certainly enjoyed mine, when alongside Amro we overcame a series of technical challenges to mow Mrs D’s lawn, and thoroughly recommend people to get involved with this aspect of Goodgym.
Back to tonight and a rainy, slightly uphill 4.5 km took us to the north of town where our task was twofold:-
- to prepare the community centre for a Chomp session tomorrow by laying out lots of tables and chairs and giving the centre a general clean.
- to move a pile of reclaimed wood that will eventually be used by a The Good News Shed group to make various items to sell at fairs, fix fences etc.
Task complete, we enjoyed a slightly faster, downhill return journey before heading off for beer and pizza for our monthly social. Well done to all for coping with the longer distance tonight.
Don’t forget it’s our monthly parkrun meet up at East Brighton on Saturday and then the big one on Sunday when Brighton hosts its 10th marathon. Best of luck to all running, volunteering or supporting.
Until next week...
Report written by Tara Shanahan
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