Tue 31st Jul 2018 at 6:45pm
Lambeth Report written by Katie Welford
It was another lovely summer's evening and we welcomed Saul, trainer for soon to be opening Huddersfield, along for his first ever GoodGym run! As the last Tuesday in July, it was time to award our Shit Prize of the Month to another deserving winner. This month it went to Mark, who bagged himself a 10km PB in the stonking heat at the British 10km and for making such a great contribution at the Shindig earlier in the month. WELL DONE MARK!
JKB led one group across to Myatt's Field, where they set about unwinding some pesky bindweed around the nature garden. Once a satisfying pile of the pesky weed was accumulated, they did some paired running around the circular park path. Once you meet each other, you high five, turn around and run back the way you came. If you're both keeping a steady pace, both runners should arrive back at the same time.
Katie led the second group up to the lovely Ruskin Community garden. Justin was very delighted that we were all there and we set about clearing two beds from weeds and turning the soil as well as spreading some compost on another bed. We also learned the difference between a mattock and a hoe - which was very exciting. After that we did a pyramid hill session before heading back to base.
When all the runners were back from doing so much good, we celebrated GoodGym's 100,000th good deed with a banner and some photos. Well done Lambeth - you have made such a big contribution to this number and long may it continue!
Tue 31st Jul 2018 at 6:45pm
Keeping parks the right kind of green!
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Alice has done their first good deed with GoodGym.
Alice is a now a fully fledged GoodGym runner. They've just run to do good for the first time. They are out there making amazing things happen and getting fit at the same time.
Tue 10th Jul 2018 at 6:45pm
Lambeth Report written by Katie Welford
It was a cooler evening but still sunny and lovely. Eng-er-land were not playing football and so it was the perfect time for a run. We had two groups - one was going on a mega long run to help the Streatham Youth and Community Trust. Tom B led them off on a solid 7km each way jaunt up the hill and along the high road. Turn right at the Common and KEEP GOING. Phew!
On arrival the group protected the deck, got rid of some cob-webs , brushed the surroundings and even polished the glass. They finished this in 20 short minutes before heading back to Brixton again.
Katie led the rest of the team to Agnes Riley Gardens. Here we got chopping down some more trees, took up some weeds, cleared a path from sharp spiky bushes and generally did a lot of tidying. They were delighted and so were we. After holding a nice tree pose in the park on each leg, we ran back to base.
Great work Lambeth!
Tue 10th Jul 2018 at 6:45pm
I wanna Riley, Riley, Riley, Riley dig-a-dig-ahhh
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