Soundtrack for tonight's report!

19 superhawwwwwwt GoodGymmers took to the catwalk in the Wood Green High Road to help the fashionistas-with-a-socially-conscious-attitude @ Traid with a totally chic task. They are so hot right now!

Special shouts for Nat and Rich, who joined us tonight for their first ever time on the goodgym Runway. Julie, who joined us tonight after a break in which she only went and crisscrossed this beautiful island on foot. And finally, props to Nurjehan who made time in her GoodGym globetrotting to join us and... check notes... indulge in a bit of shopping at Traid. Talk about panache. Kudos all the way.

Being Fashionable Is In Our Jeans

For tonight's task, we cautiously met at HQ with a very dark sky threatening rain. But the show must go on and all that , so we bravely warmed up and before we knew it, we were avoiding the paparazzi as we lithely made our way down towards Wood Green.

At Traid, we were met by Ricardo and Veronika, who gave us free rein to chuck clothes on the floor and vogue-dance our way through the task. Since there were 19 of us, I'm happy to say that within 20 minutes, a very happy Veronika announced we had completed the job it would have taken many hours to finish. BOOM!

We said our goodbyes to some of our GoodGymmers who had to go elsewhere (the perils of working with A-Listers!) and the rest of us made our way to one of the well-lit basketball courts at Ducketts Common, where we had a fun-filled if slightly shambolic (Euclides-trademarked) fitness session.

During the warm down back at HQ, we could not stop talking about Sara's vegan carrot cake she's bringing to Finsbo's parkrun on Saturday for her 100th parkrun! Join us if you can.

Other than that, see you next week for Lordship Rec shenanigans.

Peace!

Happy 10th Birthday, GoodGym! Over 16,579 runners have managed to complete 166.500 good deeds in that time, and in the process they have run nearly 2,500,000 kilometres. In other words, GoodGymmers have covered enough distance to go to the Moon and back 3 times. 3 TIMES!

Party Time

It was a night of celebration and at Haringey GoodGym we embraced it! Not only were we celebrating our 10th birthday, but Haringey GoodGym All-Round Superhero Dave Mansfield is celebrating his 200th Good Deed this week. If you’ve just read that sentence, you are now legally obliged to go and give him a cheer. Do it! We also welcomed Lee and Neil, who came along for their first runs. Please make them feel that sweet GoodGym lovin’.

The Birthday Run

Very aware we were losing sunlight rapidly, we jumped into action and grabbed a few photos with the wonderful GoodGym flag. We then set off for one of our longest runs in a while, a cool 4.5k each way. Reader, we crushed it!

At Priory Park, we were welcomed by Alice from Friends of Priory Park who was armed with an army of brooms. Our task was to clear the playground from the sand that a summer of fun has displaced from their pretty awesome and massive sand pit. We brushed, reader. We brushed with such gusto, Kapil very nearly broke his broom (see pics!).

Just before 8pm, Alice thanked us for a job well done and we rushed out of the park before they closed the gates. We grabbed a few more photos and ran back to HQ.

After the customary Haringey High 5s and the warmed down session, we all joined into a rather touching rendition of Happy Birthday for our very own Nurjehan, whose birthday also happened to fall this week. I told you it was a night of celebration!

We then staggered into night, in search of food and beverages. It was beautiful.

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Join us on Saturday. After the Ally Pally parkrun (which we are manning as our morning mission), we will be having a picnic and cake in the shadow of the Palace and then we’re heading over to Muswell Hill for some painting. It’s going to a great day – come and play with us!

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What a surprisingly hot run that was. But what can I say, GG Haringey are a hot bunch!

Paint It Black

Big love for everyone but special shouts for: Hetty, returning for her first run after a well deserved break; Rita, joining us in spite of having a sore ankle; and last but certainly not least, GG legend Nurjehan who took her beautiful 50 good deeds black t-shirt for her first spin. Go and give them some love!

14 wonderful GGers congregated in the Green outside Tottenham Green Pools where Rita took the lead on a very holistic and interesting warm up session, mainly centred on breathing exercises and erm... checks notes ... tickling.

We then talked about the exciting celebrations in store for GoodGym's 10th birthday - including our long group run next Wednesday, our take over of the Ally Pally parkrun, and our exciting mission painting a homeless shelter on the 21st. Sign up for all of them please!

We then headed towards Cafe Connect at a brisk pace, whilst Dave led a small walking contingent.

At Cafe Connect, the always-wonderful Leyla welcomed us with a plethora of gardening tasks, and we plunged into them with aplomb. It's always a pleasure to visit Leyla. Last night, this community hub was hosting a group of young people taking part in a retro video game tournament, whilst being fed lovely home cooked food made with the produce grown in the grounds. Community work in action - Cafe Connect are definitely the kind of heroes we need and we're lucky to have.

All this meant that our GGers watered, tidied, scrubbed, and weeded with added motivation.

Interesting oveheard conversations included one particular GGer describing herself effectively as The Hulk (apparently, you really don't want to make her angry) and another GGer's very interesting theory about mosquito decoy procedures. Feel free to enquire further in the comments below.

Then Leyla brought out the by now legendary Cafe Connect oranges and we knew it was time to go home. Not often do we need to be pushed out of a task, I tell you.

Oranges were followed by a very well organised, in no way shambolic, and totally 100% successful plank relay race and then we headed back to HQ.

After Sarah's great stretching session and our high fives we headed into the night in search of pizzas and drinks with the memory of those lovely oranges still present. Great task.

Don't forget to sign up for our Community Mission in Somers Town this weekend.

Peace!