0 Month Streak
0 Month Streak
Mon 12th Nov 2018 at 6:45pm
Heading to one of our most fun tasks for some Autumn prep
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Wednesday 18th July 2018
Ellen Shannon now visited an isolated older person twice.
Ellen has just completed the second run to visit an isolated older person. They are now officially connected and are committed to supporting each other.
Tuesday 10th July 2018
Ellen Shannon run to visit an isolated older person for the first time.
Ellen has just done their first run to visit an isolated older person. This person will act as Ellen's Coach; helping them to keep motivated to exercise. In exchange Ellen will drop in each week for a chat.
Tuesday 10th July 2018
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Monday 11th June 2018
Ellen Shannon has done their first good deed with GoodGym.
Ellen 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.
Mon 11th Jun 2018 at 6:45pm
Tower Hamlets Report written by Laura Williams
A great Tower Hamlets turnout saw us heading punctually off to the beautiful Meath Gardens this evening for an evening of weeding, planting, carrying, wheeling and watering.
Our task owners for the evening, Julia, Joanna and Tunde from Friends of Meath Gardens, were exceptionally well prepared – this was project management like no other.
Teams were soon despatched to clear the areas around the new trees, so the trees were ready to be watered, while other teams headed to the canal to fill oversized buckets and wheel them back on trolleys (or carry, in some cases). Further gardening teams were assembled to tend to borders in need of weeding and plant newly donated shrubs.
So efficient were the runners, Tunde was soon having to dart off and find additional buckets. Joanna quickly stepped in with trowels & gloves and redirected the displaced runners to a nearby border while they waited for more water vessels.
A Good Gym-er without a task needs fixing quick. No wild flower-spotting and enjoying a break for these runners – they like to be busy like no other.
All too soon it was 8.15 and time to assemble for the group pic. Then we headed back to base at 3 different running speeds: thanks to Becky and Dave for heading up the 8-minute mile lead and navigating the route back; Laura and Izzy for the 9-minute mile pace and task force member Leanne for back-marking, both there and back, and leading us back at an 11-minute mile pace.
On arrival back at base, the team took the news very well that not only were we going to perform some seated stretches on the tarmac, we were also going to squeeze in the Boxer’s Crunch and Captain’s Chair – so our cores didn’t feel left out after all the upper body work of the evening obviously.
And then we headed back to the hotel pretty much bang on 8.30…hurrah!
And so to this week’s other thank you’s and welcome’s… Thanks to Bryon for leading the route out with me and co-navigating (and not even waiting to be asked about navigation); task force members Leanne, Bryon, Sarah and Becky, for being so hands-on, as always: early and available to our new runners, and, along with Becky G, helping to make our Olympic dream take shape and become reality…
And welcome to Ignatius, Ellie, Briony and Ellen, whose first run it was. Thank you for all your hard work, for learning all the ropes so very quickly, and for becoming part of the team so effortlessly. I really hope you’ll join us again soon.
Next week it’s a two-task week: we’re needed at Hollybush and Weavers - two, great, fun outdoor tasks, doubling up as a good little workout again, no doubt, so do sign up here.
And, I for one just can’t WAIT to do it all again then.
Have a wonderful week in the meantime!
Mon 11th Jun 2018 at 6:45pm
Good Gym-ers, we need you to help us form a human chain to carry water from the canal to 80 new trees!
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