15 awesome GoodGymers ran 7k to One Big Family homeless charity and made a huge feast for the holes community of Westminster.

Great to have a few GoodGym first timers and Westminster first timers to coming along for a hugely important task with One Big Family homeless charity.

With a bit of a tight sandwich making deadline tonight we bust out the New Balance front door and settled into a very strong pace as we made our way South towards Pimlico.

Navigating through the busy Central London foot traffic we made good ground. With a few on the scout team up ahead seeing the lay of the sandwich making labs we were directed to the Lodge where we set about creating and dominating a super efficient production line!

Splitting into 2 groups the first set about bagging the mound of pastries ready for consumption. While the sandwich makers hit a great rhythm spreading, filling and bagging a sky high pile of sandwiches!! With some speedy cheese grating, smooth Jamming, and hectic ham laying were are on point this evening as the butter was perfectly spread to provide plenty of speedy bread supply.

With all the food ready to go we expertly stacked the boxes onto the fastest trolley you have ever seen!

With the first group heading directly back to base being lead by Damian the GGEats delivery service zoomed around to behind Victoria station where the food will be distributed throughout the evening to the homeless community. It was great to see where and to who the food we make on each visit goes.

Working hard on our way back to base we all managed to arrive safely back together and on time where we stretched out and headed home with a top task complete!

Next week we are off Christmas decorating for Open Age charity craft fair so bring your artistic flair for tinsel and glitter along for the run.

Have a great week

Smooth Running

Joel

Have a great week

17 GG Brenters, took on 2 storage rooms for Ashford place homeless shelter. Dashed off 5k. Killed 20minutes of plyometrics, sprints, walking lunges and killer squat combos and got home in time for sexy stretch time. All in an evenings work! Pow Pow!

The Queensbury Pub on Walm Lane was bursting at the seams with another full squad on deck at GG Brent. Joining the ranks of the fabulous familiar faces were 2 newbies in the mix this eve- Thais and Bharian YAY. I was also dizzy with excitement when old school original, none other than Sadhana rocked up with her signature sexy socks and beaming grin under cap!! This boost, got me hyper beyond belief and ready to roll out with my crew, fresh with spring in step.

No further than 0.6 miles to go, we cruised down to Ashford Place where the awesome Alan welcomed us in for the task at hand - clearing and sorting 2 donations rooms. Ashford Place is a firm friend of GG Brent and we are always delighted to volunteer our time there, to support their tireless work in the community. All year round they offer 30 long stay hostel rooms to local people who had been living on the street and work towards finding them permanent residence in the future. They also work to make services better for homeless people in Brent, campaign for policy change that will help end homelessness and innovate and develop tools to help their patrons work their way out of homelessness indefinitely. An absolutely incredible organisation and one that deserves all of Goodgym's support.

So stepping our best feet forwards, we jumped into the task quick smart. But because our crew was so large and epic this eve, it didn't take long before the jobs were done and rooms were packed and sorted. So taking advantage of the gifted time, the team wasted none and ran the infamous Ashford Place stairs, 4 flights, top to bottom, not once, not twice but thrice times over!!! AMAZING!!

After the stair-runs and standard photo shoot (Ovs!) It was back on the streets to keep the running mojo cooking. Gradual tempo runs led us down to Gladstone Park where more fitness fun was the order for the night.

The teams split into 4 and worked their way through a medley of sprints, squat jumps, tuck jumps and walking lunges and if that wasn't enough there was just enough time for a combined group hammer of the circuit for one more round.

Cheered on by nominated ambassadors - Enrique, Claire, Samuel and Mouse, the shouting and encouragement echoed through the park like thunder, with fellow runners stopping in their tracks to check the commotion and admire the efforts!

After a swift recovery (that's huffing, puffing, panting and sweating to you) the crew were back on the road for the last cool down mile back to base and it wasn't long before the lights of high road twinkled in our sights and lit the path home.

One last thing before we depart - Delicious stretching and a massive applause

Determination, motivation, good vibes and good deeds, sprinkled with the always raucous laughter and weird and wonderful chats, this is a crew that never fails to turn Monday from manic to marvellous!

See you next time!!!!

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