DING DING, TRAFFORD ROUND TWO!

For our second GoodGym Trafford task a lovely crowd of 19 GoodGymers ran 5k up to Gorse Hill to help the Gorgeous Gorse Hill Project and Stretford High School with their planters and raised beds.

It was lovely to see so many people return from our launch and some new faces too- a big welcome to newbies Jan and Rachel - great to have you on the team! As well as our gardening task, we ran to Gorse Hill Park where we tidied up some litter and did a fitness task.

After our intro chat, we warmed up outside and had a talk about the tasks and the Projects benefitting. Then we ran/ walked from St Matthew's up Chester Road pointing out the various Gorgeous Gorse Hill pocket parks and installations along the way. And then we saw the most glamorous bollards in all of Trafford…and spotted that they needed weeding too!

We divided into teams and set to weeding, tidying and generally titivating the plots at the Avondale location and at Stretford High School.

Amazing!!! Thanks so much. This makes a huge difference for us. Awesome! Ruth, Gorgeous Gorse Hill Project

As before we got loads done and there was even time for Kate to go live on our Facebook page and Twitter account (and take some extreme nose-ups) in the process! Check out the vids and give us a like and a follow!

Once we’d completed our task we headed round to Gorse Hill Park where the Odds vs Evens pitched themselves in a litter picking and jumping jack battle .The Odds won by a whisker…

Flip me, that’s not a Klein pile of rubbish

When we’d deposited our rubbish we ran back to St Matthew’s where we completed an all over stretch off including asuper hard yoga stretch which everyone managed really well!

We also had a chat about next week’s task and what to expect from Kate in the next week. Click here to sign up for next week’s task which is a gardening task at the Stephen Street Community Gardens in Urmston.

As well as having a really good natter some runners also got their documents checked so that they can start doing coach runs (regularly running to see an isolated elderly person), or so that they can take part in mission runs (running to help isolated elderly people with one-off practical tasks). We are excited to see how they get on with their runs in the future!

A big thank you to David for leading us wonderfully, Jane for backmarking in her brilliant green jacket and Anders for taking some lovely photos along with everyone who mucked in together and made each other feel so welcome. Thanks guys!

It was great to see so many of you back again and to hear what you had been up to in the week.

Once again, well done to all and we very much look forward to seeing you all at St Matthews next time!

Keep running, Kate