Tuesday 28th August 2018
Roisin has done their first good deed with GoodGym.
Roisin 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 28th Aug 2018 at 6:30pm
Stockport Report written by Rod Jones
45 runners ran 6.0k to help reform the signpost gardens and surrounding areas.
What a fabulous launch night! 45 runners/Amazing humans, joined us at Lifeleisure Grandcentral where we were joined by our partners Age UK Stockport and Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. We had a gentle warm up to set our legs for all the hills in the evenings session (sorry!!) After 3 shorts breaks waiting for the magic green man we started stomping up hill number one to our location of Signpost Stockport for Carers in Heaton Moor. The group were amazing, everyone chatted and laughed (grimaced maybe?) up hill one, slight race down hill, where we then ran up the 3rd and biggest hill........(sorry again) Eventually we made it to Signpost where the lovely Julia and Catherine met us with warm smiles and all the equipment we needed for our task of arranging the garden, pulling up moss, painting planters, cleaning windows and sprucing the area up for carers. It looks brilliant, a tranquil, colourful space for people to take some time out to relax, and the windows are also gleaming! Well done team, together we made a huge impact. As well as our run, the night also included a fun fast blast fitness session where we planked and press up'd around the grass, here people were able to work as hard or as easy as they liked.
After the task was complete we made our way back to Lifeleisure for a stretch off, de-breif and a huge massive thank you. People were still smiling at the end of the session, no more than myself who still hasn't stopped smiling, I'm still overwhelmed by the greatness of you all, the atmosphere, energy and sense of community was wonderful. Well done to all of you, Same time next week then eh??..................................no hills next week, promise.
Wed 29th Aug 2018 at 12:16pm
Wowsers! What an amazing launch and smileathon; start as you mean to go on! Well done Lisa and welcome to all newbies.
Wed 29th Aug 2018 at 12:27pm
Fantastic! Well done on such a massive launch x
Wed 29th Aug 2018 at 12:51pm
great stuff- looking forward to joining you sometime soon 💪
Wed 29th Aug 2018 at 1:09pm
Arriving not knowing anyone it was great to meet so many friendly people. Lisa - you needn’t have worried no one would turn up ! Running on my own has illustrated what a plodder I’ve become … I’m inspired to get a few training runs in. See you all next week 😀
Wed 29th Aug 2018 at 1:30pm
Great to be part of the Stockport launch last night. Thanks for the encouragement to everyone Lisa. Looking forward to taking part in future group runs and missions :-)
Wed 29th Aug 2018 at 1:39pm
It was even better than I expected...!! Well done Lisa and team :) Lisa, your fitness exercises were spot on, the runs were good and decently challenging, and the community work was a nice mix of tasks... everyone got enthusiastically stuck in, and chatted and smiled, before, during and after!! Awesome GOODGYM!! Thanks for having me along! :)
Wed 29th Aug 2018 at 2:33pm
Excellent to be a part of this last night, and thank you for the introduction to GoodGym - see you next Tuesday!!
Wed 29th Aug 2018 at 2:33pm
Had a fab time.. my legs are feeling those hills today tho 🤣🤣🤣 ... note to self.. stop avoiding hills! Cya all next week 🙌🏻
Thu 30th Aug 2018 at 10:39am
Well done Lisa and team.. looks like a fab launch
Tue 28th Aug 2018 at 6:30pm
Create a tranquil restorative space for carers in Stockport
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