Four fantastic runners joined me in Willesden Green for another great GoodGym Brent session.

Was it the cold, maybe the dark or maybe the fact that summer just doesn’t want to go meant that we had a bit of a low turn out last night but it was still a fab five that ran 5km to nip over into Camden to help Diana at Kingsgate Place.

Famous five do socials

As there were such a small number we had the intro inside and mainly socials! We had the Brent social last week (thanks to all that came), we have the final GoodGym monthly social on November 8th, the GoodGym Christmas Party on 1st December and the Brent Christmas social after the run on the 17th. We also talked about the new Walk Leader role that looks to open up goodgym to those less confident about their running abilities. We’re not blessed with nearby tasks so it might be a while before this features but keep in touch with me to see how we can implement it.

After the intro we headed off, we took a route to avoid the Kilburn High Road and in twenty minutes arrived at our destination. Diana showed us where we were planting and left us with tools and bulbs! We first cleared the area of leaves, and then start digging! It was quite difficult as we were on a slope but we managed it and planted about 25 bulbs. Dinesh seemed quite the master at this – kudos to him!

Famous Five go for a run

We then had a remaining ten or so bulbs to plant in some roadside planters and then we were done! The perfect task for our group. Diana then kindly provided some refreshments and we talked about how we might be able to help some more around the estate and about the variety of tasks that GoodGym helps with. We then set off for our run back to base.

Famous Five stretch and go home

Once back to base we made sure we stretched properly and talked about next week’s task helping Queens Park Community Council. We have lots of magazines to deliver so hope to see many of you there!

Cheers, Pritesh