Monday 13th March 2017
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Nine @GGSHEFF runners ran 4km to the Abbeydale Picture House to help CADS with the restorations of one of Sheffield's most beautiful buildings!
After beginning the OFFICIAL @GGSHEFF Spotify playlist (other music apps are available) we set off toward our task, running past some iconic Sheffield structures such as the Abbeydale Mosque.
On arrival we were met with squash, cookies and chocolate fingers (personal fave) to fuel us for the tasks ahead. Tasks this time around (big project that we will continue to help with) included lifting and shifting of tables and chairs to make room for future work to be done and painting a freshly plastered ceiling and a not so fresh green tiled bathroom!
The team exceeded the task owners expectations, smashing through the bathroom in no time, mueling the tables and chairs up multiple flights of stairs and completing painting the newly plastered ceiling - very satisfying!
The @GGSHEFF team is now really starting to bond and become a real unit through working together for common local causes, collaborating on shared playlists and partaking in silly walks and Rocky impersonation, great to see!
As you can see from the photos everyone looked FANTASTIC in their boiler suits and awards have to go to DAVID & DENISE for the best Breaking Bad impersonations.
Special shout out also to Kat for becoming COACH & MISSION verified! We look forward to hearing your experiences and joining you on a mission soon! Also great to hear that Ash is looking to join Kat on some Missions in the future too!
Once again we learnt some interesting facts about our runners this week including a shocking discovery that KIM has never seen any Rocky films! This is your homework Kim.
We also learnt that Harry Potter Hattie has got her placement of choice in Bristol! Congrats Hattie, we'll be really sorry to see you go when the time comes, but i'm sure goodgym Bristol will welcome you with open arms!
After stripping our boiler suits off and downing our rollers we took a look at running form and technique by playing penguins and pigeons which also evidently makes you walk like Danny Dyer in the case of the penguin.
After taking away our tekkers point for this week we did some quick smart High Intensity work with:
*Sprints *Squat 180 *Clock Lunges *Burpees *Relays *High Fives!
After another quick glass of squash and one too many chocolate fingers in my case we set off on an extended loop back to base for stretches and parted ways until next week.
Next week we are off to new task owners Regather so don't delay sign up today and bring a friend for some fantastic red laces!
The Abbeydale Picture Palace was opened by the Lord Mayor William Farewell Wardley on December 20th 1920, with the silent film The Call of the Road. Designed by the architects Dixon & Stienlet of North Shields and Newcastle-on-Tyne to work as a theatre as well as a cinema, it has a generous stage with a fly tower, the UK’s only remaining “iron” safety curtain, intact and in situ, with original 1950s period advertisements. The original classical proscenium was hidden by the existing plain arch when Cinemascope was installed in the 1950s, but otherwise the auditorium remains intact and the building is listed Grade II. Soon after closing its doors on the 5th July 1975, the building was taken over by Messrs A & F Drake as an office-equipment showroom. They traded until the early 1990s, and after some years of neglect the building was taken over by the Friends of the Abbeydale Picture House as a rehearsal and performance space for amateur theatre groups. When the Friends of the Abbeydale project came to an end in 2012, the building was bought at auction by Phil Robins. Since July 2015 it has been managed by Hand Of, a Sheffield based arts platform who organise a diverse range of cultural events.
See moreTue 14th Mar 2017 at 11:32am
Looks like an awesome task!
Tue 4th Apr 2017 at 4:52pm
Really good one Egg!
Sheffield
Keeping the local area spic and span and enjoying a posh coffee after