23 awesome runners ran 5km to help clean and paint at Made In Greenwich!

We had lots of new runners in Greenwich with us last night which is A-MAZING. Big welcome to Micaela and Jack who were running their first ever GoodGym run and also to GG tourists Dharmesh from Redbridge and Martin all the way over from Stockport! WELCOME ONE AND ALL!

Since our run was a stones throw away, we skipped the warm up and headed straight there. I wasn't sure quite how long the task would take so thought we'd get that done first and have more time for some ad-libbing after!

We were greeted by the wonderful Mary Jane who was hoping to film us all running towards the shop as we arrived but because we are SO fast, she just missed it so we cut and moved onto take 2!

The shop is going to be used for local craftspeople to showcase their creative talents so will be filled with food, art, crafts.. all sorts of lovely Greenwich items made right here.

Our job was to prep the walls for their paint job next week which involved washing the walls with a sugar/soap solution. Everyone grabbed a sponge and a bucket of soapy suds and got washing!

We also had a bathroom door and wall to paint which Pulin and Micaela got to work on.

After a mere 20 minutes, the whole shop had been washed, top to bottom! We waited for the painters to complete their final strokes and then we took off! We went through the backstreets of Greenwich, via our beloved Royal Hill Garden and onto the first of what would eventually be three hilltops!

Point Hill is one of Greenwich's hidden gems and has one of the best views in the whole of London! Unfortunately you need to get up there first, and it's always a lot further and steeper than I remember.. to the postbox.... plus double the distance... sorry about that hahahaha! Never been great at managing expectations ;)

We all got to the top, enjoyed the views then cracked on with the run to Greenwich Park where we would then stop at the Observatory for viewpoint number two of the run! Then we took off for the final time and made it up One Tree Hill for the third and final stop, probably my favourite of the three. One LAST group photo from Andy and then we headed back to the uni for a lovely stretch!

Upcoming Community Missions

Any help on the following events will be hugely appreciated by the organisers! Sign up by Friday if you're interested in any of them!

Plumstead Make Merry this weekend.

Surplus Feast in Woolwich on Saturday 28th June.

Bexley Colour run marshalling on Sunday 29th June.

Other Events

GoodGym Olympics is coming! We want the biggest ever turnout for Greenwich so sign up via our Facebook group or if you aren't on Facebook then you can fill out this form!

June Parkrun will be taking place on 22nd June.. location TBC but feel free to submit a request!

Excellent running last night everyone!! I know you were promised a shorter run but well done for pushing through and taking on those hills with a smile! Join us next week for some more fence painting!