Hide and squeak
7 GoodGymers made their way 6km to help their local community in Wandsworth.
- Monday, 20th of September 2021
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Led by
Anastasia Hancock
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It was great to welcome Keith and Ollie to their very first GoodGym group run yesterday -give them a cheer!
After a quick warm and a poll on our favourite foods (unsurprisingly carbs featured very heavily) we took a nice steady run down to the local park where, to the not-so-soothing sounds of the parakeets, we did an all over body circuits session. Switching up cardio, conditioning and strength, we powered through the moves - check out those action shots!
Fitness done, we headed over to waste Not Want Not, a charity which feeds the local community and prevents food waste. Unfortunately our original task of flyering to spread the word about the amazing work they do wasn't to be, as the leaflets hadn't been delivered in time. So instead, Hadas, who runs the charity, gave us possibly one of our least salubrious jobs to date! But, GoodGym being the tough cookies that they are, got cracking clearing out a food storage cupboard that had suffered a serious mouse attack.
With Lorna armed with a hoover and John clearing the room while the rest of the team got stuck into sanitising the food outside, it was all progressing smoothly until the perpetrator itself made a surprise appearance. From under our feet a very well-fed mouse shot out, with some of us (mentioning no names...cough...me) having a less than brave reaction. Luckily John jumped into action with a broom and bucket.
After a good 40 minutes of elbow grease, many pairs of gloves and buckets of sanitiser later, we had a made a huge dent in the job and Hadas was really pleased with the progress. Well done on tackling a tough task everybody.
It was just a short run back to base and stretches to cap the night off. Great work - hope to see you all next week for more fun, fitness and making a difference!
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