GGxWWF Earth Hour Special Run - It's goat to be earth it

26 Goodgymers helped their local community in Lambeth
Sarah Keegan
Paul Bown
Ed Field
Annalene Mc Conville
Samina Haq
Rob Riley
Katie Allan
Emily
Sally
Elizabeth
Abi Perrin
Alice Pickles
Heidi Dorum
Sam Lefevre
Andri Johnston
James Scott Johnston
Grace Cameron
Luke
Jack Palmer
Jie Sing
Non Kiatjaloonlert
Holly
Karolina Piotrowska
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Lambeth

Saturday 30th March 2019

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Paul Bown
Paul Bown

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Ed Field
Ed Field

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Sally
Sally

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Elizabeth
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On a Special GGxWWF Run 27 Goodgymers ran 5km to help Spitalfields City Farm

Thank you all for coming and I hope you had fun! Welcome to newbies - Sam, Heidi, Grace, Luke, Jack, Jie, Non, Holly and Karolina - great to have you along.

So on a rather warm spring evening GoodGym was partnering with WWF in celebration of Earth Hour. This is a global campaign overseen by the WWF to raise awareness of environmental issues. It takes place this Saturday 30th March at 8:30pm-9:30pm (local time), join millions around the world to turn off the lights and speak up about why nature matters.

We collected together from 5pm and then did some introductions - first Rachel explained all about WWF and Earth Hour. Remember to tell your mum all about it when you call/see her on mother's day!

Then we got moving and grooving with a big dynamic warm up plus some conditioning + running in pairs - nice! Feeling ready to go we headed up and over Tower Bridge, and then onto Aldgate and Whitechapel. Everyone was really agile in the crowds and kept a good pace up between the traffic lights.

Environmental Impact!

Upon our arrival at Spitalfields City Farm we met Emily and her team, she explained the tasks which were as follows:

  • Shovelling muck, to be wheelbarrowed away to make way for a toilet or bagged up and sold on.
  • Organising an area of planks, wood and materials.
  • Shifting tons of logs from one place to another
  • Sweeping and tidying up

Over an hour of lifting, shifting, moving, grooving, shovelling and sweeping we made a massive difference to the Farm and helped them to prepare for the Cambridge & Oxford Goat and Sheep Race! There were 27 of us so that's 27 hours of volunteering done for our local community - absolutely huge!

After finishing our tasks we enjoyed seeing the various animals - including a 11 hour old lamb! We collected together and took a group photo before running down hill home - fun!

Thanks for a brilliant evening guys! Sign up for GoodGym Runs near you here.

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