Weed today gone tomorrow

19 Goodgymers helped their local community in Islington
Ben Simms
Elaine Loomes
Richard Foster
Felix Casper Chappell
Emily Finch
Katie Dunn
Saba
Christina Christou
Will Bywater
Anja
Marie Muller
Rachel Lees
Alix Guerber
Heidi Proctor
Claire Rees-Sewak
Nina Jhatakia
Tom De Fonblanque
Joel Wiles
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Islington

Monday 15th May 2017

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19 soggy GoodGymers ran 6k to Whittington Park community centre to weed, sweep and fill 4 bin bags for the Children's day Nursary.

With Simon away in the countryside getting his running back underway and many of the Islington regulars in Riga after a very successful race weekend.

We welcomed a few new faces to the fold and got stuck in with some strong running up Holloway Road dodging pesky rain drops and road crossings. Huge shoutout to Kike for doing a sterling job back marking after a huge 10k PB in Riga yesterday!!

We arrived to locate Gary with a bit of a bump and soon split into groups to weed the gardens surrounding the centre particularly the children's day Nursary of weeds, leaves and anything that would impact the outside space enjoyed by the under 5's. For many it is the only safe outside space they get to use.

30 minutes of burrowing action we had filled 4 bags of garden waste. Clearing an ally way, bike shed, back garden and sensory garden!

A slight quickening of the pace on the way back to base stretched everyone out! Before we turned the screw for a speedy circuit of the Emirates Stadium getting faster and faster as we powered around the Oval!

A recovery run back and a stretch out rounded off a fruitful evening!!

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Thank you for looking after me and hope to see you again soon.

Smooth Running

Joel



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Ben Simms

Tue 16th May 2017 at 6:10pm

Thanks everyone for the great first run :)

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