Fourteen fabulous GoodGymmers ran 6km to help the Friends of Alexandra Palace litter pick their beautiful park.

Meeting at the Phoenix, we welcomed Beth back for her first run of the year with us - good to see you again!

AND Avital for her FIFTIETH GOOD DEED!! 🔥 Well done and look forward to seeing that black shirt 🖤

Abi and Sally were also joining us straight from a triumphant weekend in Sofia with the GG race team! it sounds like a brilliant trip and well done for getting stuck straight back in with group runs.

We set off with Abi and Sally backmarking. It's about 2.5km so we took it at an easy pace to start with and we scooped up Fiona and Rachel on arrival. We met with Chiara who explained our tasks for the evening: picking up litter left from a busy sunny day in Alexandra Park. Dividing into teams of two and three, we picked up grabbers and bin bags, and were led down to the south side of the park to get started.

It seems there had been quite a few picnics so there was plenty of rubbish: the teams went off road and combed through the park. There was plenty of rubbish strewn across the open spaces and in the woods. Litter picking is an ongoing challenge in the park and we hope to set up a regular community mission on Sundays throughout the summer. After half an hour we had filled loads of bags and carried them back to base for disposal.

We said our goodbyes to Chiara and set off. From there it was a nice relaxed run back to the Phoenix for stretches. Great work everyone - looking forward to next week!