Helping at the Hostel & then Hitch got Hostile

21 Goodgymers helped their local community in Norwich
Bill Edmonds
Chloe Griffin
Darren Watkins
Graham Fryer
Jack O'Gorman
LIAM
Melanie
Tim
Robert Organ
Rebecca
Steven Hitcham
Catherine D
Katy
Michelle Eves
Joe Goodall
Karen Rowley
Lucy Webb
Alex Wallace
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Norwich

Monday 5th March 2018

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The run this evening was probably our shortest one to date at GoodGym Norwich... so short that I was even tempted to make the group lunge the whole way there. I decided against that idea but as you can guess from the pun, I had other brutal plans for after the run instead mwahaha.

Firstly, it was great to see Jack and Joe making their GoodGym debuts.

We headed off to the My Place Youth Hostel on Bethel Street to tidy up their outdoor area. I think this was the 1st time it's ever rained during one of our tasks! A third of the group blitzed the area around the bins and the rest focused on the garden areas. The before and after views of the bin area was very impressive. It was only a 20-minute task tonight, which meant we had 40 minutes to spare, at this point you can start to think how the pun was created.

1st up we headed to Chapelfield Gardens for a speed session. To start with each runner did a lap round as quickly as they could and then it was a relay over the same circuit with 5 groups of 4 runners.

I think the runners thought that this was it but I still had other ideas once we got back to The Forum. Once we got there the runners completed a 10-minute continuous circuit of squats, lunges, push-ups and bear crawls. Then to finish up they completed a pairs workout that included squats jumps, sit-ups and sprints.

By the end of it I feared for my life but I'm hoping deep down everyone realised the benefits of what they'd just done... after the DOMS have gone away!

Next week we're visiting the Silver Road Community Centre.


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Katy

Tue 6th Mar 2018 at 8:14am

This has to be a serious contender for 'pun of the year'! Well done Hayley! I hope we didn't put Joe and Jack off from coming again.....

LIAM

Tue 6th Mar 2018 at 10:26am

Team bin area for the win.

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