GoodGym x Earth Hour - Un-earthing (h)our car parks and pathways

44 Goodgymers helped their local community in York
Catherine Love
Carl Wain
Lizzie Kershaw
Bev Aghahoseini
Leanne
Emma Wilkommen
Becky Moylett
Ed Woollard
Esther Lusty
Stefan Durkin
Ellie Dove
Nicola Gover
John Bourton
Laurence Griffin
Christine Cockett
Lauren Forecast
Huw
Jenna Drury
Helen English
Ben Dove
Mitch
Craig
Debs Sharpe
Bethany Bridge
Emily Collins
Vicky Hearson
Rachel Bradley
Emma
Tom FitzPatrick
Charlotte Jones
John Forecast
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York

Monday 25th March 2019

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York runner

SESSION ORGANISER

Leanne
Leanne

BACK MARKER

Becky Moylett
Becky Moylett

BACK MARKER

Christine Cockett
Christine Cockett

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GoodGym has partnered with WWF this week to #runforyourworld and LOADS of GG Yorkies turned out to make it happen!

With another two-task week, we set off to Foxwood and Clifton Backies to tackle two tasks, both to improve local spaces for the community.

Before we started, we gave a huge cheer to Huw who has a mammoth weekend of running (and treat-eating) completing the Cake-a-thon and choc-a-thon double, squaring away around 72km in the process, wow! Not only that but Stef run a cracking time at the Coventry Half, Craig scored a new 5k PB at Victoria Dock parkrun and Mel boshed a 10km PB and also ran the furthest she'd ever run in one day, phew! What a weekend.

I led one group (carefully back-marked by Becky and marshalled by Christine and Ellie B!) across Hob Moor to Foxwood, where our task was to reclaim the edges of the tarmac path. Armed with moon-spades, regular spades and one very tiny broom, we made quick progress clearing back encroaching grass.

Nick led the other group (back-marked by Leanne) to Clifton Backies to reclaim the car park, which was very overgrown and full of debris.

We also ALL completed the amazing EARTH HOUR workout, which comprised:

  • Enormous forward jumps
  • Acrobatic maneouvre of choice
  • Reverse lunges
  • Toe reaches
  • Hopping on one leg

  • Hopping on the other leg

  • One minute plank

  • Upside down plank

  • Rebound squat jumps

Leanne who is usually a stickler for the rules, got all rebellious and did a reverse plank instead of the lesser-known upside down plank, but boss Nick let her off. There wasn't much rebellion in my group but there were some amazing acrobatics including handstands and cartwheels!


This task supported
Friends of Clifton Backies
Volunteer group based at Clifton Backies in York

We try to help manage the site as a nature reserve while improving access to the area for local people and visitors.

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