Head, shoulders, knees and cones. Knees and cones

31 Goodgymers helped their local community in York
Michal Czekajlo
Carl Wain
Leanne
Ed Woollard
Stefan Durkin
Ellie Dove
Nicola Gover
Paul Kelly
Mitch
Debs Sharpe
Vicky Hearson
Pete
Michael Leadbetter
Charlotte Jones
Laura Barrett
Cara Organ
Abigail Darton
David Barrett
Helen Spring
Joanna Delgado
Clare Day
Laura Bennett
Amy Bailiss
Sam Dredge
James Blanchard
Ben Dove
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York

Monday 6th January

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Ed Woollard
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Nicola Gover
Nicola Gover

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Debs Sharpe
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Vicky Hearson
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Pete
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Laura Barrett
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Our first Group Run of 2025 saw a bumper turnout of 32 dedicated but chilly GoodGym Yorkies head off to West Bank Park for a night of leaf clearing in the play area. Buy before we set off we welcomed 4 newcomers Amy, Clare, James and Sam. Give them all a big cheer 🎉

We also had a few things to celebrate tonight, starting with awarding the December GGer of the month award to David who also happened to be completing his 200th Good Deed tonight. Way to go David 💪. There were also cheers for those that had taken part in some of the festive races including Chevin Chase and the Jolly Holly Jog. Well done guys!

It was then time for a quick but much needed warm up, whilst our walking group set off to the task. Vicky led a run/walk group (although by the sounds of it, it was a lot more run than. walk) and Ed led the main group able back marked by Babs and Laura.

At the task we were greeted by Kristina from the City of York Environment team who was expecting a fair fewer GGers than had arrived, so quickly grabbed as many extra tools as possible to keep us busy. We then set off armed with rakes, shovels, brooms, wheelbarrows and a leafblower, with the aim to clear as many leaves from the play area as possible.

We soon got to work with Clare and James sweeping leaves away from the play equipment whilst Babs and Nick got to work shoveling snow. The rest of the gang were busy with turning over the mulch in the leaf bays and getting them ready for the mass of leaves that were soon heading their way. Well, apart from Ellie who was spotted playing on the springy rocking horse type thing!

After a solid 40 mins or so of leaf clearing the park was looking a lot better so we gathered up the tools and got ready for tonight's fitness session, courtesy of Nikki; A game of Head, Shoulders, Knees and Cones. This involved two people battling it out to be the first person to pick up the cone after following Ed's instructions, with the losers completing 10 squats after each defeat (there's a chance Rich might have sore legs in the morning!)

Then it was back to CVS for some stretches followed by left-over festive treats courtesy of Vicky


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Jack Da Silva

Tue 7th Jan at 9:57am

amazing - well done all!

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