Portico, Portico, Wherefore art thou Portico?

11 Goodgymers helped their local community in Lambeth
Lasso Traore
Kaz Podstolski
Katy Hulm
Rebecca Dowse
Tilly Baker Hine
Effie
Tim Wheatley
Michael Davies
Magda Bujar
Dawn Gibson
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Lambeth

Tuesday 25th January 2022

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Last night 11 of us met for another Tuesday night group run at Papas Park. we were running to the Portico Gallery in West Norwood, its one of the longest run we do at Lambeth Goodgym, a total of 8.5 km, so we were feeling a bit nervous about whether we would make it or not. ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

Lambeth TF member and all round creative superstar Tim led the group out start to finish - awesome stuff Tim!

After a quick warm up we set off at a steady pace and started the climb up to West Norwood. The run was long, and hard work but we all made it and felt very proud of ourselves. At the Portico Gallery we met John who explained that they were painting the floor for a music video this week so needed everything on the floor moved up onto the stage. We split into two groups, half of us rearranged the stage whilst the other picked up tables, chairs, picture frames, plants, mirrors and benches and carried them over to the stage for storage.

In under 25 mins we were done and the floor was clear and ready for painting. John was very happy as it would have taken him hours to move all the furniture on his own. โฑ

As we left we said goodbye to some runners who made there own way home, the rest of us then ran back another 4k but luckily this time it was down hill.

For lots of us it was either the furthest we had run in a long time or our first time doing that distance so when we go home we felt equally exhausted and triumphant! ๐Ÿคฉ


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Portico Gallery
A creative hub in West Norwood

The Portico Gallery is a sprawling space that offers everything from yoga to art and pottery classes as well as running monthly music nights and the famous Feast market. The space supports many community groups, including those on low incomes, asylum seekers and other vulnerable people.

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Michael Welsh

Wed 26th Jan 2022 at 12:05pm

Well done everyone. It's a tough run with all that elevation ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜Ž

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