Monday 6th August 2018
Report written by Anastasia Hancock (she/her)
The past two years have flown by in a blur of gardening, painting, human chains, cleaning, sanding and many, many squats. Last night we celebrated our second birthday in Wandsworth!
In this time we have done a colossal
3707 good deeds
184 jobs for older people
62 runs to our coaches
37 413 kms run in the process
That is pretty inspiring stuff!
It was a first group run for a some lovely people. Put your hands together and give a huge cheer for Alice, Emily, Alex, Isabelle, Rebecca, and Emma!
A huge shout out to Anil who reached a very special milestone last night, having clocked up a massive 50 deeds. Next time you see him in his black 50 tshirt, give him a high five for all the good he's done! A special mention should be given to Matthew who has not missed one single Wandsworth group run since we very first began. Way to go!
It was also lovely to have some great GG tourism from Lewisham, Hounslow, Westminster, Haringey and Lambeth - great to see you all!
Our task last night was a very well timed one given the ongoing heat. We had been asked by Leonard Cheshire, a fantastic organisation in Battersea that supports disabled people, to come and wash their fleet of mobility buses. So after a nice steady mile run down, we arrived to find buckets and sponges and a list of jobs to do.
While half the group got started getting those buses squeaky clean, and themselves a little dirtier, two other sets of runners got stuck into sorting out the garden and washing windows respectively. Forty minutes later, the place was looking much tidier, and we could see our hot and sweaty faces in the shining buses! Setting off for the park we were even 'treated' to a surprise watery ambush by Chi and Andrew from behind the fence. Naughty!
After a little jog over to the park, we eschewed the usual fitness session for a series of party games that still managed to get our hearts pounding. There was some excellent action from the ladies in the biggest British Bulldog game of all time, so amazing super strong Planking lions, and a semi successful game of Blob Tag.
All that was left was a run back to base, a good stretch and then to head over to the common to celebrate our birthday with a special Wandsworth picnic. There were laughs, there was cake, there were party poppers and hats!
Here's to you, GoodGym Wandsworth, for making our borough proud and putting so much into doing good. Happy birthday!
ps our special birthday video will be making an appearance on twitter and facebook, so keep an eye out for it!
Tue 7th Aug 2018 at 12:19pm
And let's not forget a MASSIVE shout out to the wonderful Ana too - thank you :-)
Tue 7th Aug 2018 at 12:27pm
Aw thanks lovely Helen xx
Tue 7th Aug 2018 at 2:12pm
Isn't 58 an all time group run record?
Tue 7th Aug 2018 at 2:50pm
Pretty sure it is Pritesh! Must be!
Tue 7th Aug 2018 at 2:52pm
Blimey! Well done everyone. Special shout to Matthew - incredible stuff
Wed 8th Aug 2018 at 8:46am
Thanks. I've enjoyed being part of the group and goodgym as a whole. Well done everyone.
Wed 8th Aug 2018 at 1:52pm
Wow all the feels! Huge turnout and Matt's achievement is absolutely incredible! Also amazed another year has flown by. Very well done Ana and all
Wed 8th Aug 2018 at 3:47pm
Thanks so much Patrick, hope to see you soon :)
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