5 GoodGym Croydon runners ran over 7km to plant at Thornton Heath Rec

Apparently there was some football match on the TV tonight which lowered our numbers somewhat but still 6 intrepid runners turned out in this never ending heatwave to do their bit for the Friends of Thornton Heath Rec. Well 6 turned up at the start and unfortunately due to a sack race injury incurred at the GoodGym Olympics I decided not to run in the end as my knee is a beautiful rainbow of colours and swollen but Ellie stepped in and led the team and also wrote the rest of the run report - thanks Ellie. We also welcomed Ercole who was doing some GoodGym tourism - hope you had a great night here in Croydon and we'd love to see you back again.

After a quick warm up outside the local Tesco, we set off to Thornton Heath - being careful to manoeuvre ourselves into the shady spots of the pavement! When we arrived, we went round to the flowerbeds on the edge of the Community Garden where we have previously planted some bulbs. We were greeted by Atul and Caroline who had laid out 80 plants for us to plant into the flowerbeds, so we put on our gloves and grabbed our towels and got to work. We each worked our way down a section of the flowerbed, planting them all in record time! Afterwards, Atul gave them a good drink of water and thanked us with some delicious scones!

We then did a quick set of circuits down the path, covering off some walking lunges, squats, jumping jacks, skipping and balancing. We then headed out into the deserted streets for our run home - clearly we were the only people in Croydon not watching the football!

Next week we are heading off to work with Pam in the Mayfield allotments where we will be helping look after the Community allotment she has created for local people and schools.

Finally........If you have time tonight (6-8pm)Josi from Park Hill Rec is looking for help watering the plants in the Peace Garden as they are starting to look a little limp and parched. Here's the link to the event and bring a watering can if you have one. Hope to see you there.