15 Hackney GoodGym ran 6k to Abney Park cemetery to daisy chain lift and carry the cut up sections of 2 fallen trees.

Phil leading the charge on the way to Abney smashing out some Pre Hackney half strong running in prep for Sunday’s 21.1k tour around Hackney.

Meeting Quentin the park keeper of Abney who had a heavy job for us! Going deep into the park we were moving a huge pile of wood! After 2 trees had fallen in the storms there was a huge pile of cut up wood which needed a new home in part to make the park look tidier while becoming a home for the Parks diverse range of invertebrates and also to try to dismantle the prime cruising location the pile of wood had created.

We moved over a thousand pieces of wood in slick motion, some big, some small pieces of wood but all impossible to workout how heavy they were from appearance.

A great task to get a load of physical work done and being able to be super social while doing it!

45 minutes zipped by in a blink of an eye and we had shifted all the wood needed into new areas for the parks invertebrates to make their homes!

A quick pic and we were off dropping off runners on the way back to base!

Thanks for coming along for one of my favourite GG tasks we have done.

All the luck and positive vibes for everyone doing Hackney half/5k on the weekend!! If you are not running hope you are able to sample some of the atmosphere by cheering on the masses (and GG runners a bit louder) and they run by!

Next week we are going to Ion Square to get painting!! then Hackney Half celebrations at Tad post run!! Hope to see you there.

Joel