Hack -a- tree GoodGym

22 Goodgymers helped their local community in Hackney
Peter Van Tongeren
Irene
Sophie Lewins
Jack Minchella
Amelia Hunter
Anna Bernard
Liz Connor
Maybelle Morgan
Josie Prynn
Cat
Emily Waller
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Rich
Omar Méndez Careaga
Alex Passa
Joanna Rachel
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Joel Wiles
Patrick Luong
Rosalind Jeffcoat
Tom Bryan
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Hackney

Tuesday 4th July 2017

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20 Hackney Heroes ran a spectacular 8.5k to the Living Well community garden in Stamford Hill.

Great to have a few GoodGym first timers in the mix! After a new runner briefing we got going with a speedy start to the session to squeeze as much in as we could!

The Speedy Group got moving to go and get set for the rest of the crew. A warm and sweaty 4 and a bit K later we had reached our destination to be greeted by a revitalising platter of Watermelon! A little nibble and we got stuck right in!

Hacking back , pulling up, pick axing, digging, and wheely bin stuffing at a ferocious pace! Transforming the place from an overgrown wilderness to a space ready to be redesigned!

The redesigning will be part of the Living -Well organisation's activity program to do some gardening-based exercise with the residents battling diabetes.

With 35 minutes of intense graft we really made a change! We will be back in a few weeks to continue the project and get the soil prepared for some planting!

With a watermelon reward and a chat with task owner, Rosemary, we staggered our leaving times to get the most work in!

With a slightly downhill run back we made great time and really got into our stride finishing strong with a little puppy cuddle in the home stretch!

Thanks for your efforts on a jam-packed session! Be great to have you along next week on our monthly Abney Park adventure!! A shorter 3k each way run to go with some fun physical work should be fun!

Thanks to Peter for bringing along the extra tools!! Made a huge difference!

GoodGym Monthly drinks on Thursday, check out the website for details!!

Smooth Running

Joel



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