20 GoodGymers ran 4km and emptied 80 bags of compost for Compton Square Gardens

Welcome to Jonathan whose first time it was last night and to Katie the new GG Portsmouth Trainer - lovely to have you both along!

In the news this week:

1. GoodGym Portsmouth, led by the wonderful Katie, will be launching in March/April time - gonna be good! Let all your Portsmouth friends know yo!
2. Well done to Graham for organising the second GG Long Run for 2018 on Sunday, with 20 runners completing 12-19km - nice one! Read the report here - March's Long Run details will be up soon :)

So last night we had one big old compost task to do, helping the lovely volunteers at Compton Square Gardens who maintain the area outside the Union Chapel. Back in January on our Starter Session we lifted, wheelbarrowed and emptied 100 bags of compost in one area of the garden - read the report here.

Community Service!?

Tonight was gonna be more of the same. On our way there we stayed together passing through Highbury Fields and tackling the traffic lights around H&I station. Once arrived Julia from CSG told us that there were 80 bags of compost, 6 wheelbarrows and clear markers with how many bags each area needed.

Splitting into groups of 3-4 people we wheelbarrowed, lifted and emptied the horse manure all across the wonderful gardens, feeding those plants, flowers and the soil - mmmmm nutrients!

Squiggles from the future!

Nina, Alex & Graham had a wobble twice with compost falling on the Union Chapel's driveway, this caused Team Steve to take the long way round and not go wheelbarrow first into the curb - each to their own that's what I say. Everyone worked well in their teams and really got a good whiff of that compost haha.

As we neared the end of the task we distributed the weekly biscuits. This time they were from the FUTURE aka New Zealand - they were strawberry-flavoured, sugar packed and tasty - they were SQUIGGLES! Thanks to James and Claire for sharing them - who's gonna top those?! Challenge!

Witness the Fitness - Roots Manure-va

Upon completing the task we collected all 80 of the empty bags and took a lovely artisan photo under the beautiful Union Chapel. Saying our goodbyes to Julia and the gang we headed to Highbury Fields for a 1km time trial. With a corner marked nicely by Steve Lee and everyone focusing on their technique, the session was smashed up!

Great work all, lots of good done for Islington and we're all a little fitter for it!

Sign up for next week here, we are off to help Thornhill Square Gardens and Green Gym.

PB out.