Despite the looming rain clouds, 12 hardy Goodgymmers came down to our double task combo last night (including 4 members of our Taskforce), and a new starter (welcome Alex!).

We split up into 2 groups- one headed by Aidan and Steve (we still haven't figured out his middle name beginning with "B"- suggestions can be left in the comments below) running to Caxton House in Archway. The other team set off over to the Rose Bowl in Canonbury.

Caxton House

Aidan wrote a nice summary for Group 1's activities:

Six of us headed off to Caxton House, just in time for the rain to start again. We all loved the well known uphill run towards Archway, a nice little workout for the legs. We had a couple of tasks awaiting us, a lovely pile of bricks and a grand field of weeds. Both needing shifting, and with 3 on each it was easy work. Lots of squats and weights for the bricks crew and erm...mud and worms for the weeders ...

The lovely Caxton guys are working hard to improve their space with lots of plans in and out, always worth a visit!

With our work complete we looked forward to the lovely declining road home.

Rose Bowl

Six runners ran towards Canonbury through a great route via the back of the Emirates Stadium, zig zagging through cobbled paths to link onto Highbury Fields. We even ran a completely intentional extra half kilometre around the New River Green Estate (honest!).

Upon arrival, we got to work on clearing up the youth club's playground and football pitch, clearing autumn leaves with rakes and spades to avoid accidents. Green and organic disposal was due to pick up these bags of leaves and branches on Tuesday morning, so having extra hands to help out really speeded up the job for the volunteers.

Other tasks included unloading a large bag of gravel, and shoveling it into a hand-made shelter to create a secure, non-slip surface for children to play on. We finished up with some additional raking around the main entrance to the playground, whilst talking about future running plans, races and objectives.

Upcoming Events with Goodgym

Goodgym Monthly Social is happening this Thursday, in Islington!

This is Pritesh's penultimate social before he hands the reins on to another Goodgymmer, and it is happening just down the road from the GG Islington start point! A great opportunity to meet up with like-minded Goodgym folks from other areas, and to enjoy a refreshment or two.

Thursday 10th October, 6.30pm onwards, Islington Townhouse (13 Liverpool Rd, N1 0RW)

Sign up here

Cross Country with the Goodgym Race Team

The first event for the Met League will occur on Saturday 12th October in Claybury (nearest tube: Woodford).

Cross country is awesome fun, and accessible to anyone who is willing to run around 7-8km in the mud! Super friendly, really inclusive, an absolute blast. Cheer squad also super welcome if you don't fancy running.

Sign up here to enter this weekend's event, and click here to find out more about the Goodgym Race Team.

Have an awesome week, everyone.

Happy Running!