Scadbury's Carry 'em all
3 GoodGymers made their way 1.0km to help their local community in Bromley.
- Tuesday, 25th of April 2017
- Led by Simon Loughran
Pun Reference for the confused.
A small group last night after regulars Stania and Tom called in ill and stuck at work resepctably, meaning we postponed our very first GG Bromley social until next week.
BUT Sarah and Molly and Simon were keen to get back to Scadbury Park once more. We managed the 5.5k surprisingly quickly and had plenty of time to carry on shifting twigs, logs, branches, sticks and what felt like entire trees at times. Now THIS is a serious workout. Some were so heavy the only way to shift them was to roll them like some possessed Scottish strongman.
Upper body fully exhausted and a respectable pile of logs shifted we headed over to the car park for some standing start/reaction/acceleration practice. One of the pair holds a tennis ball while the other has to react and catch it before it bounces twice. Full description here.
Some decent efforts recorded, but we could do better surely? A little bit of practice with top standing start tips:
- Get opposite leg and arm forwards
- Bulk of weight over lead leg
- Focus gaze ahead
Then we ahead another go, and... it works! Coaching actually works! Both Molly and Sarah significantly improved the distance from which they could react to a falling tennis ball and run and catch it before it bounced twice. Now that's something to stick on your CV.
A couple of longer sprints focussing on helicopters, hotplates and elbowing (you had to be there) and we were done before another super-speedy journey home.
Social is on next week, so get yourself down, do some good, get some fit and get some grub.
See you then,
Simon
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Two socials in one week for you guys! Impressed - see you in Croydon too I hope - https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/gg-monthly-social-on-tour-croydon
Wow - that forest looks amazing. and plenty to do!
I love the look of that forest, nice work! And that tennis ball game...totally nicking it ;)
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