Fifteen fabulous GoodGymmers ran 6km to spread woodchip at Stephen's House and Gardens.

Meeting at the Phoenix, we welcomed Valentina for her first GoodGym run! She was recruited by Rob, Rupesh and Abi at a community mission at Clitterhouse Farm over the weekend. Good work!

We nervously watched the sky after being hailed on as we arrived at the Phoenix. Fortunately it stopped just as I finished our intro and the sun came out ☀

After a quick warm up we set off with Sally back marking. It's just under 3k so we took it at an easy pace and used the opportunity for a half way wall sit and a fast bit of hill running.

On arrival we met Alison and Warwick who explained we would be spreading woodchip in a seated area that will be used for children's forest lessons over Easter. We split into teams: shoveling, transporting using wheelbarrows, raking, and weeding.

The team cracked on with it and made fast progress. In 20 mins we had covered over a muddy space with woodchip and made it usable. Brilliant work. We also had time to drag a heavy bag of salt (for the paths over winter) to a new home: many hands making it light work.

We tidied up and teamed up for a team photo 📸

We couldn't leave without a quick fitness session: dividing into twos and threes we used the hilly path for light runs down then hard runs uphill 🗻

From there it was a nice relaxed run down East End Road to the Phoenix for stretches and high fives.

Great work everyone - looking forward to next week already.

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