Eleven amazing runners kick started 2019 in Haringey as we helped Haringey Pirates with some painting and varnishing and polished of 4km of running too!

Pennie was sadly off sick but it meant a chance for me to see you wonderful Haringey folk again! As well as our regulars I was delighted to say 'hello and welcome' to Geraldine, Mel and Rebecca who joined GoodGym for the first time!

After an introduction to GoodGym and the three ways one can do good - group runs, missions and coach runs - followed by news of this years January challenge we headed outside for a quick warm up and then headed off to our task!

Tonight we were helping Hackney Pirates with their new venture in Haringey. This group helps children to improve their reading age with one to one interventions. Our task tonight was to help varnish a floor and do some painting as they get ready to open next Monday.

Dave led the way and Sarah made sure that noone was left behind and we made the journey of just over a mile to the Enterprise Centre on the High Road. There we met Jude who outlined the work and split the group to be either focussing on varnishing the floor or finishing off some painting jobs!

After about 40 mins of hard work we were pretty much done, an excellent effort by everyone to get a massive amount done. We had left one plank unvarnished to give us a way to walk out and after some wonderful group phots we duly walked the plank out of the room!

Once we had gathered together, we left and ran back to base. Thanks again to Dave for leading. A quick stretch at the end of the night and we then said our goodbyes and headed home.

Top evening.

Cheers, Pritesh