Fourteen glorious Goodgym runners ran to help the Bothy Gardens which are used by the children’s charity Terapia .The Bothy and it’s garden was constructed in 1879-81, to H.C Stephens’ design and looks like a miniature castle in the grounds of Stephens House and Garden .The garden is used as a quiet space for the students and children during the week and is also open to the public on Sunday afternoons. (Go and see it in the day light its lovely) Terapia link We warmed up before the run and stated our favourite colours- I think turquoise won but otherwise quite an eclectic mix! We then headed off to the gardens ,1.6 miles away, through the black back streets of East Finchley. We met Alison, the head volunteer gardener, at the one of the Park gates and were shown into the Bothy garden. Alison explained what we had to do. The bulk of the GGB team used shovels to load wheel barrows with leaf compost and then unload the wheel barrows onto tarpaulin adjacent to the flower beds. Another group used folks to turnover the soil. Really good fun! ( I don’t take a survey it helps me with my task pun title) After completing our tasks we had time for a small jog and a couple of sprints up a hill path in the park. It was a lovely moonlit night and a unique privilege to have the park to ourselves. Before leaving we did some yogic breathing to re-energise for the run back. The group were so enthusiastic about this last exercise that they insisted on doing at again while the gates were unlocked to let us run home.

Thanks again for your efforts.. you did good!…& keep running!( and don’t forget the core exercises)

Also… Congratulations to Shawn who’s reached 50 good deeds and will be getting his ‘ninja’ black shirt! Lois and Vicki have been awarded full Mission status Lois has also been Coach verified… good luck with your first mission and coach run. Give them a shout out!