Last night’s tasks had 11 of us going on a short adventure towards Cheshnut Park to help our friends make the Garden space more inviting.

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I want to give a big welcome to out first timers Amelia, Nina, Freya, Shanni and Ronnit. Hope the session fulfilled your expectations.

After a nice warm welcome to our new members, we headed towards the green for a warm up to get the body ready for the evening activities. While we were warming up, I decided to get everyone to say their names, number in ascending order and let the group know what their favourite drink is. I was expecting everyone to pick drinks kin to Ribena or Lucazade, all that my ears were hearing was cocktails and wine with one mention of a fruit juice. With Dave as back marker, we shot of down the road to Cheshunt park stopping mid journey to do a wall sit while we waiting for the runners at the back.

At the park, we had a mixture of Jobs. Litter picking Moving logs Shovelling wood chips Carrying the wood chips in the wheelbarrow Spreading the wood chips on the path Spreading the mulch on the plants

The group got split into 3 groups with everyone taking turns on trying a different task. Natasha turned the task into a workout by filling up the wheelbarrows and running with it between the 2 destinations. Rita was injured but with a “Never give up” attitude, she was determined to be useful and helped pick up the litter and spread the mulch all with one hand across the plants with a little help from Ronit. Nina, Freya and Dave picked up the mantle of spreading the wood chip throughout the path and inside the hut with the sun roof. Marusha and Kipil stood watch over the woodchip and would shovel them onto the wheelbarrows for Shanni and Natasha to carry them over to the path and Hut. Then to make the work go faster, Amelia and Latoya would help Shovel the mulch on to the wheelbarrows but they also would carry the mulch on the spade to the Hut and path too (Top Heroes).

The task got finished around 7.55pm and the difference could really been seen. With the early finish of the task, this meant there was time for a Chi workout and a time trial. The workout lasted around 10 mins. The moaning meant they were doing the exercise properly. We engaged arms, legs and core with little time to rest. Rita got the hall pass from me to go and use the park gym equipment due to her injury. The task got ended with a time trial. It was not a race but a marker to see how fit someone is going with everyone’s timing going lower and lower.

These are the times: KG 3.00 RP 3.11 DM 3.22 Rita 3.27 ST 3.52 NC 5.05 FJ 5.07 NT 5.08 LS 5.20 AH 5.27

Well done for taken part everyone, hopefully next time we can improve on our times. Feel free to add the Whats App group which is on the e-mail and go on runs with other members of Goodgym Haringey.