11 determined GoodGymers ran 7.5k to deliver 400 leaflets for Open Age charity Pop up Cafe!!

Meeting at the New Balance store ready to roll this week were 11 all action GoodGymers! Welcoming Al on his first GG run we got going on our 90 minuets of continuous movement.

Heading to the North West of the Borough we made good time as we powered through the nearly 4k run swiftly.

Splitting up into 2 units we headed west along what some would say is a straight road! Leapfrogging each other to create a speedy delivering strategy. Once we got into our stride there was no stopping us even if we didn’t all always know where we were going. 35 minutes in and all the leaflets at been posted so a very Pop up Cafe event is almost certainly secured for Open Age!!

Picking up the pace on the way back we stormed back to back in record time where we stretched out made our way home with a serious increase in our fitness when doing good for a fantastic local charity!

Next week we are off to One Big Family homeless charity to make some food for Westminsters homeless community, would love to have you along!

Have a great week

Smooth Running

Joel

10 Westminster GoodGymers ran 7k, climbed hundreds of stairs to deliver 400 leaflets for DAWS (drug and alcohol support charity).

Heading out the gate strong but steady as we made our way South to Pimlico weaving in and out of some quite back streets. We arrived at our destination for the evening ChurchHill Garden Estate.

A massive place so we split up Into 2 groups and got climbing!! Tackling some epic 9 story high blocks at top speed up the stairs really getting the legs working! Working in unison as a team covering floors in sequence for optimum efficiency!

35 minutes of continuous action later and we had climbed Everest as well as delivering over 400 leaflets to promote the work of DAWS (Drug and Alcohol service) who help those that need to access life changing help and support in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham.

We headed back up to Oxford Street working out way through Green Park and a sneaky short cut next to Sexy Fish.

Thanks for such great work tonight and for looking after me when I was feeling ill.

See you all next week when we will be helping St Andrews Youth Club in St James'.

Have a great week!

Smooth Running

Joel

19 of Westminsters finest GoodGymers ran 6.5k to One Big Family homeless charity and prepared all their food for the evenings food run for the homeless.

Great to have some GoodGym Newbies, our regulars and a number of returning GoodGym heroes!!

A super busy evening on Oxford Street was no match for our weaving skills as we ran south through Mayfair, Green Park, Victoria and on to the Ebury Estate youth centre where we met Mike who is the heart and soul of One Big Family Victoria.

Splitting up into Team Jam, Team Cheese, Team Ham and Team Cake we set up our precise production line for some speedy food creation!! We got into a brilliant rhythm cutting, buttering, filling and bagging and smashed out 300 sandwiches and rolls eking out every last drop of jam by the end!

A quick fill of the industrial sized tea urns and a swift clear up rounded off 35 minutes of productive, speedy and so very important work out the areas homeless community.

Like a flash we were off in unaccustomed darkness powering back towards base. Covering the first mile in no time before we took stock outside Liz's house. With one last big push up the Green Park drag we had worked hard!!

A quick stretch out and round of applause in the New Balance store for a Great GoodGym effort!

See you next week for some more fun on the run!

Smooth Running

Joel

15 GoodGymers ran 6.5k to deliver 500 leaflets for Open Age charity. To promote their classes to improve Health and speaking English.

A lovely evening was made even better by a high quality crew of Westminster GoodGymers.

After a few DBS checks we headed out West towards Paddington on a steady 3k route through the Central London back streets.

Keeping a close eye out for the perfect location we struck Gold in the Hallfield Estate! 10 big blocks of flats was the target with 500 leaflets in hand we got going!! Working in small groups we powered up and down each block and in 35 action packed minutes the leaflets were all delivered!!

A lovely Hyde Park route started the speedy run back to base powering up the mean hill before we gathered at the top of Oxford Street for one last weaving push on an epic speedy dash through the late night shoppers!! Great fun, run and weaving from the whole crew was rewarded with a sea of High Fives!!

Next week we head down south to One Big Family homeless charity for some rapid food creation for the weeks food run. Be great to have you along!!

Have a great week!

Smooth Running

Joel

13 GoodGymers ran 5.5k to St Andrews Youth Club to have a bit of fun playing a few games with the youth Clubs summer scholars.

A muggy Wednesday greeted us at the New Balance store where we welcomed 4 new faces to GoodGym fold Natalie and our American friends Juliette, Eric and Adamon last day of the UK visit!

Wanting to give a little running tour we took in an extended 3k notching up a couple of Royal Parks and zipping past Buckingham Palace on our way to St Andrews.

After all our hard work over the first half of the year Adrian wanted to reward us with an activity session to show us what our hard work helps to create!

So we split up into groups and had a go at Table Tennis, cake decorating and Kin Ball.

Kin Ball kind of took over the evening it was a cross between Basketball, Volleyball and Football and it got loud, hot and intense competition.

We struggled early to get to grips with the passion and numbers of the St Andrews team not to mention falling very short compared to their dancing skills! But we gradually brought in the rest of our squad once the cake decorating and table tennis was complete. Once we were at full strength we got really stuck in and a titanic battle ensued!! The points ebbed and flowed we even mixed up the teams for a bit before returning to GG vs St Andrews for the final 10 minutes of all out effort!

No idea who won but I do know everyone in that hall had a great time!! Great to see young people having such a great time and being able express themselves.

Already looking forward to our Christmas time rematch!!

After a crazy workout with so much jumping, running throwing we took the direct route back to base with a smile on everyone's face!

All stretched out and ready to roll by 8 on the dot, hope to see you all again next week!

Have a great week

Smooth Running

Joel

P.S I forgot the amazing puns from the run back sorry!!

14 sunshine drenched GoodGymers ran 7k to One Big Family homeless charity to prepare the food for the evenings homeless food run.

A glorious sunny evening caught many of us out with our running clothing so very handy to have the New Balance sale in full swing and many of the squad to full advantage!!

Heading out on out sight seeing tour of central London taking in Oxford Street, Mayfair, Green Park, Liz's house, Victoria and finally 3.5k later Ebury Youth Club!

Splitting up into groups we had the strong guns collecting water, while the sweet toothers tested their will power by bagging countless pastry's, doughnuts, apple pies, rhubarb pies, muffins and my favourite Cinnamon (don't) share buns.

While the cake slicers got sensory overload as the chopped up the most amazing smelling cakes in manageable pieces.

Great to see this tiny charity doing so well!! When we fist started visiting them there was minimal food and now the donations are huge allowing them to reach a much greater number of Westminsters homeless community!!

35 minutes of bagging action and we had cake mountains on the table tennis table to go with some pre packaged sandwiches and water.

Great team effort and even finishing in enough time to clean up our work stations!

With a job well done we headed off at a quicker pace flying up to Liz's house at a great pace really working at a speedy rhythm!

After a huge royal flyby with any number of dignitaries driving into the palace delaying our progress we decided to feed our legs some speed!! Hammering up the 600m Green Park drag we everyone feeling the satisfaction of the legendary gate touch!

A short jog back to base and stretch out had us done for the evening!

Thank you all for coming along and home to see you again next week when we visit Oasis Community garden to help keep the fruit, vegetables and herbs going. Sign up and come along!

Have a great week

Smooth Running

Joel

10 sizzling Westminster GoodGymers ran 5k to the Oasis growers garden to rehydrate some very thirsty herbs, vegetables and plants.

On a scorching Wednesday in Central London we met at the perfectly air conditioned New Balance store. After a few DBS checks and a briefing we headed off in totally the wrong direction seeking the clearest possible run to the Oasis leisure centre. A strong and sweaty 2.5k run got us to the centre in good time where we were met by a sea of sunbathers in the garden. Undeterred we unleashed the watering cans and brooms to get stuck in. Some very thirsty growing beds required a huge number of watering trips. Working hard carrying the 8kg full watering cans up and down stairs and carefully distributing the water all over the garden.

35 minutes of watering, sweeping, rubbish clearing had the community garden looking in top prefer and gave us a strong workout!!

Heading off avoiding the temptation of a dip in the outside pool or the sadistic sauna we headed up to the Squared circle of Bedford square where we hammered out a combo circuit!! Alternating a 300m running lap with 90 seconds of strength exercises we pushed the fitness adaptations before a calm 2k jog back to base where we stretched out.

Great work everyone this evening! Lovely to have you along! Hope to see you all next week when we run to St Andrews Youth Club the oldest youth club in the world to help them with a physical task up keeping the super busy building!

Have a great week

Smooth Running

Joel

7 Westminster GoodGymers ran 7k delivering 250 leaflets for Open Age charity.

A sticky night in Central London met us for 90 minutes of continuous movement! Running out 3.5k to the North West edge of the borough to begin our task for the evening. Sticking together and deciphering the seemingly random road crossing codes as we made our way towards Warwick Avenue.

Splitting up into pairs to deliver the flyers to let the local community know all the exciting physical activities that are available for the over 55's as well as the Summer fundraiser for the local community centres.

We dominated delivering every road and flat block as we zipped seamlessly around the ward. Once we were in rhythm there was no stopping us! 250 leaflets down in 35 continuous motion minutes and we were back on the road picking up the pace on the way back to base particularly a speedy segment down Harley Street!

All stretched out and ready to refuel at 8 on the button, look forward to seeing you all next week for our trip down to One Big Family Homeless Charity to prepare their food offering for the evening!

Have a great week

Smooth Running

Joel