20 amazing GoodGymers ran 3k to Wilton Estate Community Garden to dig, weed, water and untangle the ever expanding gardens.

After Super Saturday at the GG Olympics everyone was on a GoodGym high! Great to have our first timers and intrepid tourists along for a sweet session in one of the longest running tasks in GoodGym history!

With only a short distance to cover we took the long loop around to get in a well constructed 2k of running into our legs so we were warm and mobile for some big time gardening!

With the garden under a new committee there was lots to do and we split up into crack units to take on each task.

Weeding long flower beds, dead heading, replanting, epic amounts of watering, chopping back and digging over and the unbelievable levels of untangling the binding that had been growing around the fences!

Brown big after brown bin was filled and we were 6 deep by the end with a push to clear up we left the site clear, tidy and much smarter!

With time tight we zipped back on the short route to make sure we grabbed our stuff before the Bakehouse closed for the evening!!

Thanks for coming along and hope you are able to join next week where Peter is leading the squad to Abney!

See you in 2

Joel

19 GoodGymers made there way to Ion Square Gardens to rub down and paint up the previously unloved railings surrounding the inner city green space.

Big shout to Michael the ring leader of the friends of Ion Square who even in very heavy rain believed in the GG magic that it will clear by the time we arrived and that painting in the damp was a well tried and tested technique!

With the run in conjunction with The Great Get Together which has the mission to celebrate kindness, respect and that we have more in-common than we realise.

After a big call for GG Olympic participants from team captain ** Toyin** who is organising the tactical charge to maximise our scoring chances! SIGN UP HERE.

We split into a walking and running group and tackled the journey down to Ion Square with a big variation in how direct the route was to Ion Square.

A 1.5km walk or a 2.5km run later we reached the square and grabbed our wire brushes, rollers and paint brushes to get stuck into the task ahead.

With a efficient set of mental fence rubbing downers who prepared the rough and rusty fence for the elegant painting with shiny black paint.

Our production line increased as the task continued with a dryer absorbing the rain into a tea towel before the rubbers and rollers piled through then the snagging crew brought up the rear with a fine eye for detail putting the finishing touches to an epic task performance!!

With 8 fence panels complete it was time to go after a swift running photo call for the Independent newspaper.

Back sweaty but happy looking forward to our next addition at Mabley Green next week.

14 Hackney GoodGymers ran 5k to St Johns Church yard to hoe away 25 sacks of weeds from the church yard to allow so spring time planting to take place!

Great to have our GG first timers along for some fun on the run!

With a very close by task we took a slightly meandering 2k route to meet Hackney Parks main man Bruce! Bruce is always prepared and great to have such great kit for the tank!!

With a range of Continental garden hoes to choose from we got pushing and scraping away all the weeds and roots from the flower beds as well as many hundreds of cigarette butts, bottle tops and and a couple of penny’s.

Working in the beautiful sunset with the rain holding off we cleared the huge flower bed in 40 highly productive minutes!

With just enough time for a choice of routes back to base we went old school wit a speedy and Sexy group with either a 2k route or a pacey 3.5k loop!

Great to have you all along and hope to see you all again next week for our trip to Hackney Wick Riverside Community Garden!!

Have a great week

Joel

16 Hackney GoodGymers ran 4K to Ion Square to prepare and paint the parks fencing.

After Sunday’s Hackney Half Running epicness it was time to celebrate!!

Back to front it was great to have as many runners at the post run social as at the task!! Even if we needed a few substitutions. Thank you to the cake makers and bringers amazing way to finish the evening!!

Remember that Hackney Half 2020 is on Early bird sale, so if you know you want to run get in at the lower price! Or volunteer at British 10k in July for a complementary place.

Onto the task, a nice 2k loop around to Ion Square to meet Mike who is the driving force behind the friends of Ion Park residents group. Aiming to bring some life to a slightly tired park Mike had gathered some paint, brushes, wipes from the council and we arrived to paint the night away.

We had a team of metal brush scrubbers preparing a second fence for a later visit! While the majority of the squad got painting 45 metres of tricky iron fencing. Some flickage caused a makeover to Vinney and Franky but it was easily remedied with some wipes.

A little pick up in pace to finish the painting just before our 8:15 leaving deadline. With the park uplifted and Mike happy we set off for our run back to base.

Best of luck to our Edinburgh Running festival runners this weekend as they go for glory way up North.

Keep an eye out for GG Olympics news and see you next week!

Joel