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.

21 Hackney GoodGymers ran 6k to Abney Park Cemetery to clear debris from 100 metres of concrete pathway. To make sure the park continues to be super accessible for its users.

Great to have you all along for the session this evening! Great job to the injury crew for still showing up and dominating the task even when the body is not at 💯.

Top work from our first timers! And George on her first run as an official member!!

Bakehouse to Abney lead speedily by navigation expert Amy and super backmarker Ros.

Arriving in good time we got straight to work fully tooled up. Brilliant sweeping combined with accurate shovelling got as going in the right direction from the off and we made excellent time and progress. The debris and mud was pretty thick in places so we hard a fair bit to shift.

40 minutes of solid effort with a mini mass sweep at the end to finish off completed the task for the evening.

Dropping the tools off before making up some time with a fast run back to base to round off a fun, productive and energetic evening!!

Next week we are heading to Ion Square Gardens to complete our painting task. Probably best to wear your older kit if possible! There will also be a walking group heading down from the Bakehouse if you fancy a stroll over run!

See you there!

Joel