10 do-gooders ran 7.4 miles and took on a task at the Wolves Lane Horticultural Centre.

Nuff love y'all!!

As the hour of 7pm drew closer, 9 goodgymmers arrived at our Tottenham Green Leisure Centre HQ, set and ready to go head lamps and all. We welcomed the lovely Antonia to the group and welcomed back Jenna who had been off crashing weddings near and far, ok she was attending friend’s weddings. Shouts out to the core crew too. Nuff love y'all!! Off we went heading toward the light just as darkness set in. After a mishap last week but the assurance access would be possible, we felt determined to get stuck in to what we had planned to revisit last week.

via a maze of polly tunnels

With hope in our hearts and lamps on heads we arrived at the task location. We could see lights on in one of the poly tunnels as we ran along the parallel road. Thankfully the gates were wide open. One of the sites staff Laurenzo was there to meet and lead us to the task area via a maze of poly tunnels which housed some pretty impressive plants and flowers. One of which was in blossom, filling the air with its pungent aroma.

a verity of creepy crawlies and reptiles

We then had to enter a very narrow opening to get between two poly tunnels. The opening was right beside an old classroom which now houses a verity of creepy crawlies and reptiles. a few people were a little freaked out by this but the creepy crawlies were all tucked away safely. The long narrow area we were working on is overlooked by the Centre’s cafe and is generally very overgrown, however the area we had previously cleared of weeds and brambles had not really had much growth since our last visit so we got stuck into clearing more of the area with sheers, loppers. Wearing some heavy duty gloves that had been provided for. Pulling, yanking and twisting the brambles was our angle while conversing over all kinds of trivia and fun stuff. At that point dashing Dave received a phone call from Sarah who had missed last week due to a well-deserved holiday. She was at the front gate trying to get in. Our 10th do-gooder had arrived. Sarah wasted no time at all, mucking in and unearthing a mahoosive root - just beating Ali's mammoth root yanked up the last time we took on these might brambles. Before long we had unfortunately reached the end of the task. We had made good progress filling several bags of green waste and reaching the half way point of our task. We will return to in the coming weeks to finish, leaving a much better view for the cafe staff and users.

huge snail shells

On our way out we spotted some huge snail shells which were apparently not the African sort but I beg to differ as they were absolutely huge. We grabbed a quick group snap in the adjacent pollytunnel before gorping at the huge plant that filled the space behind us. then heading back to HQ to smash out some standing mountain climbers. We only had time to do a small part of the Tabata that I had planned due to the time but it went down well regardless. Mandatory stretches and high fives then took place before we set off in our separate ways to feed the bellies and get a little downtime.

Until next week folks - stay fit, do good and look out for the light!

Don't forget next week we're running a starter session which will be ideal for those who are just starting out in the world of running.

Next weeks task Here

After last week’s fantastic launch and T for tremendous task, delving back into the community once more seemed like a faint glimmer flickering flawlessly in the ever so distant future. Thankfully we managed to reach that midweek mound named Wednesday speedily.

"immense kudos"

Do-gooders began to emerge from within the Tottenham Green Leisure Centre grounds and with the news that one of our do-gooders is fast approaching her 50th task, immense kudos and a famed black GoodGym jersey: we leapt into action and began to run toward the light.

I'll just take this minute moment to hold proceedings and congratulate Sarah on her imminent 50th task and all that comes with it. Well done! Here's to another 50 (in Haringey) ;-)

Ok, on we go…

"She then took my hand and started leading me"

This week’s light was an adorable blind lady called Ann who had some lavender that needed digging up and re-potting as she wished to donate it to the lovely folk at the Wolves Lane Horticultural Centre, just around the corner, but that wasn't all. On arrival at Bracknell Close Estate, Ann soon took charge and pretty impressively proceeded to lead me in a brisk run around the area adjacent to her flat, pointing out front gardens/alcoves that needed rubbish cleared and de-weeding. She then took my hand and started leading me on another run and very accurately pointed out the bushes, which needed pruning along one of the walkways leading into the close. At this point we realized that we may have found another GoodGym runner. Watch this space.

After a slight kerfuffle with some giant pruners we got to work and boy did we get stuck in. The lovely Sarah and Ali started making progress pruning the bushes while wishing they were a little bit taller much like Skee Lo in his famous track "I Wish". That aside the rest of the team got on with clearing and de-weeding. Before long dashing Dave approached me asking about a set of clothes he had found lurking in some bushes. I told him he looked fine and didn't need a change of clothes and to please keep calm and carry on. Meanwhile everybody else continued to take on the alcoves and their tangled trash and weeds.

"incredibly bubbly "

Before long we had cleared two of the alcoves, de-weeded an entire flowerbed, cut back some pretty tall bushes and managed to fill four huge hippo bags provided by Veolia the garden waste specialists. Unfortunately, we had run out of time and had to pack things away then say goodbye to the incredibly bubbly Ann - It was all over too soon.

"dashing Dave and his side kick David the do-err"

We then set off for Lordship Rec where I set a quick sprint challenge between the two Dave's (dashing Dave and his side kick David the do-err), swiftly followed by our little circuit which saw everybody break a sweat while smashing out a whole heap of burpees and mountain climbers. However, my lively lot still seemed to have some energy left in their reserves so I decided to really pick up the pace en route back to base at the Tottenham Green Leisure Centre.

"motley crew of mutts"

At last, we had arrived back in one-piece panting like a motley crew of mutts but we felt great. Our second run and task slipped tightly under our belts we began our stretch/warm down session and conversed about the joys of stretching and what kind of Kale we grew in our back gardens, before departing with thoughts of Baby kale and all manner of super foods.

Until next week do-gooders. Stay fit, do good and look out for the light.