Thu 26th Jan 2023 at 6:00pm
Islington Report written by Charlie Linton
GoodGym guides, Louise, Joe, Harvey and Charlie headed over to Paddington Rec track to join some new and existing guides, VI runners and friendly guide dog, Mario.
We had a lovely evening of guiding runs, inducting the newcomer guides, and talking about running shoe brands and upcoming runs. We hardly even noticed the cold!
Thu 26th Jan 2023 at 6:00pm
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Joe Baxter has done their first good deed with GoodGym.
Joe is a now a fully fledged GoodGym runner. They've just run to do good for the first time. They are out there making amazing things happen and getting fit at the same time.
Thursday 12th January 2023
Joe Baxter earned their community cape by completing their first community mission.
Joe completed a community mission. Instead of watching TV or lying in bed, Joe was out there making their community a better place to be. For making that choice they have earned the community cape.
Thu 12th Jan 2023 at 6:00pm
Islington Report written by Simon Fitzmaurice
It was an absolute pleasure to run with visually impaired (VI) runners Mark, Andrew and Naqi at Paddington Rec Track last night, our first Maida Vale session of 2023. We had a great mix of guide running regulars (Katy, Harvey, Jack, Louise and Simon returning from our Goodgym crew) and a few first time guides (Goodgym Islington regular Emily and first time Goodgymmer Joe - welcome!).
The Christmas and New Year's festivities did not hinder anyone's running for the sessions- Naqi kept a rotating team of guides on hand throughout his run (finishing with a typical "Naqi Sprint!"), while Andrew handed his run between Louise and Katy for approximately 8km of solid running. Mark was joined by the lovely Joanna from Gunnersbury pakrun and Emily for his first run back in the UK after visiting New Zealand for Christmas, and Simon took on bag drop duties while petting Mario, a beautiful 18 month old guide dog 🦮.
On the other side of the city, Achilles International runner Asfaq had requested a special long run in Regent's Park at 7pm, and Goodgym guide runner Charlie agreed to run the local loops, covering an impressive 10 miles on a Thursday evening. Great job guys!
We will be out again next week for more VI running fun, hosted at The Emirates Stadium next Thursday. Sign up here to get involved!
Thu 12th Jan 2023 at 6:00pm
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