Sunday 2nd October 2022
Peter Marsh (he/him) run a 10k for the first time.
Peter has just run their first 10k. 10,000 metres would take you most of the way across London. It's far. Peter now knows a bit of what it might be like to be Mo Farah.
Sat 1st Oct 2022 at 10:00am
Richmond Report written by Ken MacKenzie
9 GoodGym members joined several local volunteers from St Mary Magdalene Church on a beautifully sunny Saturday morning in central Richmond to start work on restoring the setting to the Grade II listed War Memorial in the church graveyard.
Ken was running the task and briefed us on cutting down the 6 cypress trees that were obscuring and threatening the monument. These were recently small clipped shrubs but will soon grow over 20m tall and were already over 2.5m tall having grown a metre in the past year alone. There was a risk that these would undermine the foundations to the Memorial and were already obscuring the words.
In 15 minutes we had cut all the cypress down and thought we were done. But no, the roots all need to come out and we needed to cut all the piles of branches into small bits to fit into a 1 ton dumpy bag for garden waste composting. That was the hard part! The group got stuck in though, with Peter taking on the fearsome roots with help from Chris, Sofia (on her first mission!) and Sam (and the Vicar and one of her team!) while most others got on with chopping up the branches, occasionally jumping in the bag to pack them down.
It was a great task and we will be returning in late October to replant with a range of seasonal perennials and flowers in time for Remembrance Day - sign up here! https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/restoration-of-the-war-memorial-and-gardens-at-st-mary-magdelen-92cf9788-22bf-4f39-82f9-cc3f412b942b
Sat 1st Oct 2022 at 10:00am
Creating a more sustainable, better habitat for wildlife and people to enjoy
Read moreSunday 11th September 2022
Peter Marsh (he/him) logged their first training run with GoodGym.
Oh yes. Peter is training. This is how the greatest atheletes on earth are made. Peter is making it happen. They logged their first training run on the GoodGym site; extraordinary things are sure to follow.
Sunday 11th September 2022
Peter Marsh (he/him) connected Strava.
Peter has got Strava connected. Strava is a great way to track your progress.
Sunday 11th September 2022
Peter Marsh (he/him) run their first 5k.
Peter has just logged their first 5k with GoodGym. Peter has joined the ranks of Athletes like Tirunesh Dibaba - running gracefully over 5000 metres. Show Peter some love.
Saturday 10th September 2022
Peter Marsh (he/him) earned their community cape by completing their first community mission.
Peter completed a community mission. Instead of watching TV or lying in bed, Peter was out there making their community a better place to be. For making that choice they have earned the community cape.
Sat 10th Sep 2022 at 10:00am
It was a lovely morning on the banks of the Thames as we gathered for our monthly visit to the Ham Lands to do our bit for the conservation of the nature reserve. It was brilliant to see two new joiners to Richmond GG back amongst the action - a very warm welcome to the Ham Lands gang to Sarah-Jane and Peter. Also great to see newly appointed Richmond AA Liz there with her kids and the family dog - Ham Lands is a task perfectly suited for extra helpers and canine friends!
We were set to work on an area we have been working on previously. The job at hand was to cut down and clear brambles and other spiky weeds and we set to with loppers, gathering the cuttings up into big sacks and depositing them in the wooded areas close to our patch.
The other fun for the morning was that Taskforce stalwart Jack was walking the Thames Path Challenge, a 50km route wending its way along the river to Runnymede. With live communication through Monika who was doing part of the walk with him, we coordinated the end of the task and visit to the Swiss Bakery with a dash to Teddington Lock to cheer him on his way, a Hi-Jack of the very best kind.
The morning was a perfect example of how GoodGym Richmond is such a lovely community to be a part of, as well as introducing more people to the joys of the Swiss Bakery - and Peter to the particular joys of their flammenkuchen! Looking forward to the next one on 8th October - sign up here! https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/helping-the-happy-ham-landers-86bc64b9-5d1b-4099-bc51-9d24af8d072d
Sat 10th Sep 2022 at 2:45pm
Lovely to be welcomed into the Ham Lands happy Saturdays!
Sat 10th Sep 2022 at 10:00am
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