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๐Queen Victoria Statue, Victoria Gardens, 1 Marlborough Pl, BN1 1UB
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Sun 3rd Aug at 9:00am
Brighton Report written by Philippa (She/her)
This week's maxi challenge was a Brighton Pride weekend tradition: the Sunday morning beach clean ๐๐
Accessorised with blue bags and litter pickers, we sashayed along the shoreline picking up an assortment of plastic wrappers, cigarette butts, and tired old coffee cups ๐ฌ Litter? we don't know her.
Goodgymers, although your outfit choices were more pedestrian than pavilion, your collective effort helped restore our beloved beach from trashy to classy, and for that you are all queens ๐ธ
Happy Pride everyone! ๐โจ๏ธ
Fri 1st Aug at 8:00pm
Brighton Report written by Amro
On Friday, a colourful crew of GoodGym members laced up (or turned up!) for the Rainbow Run โ a joyful, inclusive 5K hosted by the Brighton & Hove Frontrunners as part of Pride celebrations.
Some of us came to run, proudly wearing rainbow socks, sequins, and smiles. Others showed up to marshal the route with enthusiasm and cheers, keeping runners safe and spirits high. And of course, a few GoodGym-ers made it their mission to cheer, snap photos, and support with the energy only our group can bring.
After the last runners crossed the line, most of us stuck around to help with the less glamorous but just as vital job of dismantling the race area โ yes, that meant taking down bunting, taking out flags and poles, and de-glittering whatever we could.
The Rainbow Run wasnโt just a 5K โ it was a celebration of inclusion and visibility, open to ALL runners: those who run fast or slow, those who run alone or with others, those who run on both sides of the road, those who cross the road when running, those who run in secret and those who donโt. The Rainbow Run was for everyone.
A huge thank you to Graham from B&H Frontrunners for all the brilliant organising and ideas that made the event run smoothly, to Rosie and Pippa for suggesting we get involved in the first place, and to El, who travelled all the way from Worthing to join the fun.
We wrapped up the day in true GoodGym style โ with a picnic in the park. There was sunshine, laughter, great company, and yes โ of course โ I brought hummus. It also happened to be my birthday, and I couldnโt have asked for a better way to spend it than surrounded by this wonderful GoodGym community. Iโm so grateful for the joy, the support, and the shared silliness โ truly the best birthday gift of all. ๐๐ช๐โโ๏ธ๐
While the world may be getting harder out there, events like Rainbow Run remind us why it matters to come together, to celebrate, and to keep running โ for joy, for each other, and for a more colourful world.
Sat 2nd Aug at 11:22am
Thank you for making me feel very welcome. Great to be part of the GoodGym family ๐ป
Fri 1st Aug at 7:00pm
Thu 26th Jun at 12:10pm
Hi, I've recently discovered GoodGym and it looks great. I had planned to sign up for the Rainbow Run anyway so should I select to join a team when booking? Not really sure how it all works. Thanks, Peter
Thu 26th Jun at 4:28pm
Hi Peter! Great that you've signed up for GoodGym, we look forward to seeing you at an upcoming sessions. I dont know if you can assign to a team for this event, but eitherway you don't have to, we'll just all meet up on the day and run together / meet afterwards for some drinks in the park - so if you register here we'll know that you're coming along!
Thu 26th Jun at 4:32pm
Actually, I have looked and seen you can create a team. I have created a "GoodGym Brighton" team, so maybe you can log in and link to that? But if not, doesnt matter :)
Fri 27th Jun at 3:16pm
Okay great, I'll take a look when I get paid Monday. Thanks for getting back to me
Tue 22nd Jul at 6:15pm
Brighton Report written by Brighton runner
On a gusty evening with glorious clouds, GoodGym Brighton saw a large turnout to celebrate eight incredible years of community missions, group runs and races. To mark the occasion, the group was split into two teams, one meeting at the Queen Victoria statue in Brighton and one meeting at the Peace Statue in Hove, the usual starting points for weekly GoodGym group runs, for a scavenger hunt, tracking down locations (including the odd GoodGym task venue) and numerical answers from a set of tricksy clues devised by GoodGym's ownLiam (for the Brighton hunt route) and Ben (for the Hove one).
Showing their mental acuity is as sharp as their Strava stats, the GoodGym teams bounded through all the required cryptic hoops to successfully deduce the answers, and the teams came together near the twin local icons of the Brighton i360 and the Upside Down House. The sum of all the clues for both teams unlocked a padlock to a golden litter picker, the evening's team captains Philippa and Rosie high-fiving with the collaborative spirit that typifies GoodGym Brighton.
The event was rounded off with a swift beach litter clearance and a lavish picnic sheltered near the shore, featuring a wide variety of drinks, fruit, crisps, falafel, salads, home-made cake and even GoodGym biscuits. All against the backdrop sound of the GoodGym banner flapping in the wind. Or was it applauding?
Sample scavenger hunt clues
Pinocchio's, Brighton (answer = 22)
Meander on down to Brighton's very own West End and catch a show if you have time. Performers might take the odd artistic liberty, but at what number do you find one who has bit more trouble fibbing?
Palmeira Square Floral Clock, Hove (answer = 9)
By no means a limp area! In the middle of traffic time works differently. When the time is next on the hour what would the time o'clock be then?
It's always happy times o' clock at GoodGym! Further afield, Carla and Stefania were getting involved in another hunt, of alpacas ๐ฆ๐.
Thanks Juliet for pulling together this amazing group session and all for the great team work.
Happy birthday GoodGym Brighton! ๐๐๐
Tue 5th Aug at 6:15pm
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Brighton Report written by Brighton runner
On a gently sunny evening, a veritable bevy of Brighton GoodGymers (including a warm welcome to new recruit Mauricio) turned their attention to a regular venue on the GoodGym roster, The Bevy, a community pub/hub, familiar to some as the go-to breakfast venue after the formidably hilly Bevendean Down parkrun. The journey for many involved a 3.5km trot up Lewes Road (allegedly the longest named road in Brighton & Hove), to complete gardening and clearance tasks.
One cohort of the GoodGym team were assigned to the Bevy's allotment, tending to a variety of fruit trees and vegetable patches, weeding and planting the likes of kale, beans and rhubarb. Meanwhile the other contingent tackled a backyard area, hacking away unruly bushes and brambles, and ridding the area of fallen leaves, mounds of soil, buckets of stagnant water and abandoned paraphernalia. As well as finding a rusty electrical device reminiscent of a ghost trap from Ghostbusters, there was under an old beer keg the discovery of a slow worm, the UK's only legless lizard, and apparently a relatively frequent visitor to the Bevy's undergrowth.
Following the transformation of the allotment and backyard, Dave, Shirley and Warren from the Bevy committee were impressed, with one commenting that the outcome of the group's work was "like Christmas", a nod perhaps to GoodGym's predominantly red and white wardrobe. The group was rewarded with an array of tasty snacks from the Bevy kitchen, including cheese scones and Eccles cakes.
The Bevy, for now over a decade, is proudly the only community owned pub on an estate in the UK, keen to support its local neighbourhood amidst cost-of-living challenges. A busy calendar of events for June includes a music and memory cafe for those with dementia, a disability disco, seniors lunch clubs, family days with creative activities for children, and a summer beach party to close the month.
The GoodGym team is happy to support such a cherished community venue, and as the sun set on another completed mission a small Taskforce group duly took the opportunity to visit the Bevy bar, order a glass of the usual, and sketch out its own summer party plans.
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