Bank and Forth

32 Goodgymers helped their local community in Bristol
Chris Bennett
Kevin Nugent
Kate Banfield
Richard Breakspear
Matthew Wrench
Rachel G
Clare Salisbury
Paul Becker
Ted Spilsbury
Mike Shore
Robyn Coutts
Ciara Hovey
Sophie Claessens
Removed User
Lisa Elliott
Alison Wright
Alice Whale
Caroline
Sioned Haughton
Christopher Lewis
Removed User
Kim Dowsett
Rosie Ley
Bisa Martin
Pru Comben
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Bristol

Tuesday 24th May 2016

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An almighty 32 people gathered at Vivo for a run to a local food bank. What a great turnout, including several newbies - welcome to the GoodGym gang!

We set off at a sprightly pace to head to the food bank, which is based at a big yellow storage warehouse, however when we got there, our contact Alan was nowhere to be seen. We called him but got a voice mail message.

Oh no! Back up plan A (litter picking) was not applicable as I didn't have any bin bags or gloves, so we all grabbed a little bit of litter as we ran to make back up plan B happen (circuits around the city). We headed to a large open space at Temple Quay where two teams started to do a bit of shuttle running and lunges... but then Alan called back! And so we ran back to the bank where we met up with him. The fault was mine - I'd underestimated the pace that we were going to run at so we were early. I'm so sorry for all that extra running.

At the food bank we were tasked with sorting donated goods in to various types (canned goods, dried goods, toiletries, etc). Because this was one of those days, the task was completed in double quick time, so it seemed that no sooner had we arrived that we were leaving again, to re-tread some now very familiar routes back to Queens Square where we stretched out and finished our run.

A couple of massive congrats:
Ciara for getting to the food bank
Sion for her 50th run
Paul for his 100th run All the newbies for sticking with us
Everyone else who keeps coming back to GoodGym.

You all rock big time. Come back next week and rock some more!!!



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