My heart willow on

27 Goodgymers helped their local community in York
Michal Czekajlo
Carl Wain
Leanne
Ed Woollard
Ellie Dove
Nicky Woodall
Tim Mckenzie
John Bourton
Laurence Griffin
Jenna Drury
Mitch
Debs Sharpe
Pete
Steve Rice
Laura Barrett
David Barrett
Tamar Goudie (Tay)
George W
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York

Monday 4th October 2021

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Leanne
Leanne

WALK LEADER

Nicky Woodall
Nicky Woodall

SESSION ORGANISER

REPORT WRITER

PHOTOGRAPHER

Laura Barrett
Laura Barrett

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27 excellent GoodGymmers met on a pleasant Monday evening for this evening's group run.

๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿผ We gave a huge welcome to Martin on his first GoodGym task.

๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™‚๏ธWe also had two caped GoodGym heroes - tonight was Louise's 100th good deed and John's 300th! Huge congratulations to both of you.

๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ And if that wasn't enough, we had mega kudos to give to lots of runners who ran excellent races in both Kielder and Dalby Forest. *What a week! *

๐Ÿšถโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธThe walking group, led by Leanne, was a popular option this week, while Pete and Nicky (mostly Pete) led the running group, after a quick warm up.

To the task

We were met at Willow House Garden by Rachel and her colleague who helpfully provided tools and bags.

"Get rid of everything"

๐ŸŒฟThat was the instruction and we didn't need telling twice. There was some enthusiastic pruning (hacking?!), sawing, sweeping and even a bit of topiary! In half an hour, the area looked well-shorn and Rachel was very happy with the result.

๐Ÿ“ธ After a quick group photo, we did some game-based fitness, using the classic Rock, Paper, Scissors and Stuck in the Mud. Before we knew it, the walking and running groups were ready to head back for a cool down and stretch.

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Back at base, a huge thank you was given to Michal for everything he's done as Area Activator, including through a beautiful card created by David. Further thank yous and catching up happened at the pub before we said our farewells and went our separate ways.

Thank you everyone for making my first group run as AA such a good one ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿผ


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York runner

Tue 5th Oct 2021 at 9:52am

Thank you for an excellent group run!!!

Nicky Woodall
Nicky Woodall (she/her)

Tue 5th Oct 2021 at 10:13pm

You're very welcome, kudos to you for coming the day after your race!

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