4 runners ran 5km taking donated items to Oasis Playspace

Our GoodGym runners stayed positive after downpours and lightning only an hour before the run and arrived with smiles on their faces and tales of their parents taking up Pilates and completing a first 10k!

Inspired by these stories we picked up the four bags full of nappies and newborn care packs from King's College London Health Centre, that they can no longer use.

Four bags for four runners – it was meant to be!

The donations were to be dropped off at Oasis Hub Waterloo for the charity Oasis Playspace so they can be used by families with babies who are in need of help.

The charity’s vision is to play a central role in facilitating those all important social and support networks for parents and whole families in the community.

The bags weren’t the easiest to carry but it did mean we had to concentrate on running technique such as quick steps and travelling forwards rather than bouncing up and down.

We took a few meanders through the streets (thanks to Amy for the navigation assistance!) but we all agreed how it can be nice to take the back streets and new paths.

When we arrived and it took a bit of work finding someone to let us in but Katrien spotted a man in the Hub so we knocked the window and the kind chap came to our rescue.

It’s not often you get a smile handing over a bag of nappies!

We stopped off at the Jubilee Gardens on the way back and did a few rounds of Tabata HIIT training and wow we worked up a sweat! 20 seconds high intensity 10 seconds rest, a really great way to increase your aerobic and anaerobic system with short four minute rounds.

A big thanks to Anna for helping to capture the Tabata and run action on camera!

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