Bristol

Group run

Toast(er) to 1 year of Sparks

11 GoodGymers made their way 2.3km to help the Sparks in Bristol.

  • Caroline
  • Bristol runner
  • VaguelyNorthernDarren
  • Valè Pico
  • Jason Thorne
  • Marianne Bradshaw
  • Helen Moore
  • Ed Newman
  • Bristol runner
  • Nik
  • Jordan James Cogzell
 
Tuesday, 7th of May 2024
 
Led by VaguelyNorthernDarren

6 runners, 4 walkers and a cyclist (not the set up to a joke, an actual fact!) made their way to Sparks to help get them ready for their first Birthday on Saturday.

Helen joined us for her first group run after deciding to see what the difference is between morning sessions at Windmill Hill, to the evening crowd in Queen Square!

We all converged in the alley behind Sparks and Lucy showed us to the toaster that we duly emptied, shifted 2 metres, them filled again!

NikFrancesMarianne and I, Vaguely Northern Darren, made light work of table and chair organising, before we all went upstairs and shifted some not very light stage sets. My first time using a trolley thing, also needing some extra wheels to shift it, taking around 6 people and a significant amount of time manoeuvering , before we found that 4 people (if one of the 4 is Valè, could actually carry it much quicker! The service lift was an experience, that if you weren't there, you wouldn't understand 'man'.

After realising the door somewhere wasn't shut properly, Jordan braved the 3rd floor on his own, and survived to close the door and get us moving again. Everyone worked hard tonight, including Frances and Richard working tirelessly at keeping the doors open.

Back downstairs at 7:45 for a quick group photo before Frances and Marianne spontaneously joined the GoodGym Eats crew, while Caroline stuck to her guns of never doing anything spontaneously in her life and ran home.

Thanks to Frances for the pun, honourable mention to Richard for 'Up down Junk'. [edit from Melanie (in Finland) - we definitely need to use that one!]

Report written by VaguelyNorthernDarren


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GoodGymers helping out
  • Photographer

    Take photos for the session report

    • Jason Thorne
  • Walk Leader

    Lead a walking group to the task

    • Bristol runner
  • Back marker

    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Caroline

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