It's all about the base...

14 Goodgym Greats Gathered to help out the Ideas hub

A great turn out for a cold and frosty evening saw another task that did not quite go to plan.

The plan for this week was to lay a floor at the ideas hub so I met with one of our members John who is a carpenter and we discussed the way forward on this project. most of the way through 3 other carpenters turned up to help, and the decision was take to do the tricky cutting section whilst they were there so we could build onto a stable base.

Once the team arrived we changed from our usual warm up and moved the tables and chairs first so that the guys could begin. we then brought across the damp proof and underlay and went for a warm up so that they could get started.

Warm up in a winter wonder land? We decided to check out the Christmas lights that had been turned on the previous weekend so ran round and up the high street, to the bus station and back so we could get our now traditional subway selfie.

Back to base When we arrived back at the hub we found the quartet of carpenters deep into the preparation phase so we recruited volunteers for the painting that was also in the menu in the kitchen area. As we couldn't lay any flooring yet, we decided to put down some planks! front, side and backward planks were dispatched by the team with some excellent technique shown by (some of) the team.

We then went through a stretch masterclass and discussed common running issues and how to relieve them. After this the real learning began as Little Stars Circus gave us a demonstration of Aerial yoga! The team quickly displayed their skills and showed that runners can ave grace and poise! Having said that I think turning them into a hammock and having a brief snooze seemed to appeal the most to some of us!

And when it became apparent we would not be able to get stuck into the task just yet we opted to do our run session first and headed out into the cold once again. we left the painters at work and took off for a loop around lower anchor street with the speedier guys heading up to Writtle road and chasing us back.

We returned to the hub and as the painting was compete, and some runners called it a day and a few joined the painting group for their run through the park to the underpass and back.

Massive thanks to the crew who added a few more KM's to this weeks session, to John who did us proud in difficult circumstances and to the painting crew who did a great job. Also thanks to www.littlestarscircus.co.uk for their excellent demo!

Next week we are (probably) back at Hylands school farm so come join us!

https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/fitness-adventures-in-chelmsford