The Weather was Crepe but we couldn’t have done batter

23 energetic GoodGymers ran 9k to shovel away and create 100 metres of running track around Clissold Park!

A soggy February evening was no match for our enthusiasm!! We were honoured to have along Anji for the session the newest trainer to the GoodGym family who starts up Newcastle in the next month or so. Think we showed what an action packed GoodGym evening with plenty of smiles is all about.

Great to have so many new faces along for the session to, you picked a good one but FYI that was the longest run we do so all other sessions you will have no problem with!!

Sorry about the rather frantic start to proceedings, fighting against the clock and with random things going on I probably rushed us away a bit. Huge thank you to Peter for saving the day!! With some last second bag storage!!

Off we ran to the northern tip Of Hackney working the faster running streets and avoiding as many traffic lights as possible!! A quick pause to help a slightly stranded cyclist with the biggest trailer ever, which was in fact too wide for the bollard gap!! Oops

With 4 and a bit k on the watch we arrived at the edge of Clissold Park to meet Quinton, we tooled up and got down to action!!

Working in small teams on each mulch mountain to spread the chippings along the path trying to cover as much of the thick mud as possible!!

Lots of techniques on show from the shovel, barrow and tip, to the shovel and toss we made great progress!!

With the mountains going down rapidly and the paths coming along brilliantly we were only losing 1 battle and that was against the time!! Splitting up for the way back the Steady runners lead by Quiz Master Ros nipped out of the top Gate and headed for base!! The rest of the squad squeezed out a few more minutes of graft then carried the shovels and wheelbarrows the 500m back to the lock up before steaming out of the park in hot pursuit of the the lead pack! This was doubly important this week as Peter had the keys to the van so no one could go home until he got there!

Almost like it was planned 4.5k in record time with Speedy Patrick charging back to base we all arrived simultaneously!!

Ros had the question of the day perfectly set up for Shrove Tuesday!! The World record for Highest pancake toss??? 9.47metres of a flip!! We had GoodGym first timer Sam

A quick stretch out high 5 and we were away for a few well Earned pancakes!!

Thanks for coming along and working/running so hard tonight!! Top team effort!!

Catch you all next week! Same time, Same place!!

Smooth Running

Joel

p.s thanks to Anji for the extra pictures!! Top work to Tom Hill who wasn't even on the run for the pun!!