Portsmouth

Group run

Ice Pole Dancing in Old Portsmouth

11 GoodGymers made their way 6.0km to help the St Jude's Primary School in Portsmouth.

  • Katie Carew-Robinson
  • Tony Hewett
  • Samantha Belfrage
  • Alison Jeffery
  • Jo Kitching
  • Gemma K
  • Sianne Lown
  • Alasdair Wilson-Parkin
  • Portsmouth runner
  • Sophie Joyce
  • Rosie Sayers
 
Wednesday, 6th of June 2018
 
Led by Katie Carew-Robinson
she/her

It was a hot and humid evening but we got straight out and headed south to Old Portsmouth. We were impressed by the number of cars stopping to let us cross roads - must've been all the red GoodGym T-shirts on display!

When we arrived at St Judes, the caretaker Mark had lots of tasks lined up for us so we split into teams:

  • Jo, Sophie and Sam finished what we started last visit and tidied up the front garden. They managed to expose the road sign from it's hiding place in the overgrown bush so we knew where we were. A local resident even poked their head out to say thank you to us!

  • Rosina, Sianne and Mel tackled the ivy that was threatening to take over in the playground. They too found a fence underneath and managed to not get too distracted by the fun looking beach house and gym equipment in the playground.

  • Tony and Alasdair dug over a big pile of soil and spread it onto the path in the forest area before joining Alison and Gemma who'd swept up all the litter and leaves in the massive playground.

We were all rewarded for our efforts with Mr Freezy ice poles = much needed on a warm night. Thank you St Judes!

We will be back again next week to see what tasks Mark has dreamed up for us - I'm sure there will be plenty. See you then, sign up here.

GG Pompey shout outs:

A big well done to Gemma who completed her longest ever run tonight. Congrats also to Alison who has walked a marathon for charity since we last saw her. And good luck to Jo at the Blaydon Race this weekend - we're looking forward to hearing about it next week.

As ever, all the photos I took (except the really blurry ones!) are on our Facebook page. See you all very soon.

Report written by Katie Carew-Robinson


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Katie Carew-Robinson
Led by Katie Carew-Robinson

Run Leader for GoodGym Portsmouth. Health & fitness coach, student, runner, outdoors lover & cinnamon bun enthusiast.

GoodGymers helping out
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    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Tony Hewett

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