Wandsworth

Group run

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43 GoodGymers made their way to help their local community in Wandsworth.

  • Anastasia Hancock
  • Dom Tooze
  • Matthew Stuart
  • Sophie Humphrey
  • Jordan
  • Marika
  • Luke Woodward
  • Wandsworth runner
  • Chi Nwa
  • Beth Nelson
  • Morag White
  • Nick
  • Christopher O'Driscoll
  • Jessica Foxley
  • Lewis Purdie
  • Vicky
  • Danny
  • Carol Carney
  • Emily Rampat
  • Emily King
  • Gaby Hasham
  • Wandsworth runner
  • Matt Porsz
  • Jo Dunkason
  • Oliver Cannon
  • Thomas Lucey
  • Caroline Halls
  • Dave Bough
  • Bastian Ocayo
  • Zak
  • Claire Langer
  • Šana
  • Vanessa Shaflender
  • Julia
  • Larissa Marques
  • Jessica
  • Helen Penny
  • Imogen Sebba
  • Alice Poppleton
  • Amy Ellerker
  • Wandsworth runner
  • Ashlyn Pozzi
  • Maurice Carney
 
Monday, 15th of July 2019
 
Led by Anastasia Hancock
she/her

A beautiful summer's evening, lot of lovely faces both returning and new, and a task in Paradise (cooperative garden...!) all added up to a fantastic night of GoodGymming!

Welcome to:

And in case you need a reminder of the news we started off the night with, then here it is:

  • If you're looking for a beautiful 10k trail run then check out the Morden Park Trail Run - every last Sunday of the month in this lovely National Trust park - it's even free!

  • We've got an aid station at the British 10K on Sunday 21st July from 7.30am - volunteers get a free place for the Oxford Half, Hackney Half or the next London 10K. Sign up here - today is your last day to sign up so get in there quick!

  • Well done to Oliver who did the Shoreditch 10km on Saturday, to all those who volunteered there, and to all our parkrunners too!

After a warm up outside and a quick survey on our favourite breakfast dishes - eggs well and truly topped the pops, but there were also votes for waffles, rice crispies and of course bacon sarnies - we set off for Paradise Cooperative garden, and arrived 2.5km later to find chairman John waiting for us with a list of jobs.

This organisation aims to connect food, nature and people through sustainable urban farming and community gardening, and has transformed an overgrown and derelict site owned by Wandsworth prison into a beautiful space which includes an orchard, poly-tunnels, raised vegetable beds, a fish-pond, bush-craft area and community celebration area with pizza oven and running water. All this takes hard work though, so we are happy to lend a bit of GoodGym muscle!

The first group got straight on with shovelling gravel and woodchip, unloading bags of clay, shifting pallets and logs - all amazing upper body work! Meanwhile, the weeding team tackled the raised beds and paths and watered, while the third group spread the new pond liner and started filling it.

After 40 minutes loads of jobs were done, and John said that we had achieved a month's worth of work for them in our time there - many hands make light work! For all that effort we were rewarded with beautiful fresh basil, carrots and herbs which as well as being delicious, made for an unusual and highly fragranced run back!

But first we stopped at Wandsworth Common to do our fitness session - I had planned one that featured running drills, but the tasks at the garden had overtaken us a bit, so this was replaced by some high octane tabata instead. It was only 4 minutes of hard work split into 20 second segments, but it was tough! The idea is that you raise your heart rate during this time which increases aerobic performance and burns fat effectively. Those frog jumps though...

We finished off the evening with a motivational hill sprint led by Chi, and some stretches back at base. Next week we're going to Harding House, a residential home for deaf people to help sort out their garden. You can find out more and sign up here. Until then, have a week of happy running GoodGym!

Report written by Anastasia Hancock


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Anastasia Hancock
Led by Anastasia Hancock

Area Activator for Wandsworth and Hounslow. All things running. For fitness, fun, racing and to feel good - and for everybody!

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