Pals painting in Plumstead

This evening was a huge one for GG Greenwich as we were led on Jennifer's inaugural first time leading a group run. Spoiler - she did a great job!

The gang converged at our new shiny spot, outside the shiny new Elizabeth line station in Woolwich. We had Laura visiting us from Southwark and we welcomed Haley back after having her back. We had a brilliant briefing from Jen and a fun ice breaker, then headed into a warm up to get us primed and ready to run up a lengthy set of hills to the task.

It was a balmy evening and I really enjoyed seeing the group smashing up the hills from my back marker position. Everyone pushed through the challenges of the hills, and were rewarded with the knowledge it'll be a down hill journey home.

We met Alan at Slade community center, a lovely hub in the area with a library, hall and small garden. We split into two groups; painters and sweepers. The painters were cutting in with brushes and rolling, Alan was so pleased to see how quickly the group worked to get the area painted, it looked fresh and fab! Well done gang. The sweepers went out to the garden and car park to pick up litter and then sweep up the leaves that had fallen over the car park spaces. Two whole bags of rubbish were filled and the leaves were swept away in the bushes.

After lots of thanks from Alan and a group photo which was reminiscent of our school photos, we took in our rewarding downward run back to Woolwich. Jen gave us some great stretches and we headed off home.

There are lots of great activities coming up in the next couple of weeks including our summer social this Saturday at the Garrison Church. See you all soon!