Ealing

Group run

Heat and two veg

14 GoodGymers made their way 9.9km to help the Bubble & Squeak Eat in Ealing.

  • Liv Parker-Scott
  • Alex Schatz
  • Jenni H
  • Mike C
  • Harvey Gallagher
  • Shan Rahulan
  • Chris
  • Lauriane
  • Lionel
  • Darren Hickey
  • Dani
  • Sam Harrison
  • Windsor and Maidenhead runner
  • Ealing runner
 
Tuesday, 23rd of July 2019
 
Led by Liv Parker-Scott

Only mad dogs and Englishmen would run in that weather, oh and 14 runners from GoodGym Ealing too!

Big kudos to Darren and Mathilde who didn't shy away from a long run and some hard graft for their first GoodGym experience!

We also had the lovely Dani join us for the evening, she's going to be the new Trainer for GoodGym Derby starting very soon! Thanks for leading a nice little pre-run dynamic stretching session for us!

With no time to lose and 10km to run we all set off, regrouping at every turning so no-one got lost. Our speedy Chris led from the front and I led the party pace at the back where we had constant discussions of disbelief about just how hot it was! But GoodGym runners are hardcore and we all made it in one (sweaty) piece!

Our task tonight was to help Old Oak Community and Children's Centre give their raised beds a much needed de-weeding session. Elly from Peabody was there to meet us and explain a little bit about how what we were doing there will have an impact!

  • The centre is used for lots of community led activities including the amazing Bubble & Squeak Eat which is a surplus food initiative we've helped with before at GoodGym Ealing
  • The long term goal over the next year is to reinvent the garden space as a place to learn, grown and enjoy for local families.
  • They are hoping to start growing produce for their holiday hunger cooking programme and running gardening activities with families

Wow, we best be getting on with that weeding then!

Everyone got stuck in and it wasn't long before the beds were looking a lot more useable and a lot less full of weeds! We stacked up all our garden waste ready to be collected at a later date and left the garden in a much more workable state, hopefully our little effort will have a big impact on the staff being able to crack on with this great project!

Now just that run back to contend with... spoiler alert will all made it! Great work everyone, hopefully next time we run that far it'll be a little cooler but the next few weeks are lovely 5-6km runs so it'll be a breeze in comparison!

Report written by Liv Parker-Scott


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Liv Parker-Scott
Led by Liv Parker-Scott

I love running, walking & cycling for mental & physical wellbeing! Run Leader for GoodGym Ealing ❤️

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