Islington

Group run

Trip to B. Square

21 GoodGymers made their way 4.0km to help their local community in Islington.

  • Lakshmi Jain
  • Rosalind Jeffcoat
  • Islington runner
  • Danica Priest
  • Simon Loughran
  • Georgina Neal
  • Frances Powrie
  • Dina
  • Steve Lee
  • Graham Atkins
  • John Chyriwsky
  • Beth Gaskell
  • David Puttergill
  • Hugh Howell
  • Edith
  • Parveen sidhu
  • Adam Watson
  • Ellie Richards
  • Matthew Chinn
  • pam
  • Rebecca
 
Monday, 25th of April 2016
 
Led by Simon Fitzmaurice

RAIN

Rain doesn't stop play at GoodGym, and 21 of us were brave enough to face the elements this evening, including first timers, Adam, Matt, Rebecca, Edith, Ellie, Pam and Parveen.

LOST

For our journey up to Barnsbury Square Gardens Simon led a group on a direct route, while Graham took a bunch on a very very very scenic route. BUT, we all got there in the end and Lucy, Carmela and our canine chum Wesley were top hosts.

WORK

As usual, there was plenty to get involved with. As it drizzled and our hands got colder and colder we turned soil underneath trees to allow rain to reach the roots more easily, removed some horrible weeds and engaged in some "edging" (using spades to cut a nice straight line along edges around the garden).

FUEL

Following last week's bourbon adventures, we decided another hydrogenated fat filled biscuit would be the ticket and munched on custard creams to keep ourselves going.

SPEED

Post-task it was back into two groups. Graham promised his run back would be no more than 4k, while Simon took a group for a few sprinty sections and finished off with running relay and finally a skipping relay (which was more fun than the running relay, as promised!)

DEBATE

Following a bit of twitter banter between GG Islington and GG Camden, we decided to debate "What's the best way to get fit in North London?"

Answers:

  • Cycling to work
  • Skipping (this lot had just done a load of skipping)
  • GoodGym! (no particular area specified)

So, there you have it. We're all one big happy family.

THE END

Have a wonderful week all and see you next Monday,
Simon


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