Graham of Thorns

21 GoodGymers ran 6km to help Graham Street Park!

Welcome along to Jess whose first time it was last night - great to have you along!

In the news this week:

1. Lots of people ran London Marathon and other marathons on Sunday - amazing! If you are feeling inspired you can sign up to the London ballot here.
2. A massive well done to Alix who did a big PB at Hamburg Marathon on Sunday!
3. Also a huge big up to Dan who did his first half marathon and race in Fulham last week - awesome sauce.
4. May's GoodGym Social is in Peckham on Thursday 9th May, more details coming soon!

After a quick warm up we headed to Graham Street Park via Liverpool Road and some nice down hill. Skipping through Angel we arrived to meet Nicky who founded Friends of Graham Street Park, and Mark from Islington council. Everyone was very excited that Graham was now home in his park, where he grew up, where he learnt to run and where he became very tall (maybe fake news).

Graham's home!

This was a new task, and they were prepared with lots to do and tools to use. The park is very well used by families and all the kids. We helped them with the following:

• Planted some lovely plants around the walkway.
• Loosened up and turned over some very hard ground (harder than a Victoria sponge according to Chris)
• We littered picked around the park and sand pit. Keeping the kids safe.
• Cleared an area of thistles so the kids stop hurting themselves.
• We dug out three rose bushes and carefully replanted them in a triangle hole outside of the play area.

Over 30 minutes we got all this done and more. Really well done, Nicky was very appreciative! After being treated to some exotic New Zealand Toffee Tops (thanks James) and also hop nops, we ran home a different - nice!

Next week we are meeting at the Arc Centre and helping Barnsbury Square Gardens - sign up here. Please come, I know it's bank holiday but we've got good to do!

PB out