Richmond

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Whitton't Know what Happened?

18 GoodGymers made their way 9.0km to help the Whitton Youth Zone in Richmond.

  • Kate Holmes
  • Nicky West
  • Richmond runner
  • Mark Barun
  • Laura Hall
  • Kingston upon Thames runner
  • Mahmoud Wardeh
  • Susan Martin
  • Mark Allen
  • Chris Supple
  • Imogen
  • Eva-Lucia Llewellyn
  • Chris Dixon
  • Yesim
  • Jason Balecke
  • Georgia Wickremeratne
  • Gemma
  • Jane Chynoweth
 
Monday, 12th of November 2018
 
Led by Mark Barun

What a night! ...We couldn't beleaf it!!!

We were leafed out in the cold :-(

Well we have news for you universe , we can too handle a 10km run on top of a task! However if you think thats too much for us to take on we'll do sprints and a fitness session PLUS the 10km run instead....ain't no one gonna POUND us down to the ground (We might reach down and pick up a Euro though eh Chris and Eva!!)

18 runners braved a complex warm up under the romantic setting of a single street light on Richmond Green before running near 5km to Whitton Youth Zone. 'Just go straight, cant be that hard right? We have been there before', well lets just say everything looks different on a dark winters night. As the middle group were deciding which turning was the right turning, Kate came to the rescue and did indeed take us along the next right turning. Thank you Kate and well done to Laura for Backmarking as well!

Right, OK, we are here and looking forward to pulling that Ivy, digging up those weeds and getting the garden area ship shape BUT 'Whitton' see this coming, what happened? We were there, Mark was there, but the task owner wasn't. After trying to track Mandy down it was clear we were out of luck. Had our run become 'Undone' - there was some deliberation about new task verses run verses fitness session but we did what we do best and still managed to find a way we could do some good. We rolled up our sleeves, put on our gloves (and some of us held our noses) and rid the car park of leaves, rubbish and some unsightly objects.

But thats not all! We do good but we also get fit , so, not only did we run slightly shy of 5km back but some of us teamed up to sprint segments of it AND once back on the Green we threw ourselves into Marks creative and impromtu fitness session.

It may not have been the night we were expecting but we ran, we did good, we got fit and we did it together!

Well done Jane and Georgia on your 2nd run!

Look forward to seeing you all next week guys!

Don't forget there is a mission up for grabs for next Monday https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/furniture-move-from-upstairs-to-down-and-vice-versa There is a Fulham 10km this weekend https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/adidas-city-run-fulham10k-race-volunteering And a few community missions too on the horizon - one this Friday and look out for following Santa for Spear too!

Report written by Mark Barun


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Mark Barun
Led by Mark Barun

Run Trainer for Richmond & Kingston. Qualified Personal Trainer & Sports Coach, check out barunfitnessandmartialarts.co.uk

GoodGymers helping out
  • Back marker

    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Laura Hall
  • Report Writer

    Be in charge of writing the session report

    • Richmond runner

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