Lambeth

Group run

(Leaf)Let It Be !!

6 GoodGymers made their way 5.7km to help the Get Rid Of & Donate in Lambeth.

  • Yianny
  • Katie Allan
  • Sam Lefevre
  • Shauna
  • Nathan Wood
  • Inny
 
Tuesday, 1st of November 2022
 
Led by Yianny
he / him

Winter is upon us but the members of Lambeth GoodGym were in fine spirits despite that and ready to help out our good friends at GROAD.

The task this evening was a simple one - run / leaflet / run / leaflet and so on - so we had a very brief warm up and safety briefing (rain + leaves = DANGER DANGER) before heading out into the upmarket innards of Stockwell.

Just before heading out we had a our category for the week and this week it was a bit of self reflection - which stereotype do you (despite your best efforts perhaps) fall into?! No names here but some people fell into classic categories of having posters of fast cars and tv characters on their bedroom wall as teenagers, others as 'Maths geeks', one medical professional has illegible handwriting, while others as creatives can't even look at an excel sheet without having an allergic reaction!

We thought we were getting lucky weather wise as there was no rain and once you were running the temperature was perfect so we got off to a great start flyering all the houses and apartments as we made our way North and East through Stockwell just below Little Portugal area.

About 3/4 of the way through however the heavens opened and in spectacular style! We grabbed cover for a couple of minutes to let the worst of it pass and try to keep the flyers in good condition but there was no end in sight so we headed back out and within minutes were dripping wet. Something about running with a fun group in the rain made this a really enjoyable task and so we made it all the way down to the Clapham Road before circling back to base at Papa's.

Inny well done for getting out post feeling unwell for the last couple of weeks, Nathan thanks for listening to the AA's boring work chat, super Sam I hope those biceps have recovered(?), Katie welcome back we missed you and Shauna yes it was cold when we set off.....!!

Back to base and there were Katie's vegan fudge pieces waiting for us - I LOVE YOU BAKE OFF!!!!!

Fun times - see you all next week.

Report written by Yianny


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Yianny
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Area Activator for Lambeth, LiRF Run Leader, predominantly held together by string and tape!

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