Down at the old bush and bench

15 GoodGymers ran 5km and painted & gardened for Caxton House!

Thanks for coming along last night guys, it was a lovely Spring evening of GOOD fun! Welcome along to Davita, Maxim and Josephine plus Justin who joined us from GG Newham - thanks for coming guys :)

In the news this week:

1. Well done to Steve Coman who ran Manchester Marathon last Sunday in 3.56 - amazing work!
2. This Sunday is the London Marathon and GoodGym has various cheering squads out and about - have a look here.

After a quick warm up in the sunshine we headed north for 2.5km to help Caxton House, this fantastic community centre offers a number of education, fitness and arts projects; and provide a key link between like-minded organisations and the local community.

This has been a regular task for GoodGym Islington for three years, they love us and we love them. Upon our arrival at the task we found out this week we were sanding and painting the outdoor benches (to Steve's disappoint) - you see the thing is Steve is a painter & decorator and doesn't think we have enough time at GG to do a good enough job. Well as ever we did what we could in the time. First off we sanded the benches to create little scratches, then Ben laid down the plastic sheets, Alex taped up the edges and Steve (with a wiping team) dusted off the benches.

Painting Squad!

Now it was paint time, armed with brushes and little pots of duck-egg blue paint everyone did a great job giving the benches a few coats of paint. This area is well used throughout the summer months so this is a perfect time to do it!

As people finished painting their benches we took on the following garden tasks:

• Digging up weeds, thristles and bamboo at the front
• Clearing an area of weeds and sticky blue plants
• Trimming back ivy and dead branches

Once we'd put all the weeds and debris in the bin, and headed round the corner for x3 hill sprints focusing on arm drive.

Alix led a lovely monthly trip to the pub for some Thai food & a pint - join us next time :)

Sign up here for next week when you are off to Waterside Adventure Playground and led by Lucy (GG Southwark Trainer)

PB out.