Croydon

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Thats just the way we roll - A splash of paint, a piece of cake and a run of course

14 GoodGymers made their way 5.1km to help the St Paul's United Reformed Church in Croydon.

  • Conroy
  • Croydon runner
  • Amanda Ellen Sparshott
  • Zara
  • Stephanie
  • Ingrid Buchanan
  • Audrey
  • Stanka Petrova
  • Nicola
  • Erin Oppong
  • Martin Crabbe
  • Mohamad Fahed
  • Sheridan Mann
  • Lionel
 
Tuesday, 9th of April 2019
 
Led by Conroy

14 runners dashed to St Paul's United Reformed Church in South Croydon to help with painting a room. This was not before we celebrated the 50th good deed of Nicola. Conroy surprised her with a huge artisan cookie with a GoodGym 50 good deeds t shirt ( a chocolate one of course) at the centre.

When we arrived at the church we were met by the lovely hosts who had prepared all the paint, brushes and rolls our crew needed. We buckled down to painting and some of the runners even did some squats while painting with the rollers.

thats how we roll, we roll like this

Mohamad was a really speedy with the roller and managed to cover the whole ceiling in no time. Lionel appeared to be a great gymnast manouvering on the ladder while painting.

Rolling in the CR0

Martin was amazed with what we had accomplished, within that short space of time we had painted the entire room. He informed us it would have taken him a few weeks to complete the painting. He was really grateful for our help.

Painting finished we roll out

On our way back we took some nice pictures of the sunset in Croydon and quickly ran back to our starting point where the huge cookie was waiting us. Nicola cut generous pieces for all of us and we enjoyed the chocolate and cherry cream cookie ( with a bit of guilt of course!).

The fitness session at the end was replaced by a calorie burning friendly chat celebrating commitment and good deeds!

Next week we will be heading back to St Augustine's church sign up here

Report written by Stanka Petrova


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Redbridge runner
Redbridge runner
Wednesday April 10th, 2019 22:11

Incredible, Conroy!! Congrats on your 50th Nicola

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Conroy
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Just a regular guy, who likes running, doing my bit for the community.

GoodGymers helping out
  • Back markers

    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Nicola
    • Sheridan Mann
  • Report Writer

    Be in charge of writing the session report

    • Stanka Petrova

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