Derby

Group run

Rake it, rake it, rake it, rake it, rake it like a Polaroid picture! Hey ya!

13 GoodGymers made their way 6.0km to help the Transition 2 in Derby.

  • Ashley
  • Naomi Hope
  • Celine
  • Jonny Cole
  • Nathan Mackay
  • Dani
  • Salvo
  • Emma Alldread
  • Derby runner
  • Removed User
  • Alistair Crawford
  • Jenny Finney
  • Liz Wilcox
 
Tuesday, 8th of October 2019
 
Led by Dani

DOING GOOD

A new week & a new task, as 13 - unlucky for some, but not for us! - Derby GoodGymers visited Transition 2 College to help them with their garden maintenance & get our rake onnnn.

Transition 2 do amazing work with young people who have learning difficulties, providing them with bespoke learning programs. We loved their indoor gym too; just like us, that bunch love getting fit! We were delighted to be supporting their work at this weeks good-deed & the tour of the college (not forgetting the jelly babies) made it that bit more special.

Our Mission:

To clear the pathway around the college garden, which also teams as the fire escape route, making the pathway more accessible & thus safer. We are the heroes in red after all.

• Cut back the vegetation

• Clear the pathway of leaves, moss & weeds

The Results

This is probably our greatest 'before & after' work to date - it was hard to tell for certain in the gloom of our headtorches! - but the pathway looked (in Bruce Almighty stylez) B-E-A-UTIFUL once we'd finished. Around the back of the building where low branches had been concealing & blocking the way, we'd hacked & sawed (quite the therapeutic job) until this was clearer too.

After much raking, sweeping & sawing, it was time to grab a group (polaroid?) picture for a job well done!
Rake it, rake it, rake it like a ...

WHILST GETTING FIT

The run of about 6km - I always forget to set my watch, someone please remind me - was perfect for our newbies last night. A huge welcome to Liz, Jenny & Naomi who certainly worked their butts off at their first GoodGym task!

The route, in comparison to some of our others, was relatively flat (with a few slopes hehe), enjoying a steady pace out & back. On the way out, we managed to catch a glimpse of the Knife Angel, illuminated red & on the way back, a visit to our favorite bouncy bridge by the Jurys Inn for a 2nd group snap.

Fitness Achievements:

• 255906 ft ran (total distance)

• 2 huge piles of garden waste collected

• Over 8 hours worth of raking, sweeping & sawing - who needs the gym?!

GO TEAM!

UP NEXT

Disclaimer: Don't be put off by the distance! Next week we're going a little further afield, running a total of 11km to Blagreaves Library for an indoor painting task - yay! All running abilities welcome & there will be opportunities for speed-work too... all the fun with GoodGym!

THANK YOU!

Shout out to Tracey for completing her 5th good deed! And thanks as always to all of you for showing up, getting stuck in, smiling & generally being amazing! The weather will challenge us over the winter months, but let's use it to make us even tougher runners & more importantly, tougher GoodGymers!

Happy exploring x

Report written by Dani


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GoodGymers helping out
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    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Salvo
  • Photographer

    Take photos for the session report

    • Nathan Mackay

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