Barnet

Group run

Monster Trash 👾 🎶

11 GoodGymers made their way 4.7km to help their local community in Barnet.

  • Saba
  • Barnet runner
  • Rupesh
  • Vicki Bakhshi
  • Haringey runner
  • Sally
  • Abi Perrin
  • Kat
  • Andras Szabo
  • Anna
  • Joanna Zawada
 
Tuesday, 29th of October 2019
 
Led by Barnet runner

Eleven excellent goodgymmers ran 5k to pick up litter and keep our open spaces looking tidy.

meeting at the Phoenix, we were joined by Anna who was touristing from Camden and Joanna for her second good deed. welcome!!

it was also our Halloween run aka BadGym which means: spooky fancy dress. we had glowing pumpkins, pumpkin headwear, a zombie, a chainsaw, a shark, and a witch. thanks to Sally in particular for all the dress up supplies and to Vicky in the zombie costume for 100% the most terrifying costume we've seen in GGB.

We are grateful for some funding from NEIGHBOURLY which has enabled us to purchase litter pickers, torches and gloves to help keep Barnet tidy. For our first use of them, we ran to Glebelands, a mixed use open space in North Finchley.

Once there, we divided into teams and got picking. There was loads of litter, particularly in the bushes, and the team did a great job grabbing loads of it. Abi and Sally took particular care of the snails they found grabbing onto some larger bits of litter 🐌

After that we posed for photos: instruction one "look wholesome" (mixed results imo), instruction two "halloween" (judge for yourself).

For our fitness session, we made use of the guided fitness path recently installed by the council in Glebelands. Signs at 50m intervals instructed us to: do star jumps, fast feet, body turns, and single leg balances, with running between. The balancing was fun and a good reminder to work on single leg strength which is very important for runners.

after that we had an easy run back to the phoenix for high fives and stretches. well done team.

next week we're going to st Mary's Church to help tidy the outside space.

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Damian
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Barnet Trainer; England Athletics LiRF qualified

GoodGymers helping out
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    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Abi Perrin

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