Wandsworth

Group run

Rocking and (ca)rolling!

23 GoodGymers made their way 6km to help their local community in Wandsworth.

  • Lorna Gott
  • Anastasia Hancock
  • Matthew Stuart
  • Sophie Humphrey
  • Frances Collier-Wright
  • Luke Woodward
  • Helen Killingley
  • Christopher O'Driscoll
  • John Appleton
  • Lambeth runner
  • Gaby Hasham
  • Alex
  • Lauren Bright
  • Jo Dunkason
  • Oliver Cannon
  • JuliavC
  • Šana
  • Mohit
  • Sarah Scott
  • Alice Wigley
  • Mia Gomez
  • Becca Goldsworthy
  • Amy Griffith
 
Monday, 16th of December 2019
 
Led by Anastasia Hancock
she/her

It was the last run of the decade in Wandsworth last night and we saw it out with some proper festive spirit!

Before we headed out for a very Christmassy run, we had a look back at the year and everything we've achieved together.

A massive well done for notching up

  • an incredible 1906 good deeds in just 12 months

  • visiting 68 individual elderly people, along with 214 coach runs

  • running a whopping 22 779 kilometers

Those are some seriously impressive stats! If it was your first run last night (hello and welcome to Amy who joined us for her debut group run - a huge welcome to you!), or if you're into triple figures, you've all made a difference to your community and to yourself. Roll on 2020!

Our task last night was our annual running and carolling session to raise money for Paul's Cancer Support Centre. This small independent charity in Clapham Junction enables people affected by cancer, through community-based care and support, to find strength and resilience, and supports them through therapy, counselling and complimentary treatments. It's an incredible lifeline for those living with cancer.

So after a warm up where I shouted snowman, snowflake, super santa and Christmas tree a lot, we headed off with our song sheets and collecting tins to our first stop. And then after our local supermarket turned out to be a humbug, quickly on to our second stop to start our night of singing. We got a few contributions there, so moved on to the massive Christmas tree to try our luck.

That was a bit more successful, but we really made it big at our fourth stop at Clapham Junction. We were quite the hit with lots of passers by, one little boy that really wanted to join in, and a man who lived in the flat opposite who wanted us to sing as loudly as humanly possible. Our next pitstop was the pub and it turns out that tipsy people are also generous and appreciative of festive singers especially the running kind, which was good, because our final destination at Clapham Common tube wasn't quite as lucrative. Where was everybody? Nevermind, we just had time to knock out a few of the 12 Drills of Christmas for our fitness session before heading back for stretches and to our festive pub social. Pace your bets on how much we raised last night - final figure coming soon!

We're back on the 6th January to do more good and get even fitter after mince pie season. Enjoy your break GoodGym, but keep an eye out for the missions happening over the next couple of weeks. Happy holidays and here's to all the good stuff that we're gong to make happen in 2020!

xx

Report written by Anastasia Hancock


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Helen Killingley
Helen Killingley
Tuesday December 17th, 2019 13:15

Merry Christmas everyone!! Fabulous effort and lovely GoodGyming with you all this year. Bring on 2020...

Helen Killingley
Helen Killingley
Tuesday December 17th, 2019 13:15

And don't forget...if you sign up to a community mission over the next few weeks you'll be able to get an extra badge of honour!

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Anastasia Hancock
Led by Anastasia Hancock

Area Activator for Wandsworth and Hounslow. All things running. For fitness, fun, racing and to feel good - and for everybody!

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    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Jo Dunkason

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