Southwark

Group run

Colossal Estate of Play

20 GoodGymers made their way 4.0km to help the Cossall Estate Tenants and Residents Association in Southwark.

  • Katie H
  • Matt Guy
  • Southwark runner
  • Ian Gostling
  • Emma
  • Girija Tase
  • Nate Gibson
  • David Ewens
  • Sam Dalton
  • Kate Mclaughlin
  • Allie
  • Civ Sivakumaran
  • Rosanna Amour
  • Sam Lefevre
  • Ineke Van Der Heyden
  • Reece Price
  • Molly C
  • Emily Toms
  • Raj Lakhani
  • Tom W
 
Wednesday, 23rd of October 2019
 
Led by Ian Gostling

Wall of Honour

  • Thanks to Emma for back marking and keeping the group together.
  • Big Shout to Tom & Paulin for completing their first run with us!
  • Pat on the back to Sam doing his 50th Good Deed last weekend!
  • High 5's all round to Allie for finishing the Royal Parks Half as a Rhino last week!!

Let’s have a Recap

Last night 20 runners ran 4km in total to the nearby Cossal Estate Residents and Tenants association hall. This venue is used by many local groups for various activities from arts and woodcraft, circus training, choir practice and concerts. We were met by Jaki who directed us into 2 groups for the various tasks for the evening. One group swept up all the leaves, weeds and rubbish in the outside patio area, clearing a nice open space ready to use for their Xmas party! The second group cleared all 2 store cupboards full of unwanted items of all shapes and sizes! From paint pots to paintings, old stereos and camping beds everything that was no longer needed was carried out in a chain to the dump. We even managed to retrieve a piano that had been inaccessible and unused for 20 years, giving it a new home inside the main hall.

When spotting 4 swiss balls lying around there was only one way we could make best use of them...with a 4 team GoodGym relay competition!

FACT OF THE DAY in 2012, Neil Whyte completed the record for the fastest time 10 Swiss balls have been jumped across at 8.31 seconds! Imagine giving that a go!

First up was an 'over and under' through the legs challenge, followed by a swiss ball dive along the floor with varying levels of success! We finished off with a bear crawl and crab race challenging our coordination, core strength and flexibility. It was no suprise all 4 races were extremely close and fiercely faught!

Next week we will be running 10km overall to the former Daily Mail Printworks in Surrey Quays, which is now a community Paper Garden run by Global Generation to nurture creativity and community.

It's getting dark so bring a head torch. Bring your contactless/oyster card for the overground option home.

Well done team! See you next week.

Report written by Ian Gostling


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Ian Gostling
Led by Ian Gostling

Running, Dancing, Waving kind of guy. Lets get stuck in Team!

GoodGymers helping out
  • Back marker

    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Emma

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