Plastic not so Fantastic

17 Great Westminster GoodGymers ran 8k to Little Venice to clear 26 buckets of plastics and rubbish out of the canal and tow path with the Canal & River Trust.

Amazing to have such a strong group this evening!! Awesome running from everyone smashing out some of our longest runs of the year/ever!

Working our way nearly 4k up to Little Venice where we grabbed our grabbers and buckets and headed off to rid our waterways of as many contaminates especially plastics as possible!!

The canal was really bad this week and there was so much to pick that the buckets filled at a great pace!! Picking up random items like an onion!! To the oh too common cigarette butts we did a great job in the 30 minutes of picking.

Tipping all the rubbish away into the bins and getting running again, zipping our way back to Oxford Street at an excellent clip we were back dead in time with a whole lot of aerobic fitness and Good complete!!

Next week we WILL be meeting at New Balance one last time for our run to St Andrews Youth Club!!

Tom who ran with us this evening is completing his first ever Half marathon this September. Here is his fundraising page if you would like to donate.

This September I will take part in the Great North Run to raise funds for the National Autistic Society (NAS). In 2015 I was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome: a form of autism. On 13th September I will be running for The National Autistic Society, so that children with autism get the support they need to fulfil their potential. Follow the link for my fundraising page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tom-mccann3

Have a great week

Joel