Bromley

Group run

Beercanasauraus Reg

10 GoodGymers made their way 3.0km to help the Crystal Palace Park in Bromley.

  • Tim Lund
  • Louise Chambers
  • Rob Riley
  • Hannah
  • Bradley Smith
  • Carol Carney
  • Sam Lefevre
  • George Woolfrey
  • Mark Buckley
  • Helena Williams
 
Tuesday, 27th of August 2019
 
Led by Louise Chambers

Ten terrific runners braved the heat (and the dinosaurs) in the lovely Crystal Palace Park. A big Bromley welcome to Carol and Rob who had joined us for some GoodGym tourism, and to Sam who has recently moved to the area.

The beer garden was full of post-work revellers but we resisted the lure of cold drinks and headed over to the park for a quick game of 'head, shoulders, knees and cone' to warm up, as if we weren't warm enough. Tim educated us on the foxglove tree that was shading us from the sun, which was fascinating stuff.

Whilst I thought nobody would want to do much running in the claggy weather and headed over to the task, the group thought differently and headed off for a lap of the lake, collecting Sam en-route, whilst I wrestled with the storage container doors to get our tools for the evening. Armed with litter pickers and rubbish bags, the group split up and headed around the lake, expecting the dinosaurs to be swamped with litter after the bank holiday weekend. We roamed the paths, picking up beer cans, dirty nappies (yuck) and wrappers, with Tim coming up with the unusual find of the night, a car registration plate. We were pleasantly surprised with how little rubbish there was.

Rounding everyone up once time was up was easier said than done, with half of the group missing in action. I headed off to try and find them but they soon reappeared from the opposite direction. Once we had piled our rubbish bags in the container, we just had time for a quick 1km time trial. The light was fading but everyone set off at pace, being heckled as they ran. Great work everyone.

Next weeks task will be a little more 'together' as we run to Lower Sydenham station to clear some overgrown paths. It's a slightly longer run at around 3km each way, but we'll regroup during the run and will have a back-marker in place so nobody will be left behind. Sign up here. Congratulations to Tim who will be running his 100th parkrun this Saturday at Bromley, go along and support him if you can.

Report written by Louise Chambers


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Adele Prince
Adele Prince
Tuesday August 27th, 2019 23:09

Top quality dino-themed pun there! Great work everyone...in that heat!

Redbridge runner
Redbridge runner
Wednesday August 28th, 2019 00:18

Well done all! Definitely will visit GG Bromley soon ☺️

Carol Carney
Carol Carney
Wednesday August 28th, 2019 13:05

Missed you last night Dharmesh! We shall get another one in I am sure, βœŒοΈπŸ’―

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