Colchester

Group run

Better bloomin late than never...you DIG?

12 GoodGymers made their way 3.0km to help their local community in Colchester.

  • Colchester runner
  • Dan Norkett
  • Tav
  • Hannah Grinham
  • Emily White
  • Nicola Bultz
  • Bob Thompson
  • Louise
  • Ella Jeffries
  • Katherine Rose
  • Fay Sibley
  • Carl Bullen
 
Wednesday, 14th of March 2018
 
Led by Tav
he/him

A great evening was had by 12 runners who as usual made a great impact on their community. The freezing temperatures have vanished (for now) and the red Goodgym T-shirts (and black) were back on the streets, including Carl who was sporting his new Goodgym T-shirt with pride!

A dynamic warm up and we set off on the 1.5km run to the Colchester in Bloom allotments after our usual 'numbering off' failure. As you may have figured out from the headline, there was a slight delay but WE ARE GOODGYM and after a quick photo-shoot our fitness session began with the town hall and jumbo in the distance making for a great setting to train.

We did some shuttle runs, squats and reverse lunges in partners, a quick dose of tree hugging before bunny hopping up the hill to begin our task.

The task was to dig 7 holes that were to 2 foot deep as well as tend to some plants the Hannah and Nicola did particularly well at!

The 7 diggers went to work with power, grace and spontaneous singing. It was most definitely a job well-done and the lovely Pam, of Colchester in Bloom, said that there is a lot more to do on our next visit.

Thanks to Ian for back-marking as well as sing a duet with Louise and the wonderful voice and Emily and her backing singing Fay!

After the session Frances Gwyther came along and we hope to see her join us after her 10 day trip.

Spring is coming and we can all be proud of the part we play in making Colchester look delightful.

Happy running and bring on the Colchester Half Marathon.

Report written by Tav


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Carl Bullen
Carl Bullen
Thursday March 15th, 2018 02:05

Still liked using the pickaxe for digging!

Colchester runner
Colchester runner
Thursday March 15th, 2018 05:09

Well done everyone.Particularly good digging by Louise I thought! Thanks for leading us Tav

Tav
Tav
he/him
Thursday March 15th, 2018 12:59

No injuries means we are winning 🤣🤕

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