Clothes R Us

14 Chilly GoodGymers ran 8k to Victoria to help a small local homeless charity sort out a shed full of clothing donations to be handed out as clothing packs at the evenings Soup kitchen.

On a bright, clear and very cold evening we gathered at the New Balance flagship store we welcomed first timers Sarah, Charlie and Nina!! Graham grabbed the chance to trial the new New Balance IQ running watch for the evening before we set out on the busy central London streets.

Needing to get up to pace quickly to keep warm we weaved a slick route South. Taking in a few slights and plenty of sounds we swiftly covered the 4k route to Ebury Estate to meet Mike who runs the project.

After some quick instructions we headed to the shed to find clothing donations piled high and squeezed in. We devised a plan to get each type of clothing into separate boxes also sorting for gender.

We got to work and with some slick team work we were sorting the clothes as a speedy rate. We have a couple of pauses to admire some of the designs and with the cold setting in we even borrowed a coat or 2 to keep warm!

After 30 minutes of sorting we were left with the most difficult job of all, closing the shed back up with all the nicely sorted clothing perfectly stacked. A bit of a nudge and a slam of the doors and we were away! Thanking Mike and looking forward to seeing him in March we headed back towards the bright lights of Oxford Street with a mini detour through Green Park and the never ending hill!!

Done ninja road crossing and we were back with 90 minutes of epic Good doing action under our belt!

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Silky smooth sorting

Joel