Lewisham

Group run

Flyer me to the moon

14 GoodGymers made their way 3.8km to help their local community in Lewisham.

  • Emma Presley Abbott
  • Caireen McGinn
  • Kim Parker
  • Amber Maurice
  • Clare Griffiths
  • Martin Wilcockson
  • Iitmari
  • Oliver
  • Lewisham runner
  • Clare Nicholson
  • Adam Letch
  • Ruth Knight
  • Kabba Njie
  • Magda Szlenkier
 
Monday, 25th of November 2019
 
Led by Emma Presley Abbott

A very warm welcome to our new runners this evening - go and give Kabba and Magda a cheer - what heroes you are for making it out for the first time in such miserable weather!

With a bit of a task mix-up this evening, we managed to organise a last minute flyering session to spread the word about Kings Christmas Trees, the profits from which fund The Feast, a weekly outreach meal for homeless and vulnerable people in the local community.

Kim, Amber and Clare chose the relaxed option, covering streets within walking distance of our start point at Glass Mill. Everyone else went up Lewisham Way, and covered a number of streets adjacent to Hilly Fields. Pairs ran off to cover a street at a time, reconvening at the corner of Hilly Fields (with those lucky first finishers "encouraged" to do some hill repeats to keep themselves warm!). Despite the soggy weather and a rather large stash of flyers, we soon got through them all, and headed back to Glass Mill for a cool down and an early finish (hill reps in the rain felt like more than enough hard work for one evening!).

Thanks everyone for your enthusiasm and dedication, even on a chilly wet evening. It's really quite something to spend the evening roaming around the cold dark streets of Lewisham with such an enthusiastic bunch of runners!

There's so much festive excitement coming up in the next week or so, including: our Christmas get together at Ninth Life, tree planting at Forster Memorial Park, one of my absolute favourite tasks sorting and packing at Big Red Box, GoodGym's Christmas extravaganza, and seeing the fruits of our flyering labours distributing Kings Christmas trees!

See you all soon I hope!

Report written by Emma Presley Abbott


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Adele Prince
Adele Prince
Monday November 25th, 2019 22:00

Wow, just amazing! Incredible work in THAT RAIN everyone x

Kabba Njie
Kabba Njie
Tuesday November 26th, 2019 15:12

I was inspired by the dedication and oneness of the group. Thank you all for making me welcome!

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Emma Presley Abbott
Led by Emma Presley Abbott

GoodGym Leeds runner

GoodGymers helping out
  • Back marker

    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Lewisham runner
  • Photographer

    Take photos for the session report

    • Kim Parker
  • Walk Leaders

    Lead a walking group to the task

    • Kim Parker
    • Amber Maurice
    • Clare Griffiths

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