Colchester

Group run

Good Gym-ers sew ex-seedingly good deeds for St Leonards

13 GoodGymers made their way 9.0km to help their local community in Colchester.

  • Colchester runner
  • Dan Norkett
  • Michelle-Yoda Lewington
  • Tav
  • Hannah Grinham
  • Christina Grimwade
  • Emily White
  • Bob Thompson
  • Emma Woollard
  • Helen
  • Vanessa Crannis
  • Ella Jeffries
  • Carl Bullen
 
Wednesday, 21st of March 2018
 
Led by Helen

We had a great turnout for a longer run than usual tonight - up to St Leonard's church to help with sewing some grass seed in the grounds. We started off by doing a warm up outside Leisure World, which included; marching on the spot, star jumps, squats, a lot of weaving about, plus handshakes and hugs, then set off to tackle the route at a steady pace. Leading the way was Ian, and taking care of back-marking duties was Michelle, with the rest of us at different stages of energy and bounce in between! Extra credit goes to Ella and Tav, two of our super-fit members, clocking up extra miles by doubling back and checking on progress. Many of the group are running the Colchester Half Marathon on Sunday, so there was a lot of discussion about preparing for the race, and for those not running - preparing to spectate! Training has been a bit up and down recently, for some members, with the cold weather and snow, so a huge well done to everyone who has managed to get a few runs in here and there, as every little helps!

At the church, David explained that there was a service in progress, so we tried to be quiet, but many of us forgot immediately (oops!) in the excitement of spreading some appropriately-named 'miracle gro' grass seed across the prepared areas near the entrance to the church. Emily did a fantastic job of comprehensively using up all the seed, and Vanessa showed some very green fingers with her expert sowing techniques - well done everyone. As it's GoodGym, we made sure we took some photos, before re-grouping and heading back.

On the way back, we did some seriously snakey running, sticking together as a group and cheering each other on, as we individually sprinted to the front of the snake, then slowed to a jog. Kudos goes to Bob and Hannah for their super speedy sprinting! Several goodgymers told me that the run back felt much shorter as a result, hurrah! Also, well done and welcome back to Chris and Emma, who were re-joining after a little break, great running tonight folks, and quickly becoming regulars - Dan and Carl - really good to have you with us, hope you enjoyed the run. Back at Leisure World we did some stretching and cooled down.

Please note that if you're interested in Coach Runs or Mission Runs, all the info and guidance is on the website, and just give it a go. Tav mentioned that his Coach Runs have been really inspirational, and he will be channelling that inspiration into the half marathon on Sunday.

Finally, we must mention our two glorious prize winners this evening - Michelle and Ella both outdid themselves with their 'extreme running accessorising' for our competition. Between them they were stylishly wearing more gadgets, buffs, lights, bangles, flip belts, bum bags, and hair bands than you've ever seen - possibly more than the rest of us put together! Impressive stuff!

See you next time everyone, for some Good Gym Good Times!

Report written by Helen


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Colchester runner
Colchester runner
Thursday March 22nd, 2018 06:13

Excellent report Helen.Welcome back Emma,hope to see you regularly.Really enjoyed the snake on the way back!

Tav
Tav
he/him
Thursday March 22nd, 2018 06:39

😊😊😊🌱🌱

Michelle-Yoda Lewington
Michelle-Yoda Lewington
Thursday March 22nd, 2018 06:41

Fantastic elequant run report Helen!! Your sessions are always full of fun and grovey moves!! Well done Emma for taking on the challenge of running the distance, hope to see you again soon 😊 xx

Emma Woollard
Emma Woollard
Thursday March 22nd, 2018 11:17

Thank you all for a great time and lots of support. Looking forward to next week’s run already! :-)

Colchester runner
Colchester runner
Thursday March 22nd, 2018 12:56

You are very welcome Emma.I hope you can make GoodGym Wednesdays a regular event.

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