Stockport

Group run

Green thumbs and sore bums (from waddle walking!)

8 GoodGymers made their way 1.0km to help the Stockport Women's Centre in Stockport.

  • Martin Carolan
  • Lisa Hamilton
  • Matthew
  • Pauline Harrison
  • Anne G
  • Simon Smith
  • Vicky Watson
  • Stockport runner
 
Tuesday, 2nd of July 2019
 
Led by Lisa Hamilton

Tonight 8 runners joined in at Goodgym Stockport. It was our smallest run to date as we were running to stockport womens centre which is just 2 streets away, but we did need the energy to tackle the garden.

We have visited the womens centre last year so we knew where we were going and what we were doing, so once we arrived we got to it with the tools and gloves and started to de-weed and tidy up.

* Tonight we were joined by our lovely newbie *Catherine, welcome to the crew! Dont be fooled by tonights running distance, it wont be that short every week, but we also dont waddle walk every week either. Also a massive hello to Matt and Pauline from lovely Liverpool, great to see you both again and for once again bringing your positive vibes with you.

We had 45 minutes to cut down the long grass, sort out the flower beds and rip out the weeds around the centre. And thats just what we did, and in the mist of the grass we found lovely little wild strawberries that we planted in one of the overgrown flower beds. We also pulled out a huge weed out make a lovely corner space, and as well as the back of the centre Pauline and Matt did a wonderful job or de-weeding and cleaning up the front of the building.

As well as the strawberries we also found a bar of chocolate in the overgrown grass, now imagine if that chocolate bar grew!!!!

After we had got the area looking tidy we had 15 minutes for a fitness session, we had a 3 minute run circuit with some face speeds, co-ordination and agility work, then a 7 exercise circuit, each runner had to pick a exercise while they did a run, from looking at everyone it was enjoyed?? Who doesn’t love burpees and waddle walking???

After all the fun was over we headed back, just a short run back then a few stretches. Dont forget next week we are off to kiss some frogs, but we are going to clean them first! Its going to be hopping fun………

Have a great week folks, happy running, Lisa x x

Report written by Lisa Hamilton


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Pauline Harrison
Pauline Harrison
Tuesday July 2nd, 2019 22:32

Thanks for making us feel so welcome again, Lisa 👍

Stockport runner
Stockport runner
Tuesday July 2nd, 2019 22:59

What a fab report. I really enjoyed my first group run. Thank you for making me feel so welcome. I’m looking forward to the frogs already 😀

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Lisa Hamilton
Led by Lisa Hamilton

Im the run leader for Goodgym Stockport, we have had a blast, its so lovely to see this ACE group thrive while doing good & getting fit!

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    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Anne G

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