Ipswich

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Happy Birthday 2 Us

14 GoodGymers made their way 3.2km to help the St Elizabeth Hospice in Ipswich.

  • Ipswich runner
  • Nicola Stevenson
  • Robin Harper
  • Steve Ager
  • Libby Smith
  • Eleanor Redgrave
  • Hayley Steward
  • Kerry Buckley
  • Tom Selby
  • Lizzie Hicks
  • Keith Borrett
  • Ipswich runner
  • Rebecca Rolston
  • Joe Naughton
 
Monday, 2nd of September 2019
 
Led by Ipswich runner

Goodgym Ipswich 2nd birthday celebrations got underway with a huge cheer for Tom achieving his 50th good deed and a warm welcome to Joe joining us for the first time.

Acknowledging 2 years since our launch there were 6 people who were there on the first ever Goodgm Ipswich group run - Steve, Eleanor, Libby, Robin, Nicola and Hayley - thank you for your loyalty and company over the last 24 months!

So the plan for the evening was to complete the task - Our last tour of Elmers Big Parade (which has brought so much joy and a great atmosphere to Ipswich during the summer) - cleaning and polishing the elephants for the final time before they disappear this weekend and get to the pub for a birthday social!

We started with a warm up game "Black Shirts" v "Red Shirts" competing to retain a tennis ball - no running with the ball and only holding the ball for 5 seconds max. It was very competetive with the ball flying around and changing teams several times. However the game was abandoned when (after a couple of close calls) the ball ended up out of bounds among traffic!

So we set off around the elephant trail with water spray, cloths and dusters in hand. This was to be a shortened route to the previous times we hand undertaken the same task...... along the Waterfront and through the town centre, stopping briefly for a few step up circuits, stair running and interval sprints.

Once again elephants were washed and buffed as we ran through the streets and as if it had been planned.......we finished cleaning the last elephant right outside the pub!

Happy Birthday Goodgym Ipswich!

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Steven Hitcham
Steven Hitcham
Tuesday September 3rd, 2019 08:32

Happy Birthday GoodGym Ipswich!

Ipswich runner
Ipswich runner
Tuesday September 3rd, 2019 11:26

Cheers Steven. Hope all is good with you and the Norwich Goodgymers!

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Ian Duggan
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    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Tom Selby
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