Hey hay, we're from GoodGym, and people say we're mulching the ground, but we're to busy sneezing, to move all these weeds around

7 runners ran 4km to help the Friends of Chestnuts Park weed and mulch round the new trees.

Well six runners. Big cheers to Marusha, who wasn't running this week, but cycled alongside us on a funky rented folding bike. Francis was our tail runner this week. Abby rocked up just as we headed outside for the warm-up, so missed out on Rita's impossible impossible talent ;)

When we got to Chestnuts park we were shown the baby trees, which we'd previously helped by hammering the supporting bamboo stakes into the ground. The poor things were being invaded by cow parsley. So we split into two teams to tackle this task. Weeding round the trees, and fetching mulch from the other side of the park, to spread and prevent future weed growth. The dust and pollen flying around were triggering a few allergies, but wheelbarrow duty seemed to be a good way to avoid the worst of it.

With a good stretch of path done, we moved onto the fitness session. We voted on Ultimate Frisbee, or the 800m Conkering Chestnuts dash?

Why not both?

The Frisbee was a great high intensity exercise, with plenty of bursts of sprinting to get into position. I failed to keep score, but pretty sure team Primary Colours T-shirts edged it. #RedThunder!

And even after that, Francis managed to set a Personal Record for the 800m sprint! Give him a cheer.

Next week, we're heading over to Tottenham Green, hope to see you there!