Poole

Group run

Last Women Planting!

7 GoodGymers made their way 5.1km to help the Pennant House - Abbeyfield Wessex Society in Poole.

  • Hilary Martin
  • Anne-Marie Shepherd
  • Nicola Barker
  • Esther
  • Clare
  • Lauren Atkinson
  • Marta Gimeno
 
Tuesday, 9th of July 2019
 
Led by Esther

It was all about the girls tonight as we met in the courtyard of Daveena's cafe!

Prize for furthest distance travelled easily went to Marta tonight, who had come from Velencia and was brought along by Clare whilst on her holiday to the UK for her first Goodgym session!

We ran the 3km to Pennant house where we were greeted by Denise all ready in the garden for us!

It was bark spreading, planting flowers in the beds and a bit of weeding for us all to get along with as the summer house was not yet ready for us to paint due to repairs being done!

Anne-Marie planted some roses despite confessing to only having a balcony whilst there was pansies and other little flowers to dot around. Bags of bark soon disappeared and Denise was pretty amazed how in 20 mins we had planted it all and spread the bark! We had a bit of time to clear the leaves from under the beautiful tree before a bit of sweeping and all chatting along the way!

There are 12 residents at this block and many enjoy the garden to sit out in or just view from the lounge area. They are holding a garden party in a couple of weeks so grateful for extra hands to make it all look lovely!

On the way back we stopped in Ashley Green for some sprint sections to finish just to make sure we had a but of HIT training in there! Turns out Hilary has got some speed in those legs! Great to see Lauren from a previous couch group, now a frequent nordic runner, come and join us for the first time at Goodgym, along with Anne-Marie who keeps fit from cycling - Thats a great thing about Goodgym - infrequent runners love it too!

Great enjoyable run and task tonight!

Report written by Esther


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Shelley H
Shelley H
Tuesday July 9th, 2019 22:17

Well done ladies. Gutted I missed the HIT training!!!

Esther
Esther
Wednesday July 10th, 2019 10:11

Sure we can add a bit in next week again just for you Shelley!

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Esther
Led by Esther

Running & talking - My favourite things! Running coach, nutritional advisor and wellbeing mentor!

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    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Lauren Atkinson

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