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15 GoodGymers made their way 5.3km to help the Manorfield Primary School in Newham.

  • Brahma Pochee
  • Folkestone & Hythe runner
  • Hilary
  • Sharon
  • Tori
  • James Hotham
  • Kevin Prince
  • Graham Johnson
  • David Mansfield
  • Ruth Austin
  • Mel
  • Dan Benwell
  • Eugene Chang
  • Brian Dikoff
  • Aaron Carrington
 
Wednesday, 5th of December 2018
 
Led by Brahma Pochee

With the precipitation ceasing at bang on 7pm, and the red shirts emerging from the darkness, it was obviously Wednesday.

Random Weekly Question was a pub based one "favourite boozer?" We had ones from your local towns, Uni Towns, and work friendly. With so many shutting recently, It seemed like a good question. Reminds me of an internet joke I saw recently - "State of the art and new social interaction system has been re-released - called Pub" I got gifted with very thoughtful b'day card, a massive caricature of myself, very sweet guys.

Manorfeld School in our targets, with the normal mixture of jobs, mainly cleaning lockers and moving unwieldy desks. Graham and I (yes we're sharing the blame) got one stuck in the lift, before it had to be manually opened. All's well that ends well. The lockers were soaked and scrubbed, most of the name tags were removed. A pretty decent 45min shift there guys. I suggested/requested that we run the return 3k at 5k race pace. Sharon said that was bloody tough when she got back - sounds like 5k pace to me. With all the other longer trendier distances out there, I feel the little old 5k gets overlooked. It's not about completing, it's about pushing your body and mind through a barrier and coming out the other side, content with your effort. Essentially a shorter sustained sprint, less injury chance and more convenient to train for. It is THE distance if you ask me. So who's ParkRunning this weekend?!

Mel made "the best cake I've ever eaten" as Tori said - it was bloody good. A thick chocolaty melt-in-mouth orange-imbued sensation. Bravo Mel. Most of us decamped to a little Japanese place and chowed down on Ramed and discussed tribe culture, Eugene's Martial Art flexibility and other stuff. Right, that's all from me, have a quality festive weekend and good luck with your shopping...and PARK RUN :)

See you all next week

B

Report written by Brahma Pochee


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Ivo
Ivo
he/him
Friday December 7th, 2018 07:37

Happy birthday Brahma!

Brahma Pochee
Brahma Pochee
Sunday December 9th, 2018 22:16

Cheers boss

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Brahma Pochee
Led by Brahma Pochee

GoodGym Newham Coordinator

GoodGymers helping out
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    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Sharon
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    Take photos for the session report

    • Hilary
    • Sharon

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