Barnsley

Group run

Mopping not moping our way through January!

13 GoodGymers made their way 4.0km to help the It's fun to Run to the YMCA! in Barnsley.

  • Grace Feeney
  • Tom Mutton
  • Zofia
  • Sharon S
  • Stephen Gilmer
  • Chris Dyer
  • James Smith
  • Mairead Feeney
  • George
  • Jackie
  • Rachael (GoodGym Barnsley)
  • Jason Steele
  • Clair Greenland
 
Tuesday, 15th of January 2019
 
Led by Grace Feeney

13 GoodGymers gathered in Barnsley town centre to run to Barnsley's YMCA to help with a huge mop challenge and painting task

Twas our second meeting of the year here in Barnsley, and with the GoodGym January challenge well underway, the Barnsley gang came out in force and we were also joined by some deed-chasers from across the M1! It was also George, Zofia and Michelle's first time to Barnsley, woop woop! Great to see everyone so motivated!

With our watches at the ready with headed off in the opposite direction of our destination, in order to get some extra metres in and a whistlestop tour of Barnsley town centre. On arrival we were greeted by Kelly, who explained that the task was 50% painting and 50% mopping! The YMCA are open to all sorts of community groups and their sports hall provides groups a huge space to stay active and enjoy team sports. They are currently in the process of painting the sports hall and the ajoining changing rooms, to give the whole place a freshen up!

Armed with the tools we needed, Team floor got to work on sweeping and mopping the huge space. Chief sweepers were Tom and Chris, while Mairead, Steve, Jason, Rachael and Clair got to work on the physically demanding task of mopping! They certainly worked up a sweat and worked those core muscles in the process.

Meanwhile Team changing rooms, got to work painting the walls and ceiling of the tiny little room. Like sardines armed with long sticks covered in paint in an unusually small tin, the group had to be very careful not to poke each others eyes out or rub up against the painting they had freshly done. George, Zof, Michelle, James and Sharon all did a fabulous job painting the room and managing to stay fairly paint-free themselves, with both eyes intact by the end!

After plenty of boomerangs and group shots, the group were on their way, heading deeper into Barnsley town centre for the fitness-running session. To make sure everyone got as many KMs in as possible for the January Challenge, the plan was to complete laps of two segments around the shopping streets of Barnsley and during the 'break' from running complete strengthening exercises. The group got into pairs and whilst the runners completed the laps, the other partner completed box jumps, step-ups, press ups and dips. To finish off, we completed a lap of both segments together before heading back to base.

Everyone put in huge amounts of effort tonight, thanks for staying motivated! If you'd like to see any of the video/boomerangs that I took last night, check out the twitter and Instagram pages here:

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See you all next week, for a community mission over in Kendray where we are digging over the residents vegetable garden!

JANUARY CHALLENGE UPDATE

We have 11 deeds left to meet our target of 36 (we CAN do it!) and 128kms left of 400, which I think we can easily smash! Any running you do during January will count, as long as your Strava is connected to the GG Website!

Happy Running Everyone!

Report written by Grace Feeney


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James Smith
James Smith
Wednesday January 16th, 2019 01:17

Nice winter task this :D

Tom Mutton
Tom Mutton
Wednesday January 16th, 2019 14:05

Great run, thanks Grace!

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Grace Feeney
Led by Grace Feeney

Ex-trainer for Barnsley. Goodgym has helped me improve my running and learn more about the local community.

GoodGymers helping out
  • Back marker

    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Stephen Gilmer
  • Walk Leader

    Lead a walking group to the task

    • Sharon S

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