Nail Privilege

Another Wednesday night, another dose of doing good and getting fitter in Hounslow!

We kicked off the night with a round up of the news...

• Welcome to the group Mikaela, great to have you join us for your first GoodGym run!

• Nice work on a new marathon PB Remy

• Don't forget the GoodGym social tonight - from 6:30 at Tottenham Court Rd. It's a great chance to meet other GoodGymers, hear about all the great stuff that's been happening and have a good old knees up!

We headed outside to do a warm up where we really tested our coordination with a series of new moves, and then discussed our fave comfort foods, which included pasta, pizza, chocolate, crisps and beer. All the healthy stuff then!

Setting off on our 2km run to Cultivate London, an urban farm and social enterprise in West London which uses derelict land to train unemployed young people in landscaping and horticulture, we raced to beat that train crossing. We almost did it, and our reward was a series of wall squats and jumping jacks.

We arrived not long after to Auberon, the manager of Cultivate, waiting for us with two big jobs to do. The first was shifting compost into bags, and the group of eight got stuck in to that straight away. The second was pulling nails out of old planks so they could be repurposed into beautiful planters. This was a little more tricky as those blimming nails did not want to be parted from the planks, but with a little bit of practice and a lot of brute force the technique was soon perfected. Half way through the two groups swapped over so everybody could experience the joy of both jobs.

After 45 minutes of work we waved goodbye to Cultivate and headed back to Turnham Green where we did a six minute workout which really got our heart rates back up. Featuring jump squats, press ups and burpees, the session got progressively harder, but nobody gave up. Fantastic effort, team.

Next week we're off to Gunnersbury Park to help out with loads of jobs there. You can sign up here for another week of GoodGym fun. Until then, happy running!