Nothing O(fence)ive

16 Hackney GoodGymers ran 4K to Ion Square to prepare and paint the parks fencing.

After Sunday’s Hackney Half Running epicness it was time to celebrate!!

Back to front it was great to have as many runners at the post run social as at the task!! Even if we needed a few substitutions. Thank you to the cake makers and bringers amazing way to finish the evening!!

Remember that Hackney Half 2020 is on Early bird sale, so if you know you want to run get in at the lower price! Or volunteer at British 10k in July for a complementary place.

Onto the task, a nice 2k loop around to Ion Square to meet Mike who is the driving force behind the friends of Ion Park residents group. Aiming to bring some life to a slightly tired park Mike had gathered some paint, brushes, wipes from the council and we arrived to paint the night away.

We had a team of metal brush scrubbers preparing a second fence for a later visit! While the majority of the squad got painting 45 metres of tricky iron fencing. Some flickage caused a makeover to Vinney and Franky but it was easily remedied with some wipes.

A little pick up in pace to finish the painting just before our 8:15 leaving deadline. With the park uplifted and Mike happy we set off for our run back to base.

Best of luck to our Edinburgh Running festival runners this weekend as they go for glory way up North.

Keep an eye out for GG Olympics news and see you next week!

Joel