Run now, beach later

Another park session was on the cards this week with every intention of a beach volleyball 'cool down' at the end.

Fresh from the anniversary games the park was a bit more alive than usual, with virtually no signs of obtrusive building work around the stadium....Whoop!

We did our intros, welcomed Newham newbies Allie and Nick and set off towards our garden project. Buzzing from our last visit and soil manicures we were ready for some fast paced wheelbarrow action and plenty of lifting.

Once in we were briefed that our job this time round was to start filling the planters with soil. We quickly realised this was a lot more tricky than just topping them up. The first release of soil was oh so important. The female duo of Ros and Allie mastered the technique of precision pouring and after a couple of test runs they repeatedly achieved 0% spillage. The other duos were not quite as neat but still did a wicked job.

As we worked we had a chance to admire the progress in the garden; plenty of edible plants rising up from the beds, a Spoken word/workshop shed fresh from a project in Hackney Wick, newly built compost bins and new signage to name a few. The site has had plenty of help from team building events and volunteers so development is fast. (particularly when we're there).

After our task we got ready to do a 1km fartlek lap and some group planking where the main words of encouragement were...

'Don't kick one another'.

Post session it was time for one thing......BEACH VOLLEYBALL!!!

Luckily Beach East was open this time round so we quickly migrated to either side of the net, put on our game faces and played volleyball until the sun set. By far my favourite end to a GoodGym session.

Same time and place next week.

Kirsty