Norwich

Group run

Running to Oxfam, do you think Thesaurus?

25 GoodGymers made their way 2.0km to help the Oxfam Norwich in Norwich.

  • Steven Hitcham
  • Katy
  • Bill Edmonds
  • Melanie
  • Jasmine Stone
  • Norwich runner
  • Alex Wallace
  • Karen Rowley
  • Catherine D
  • Darren Watkins
  • Norwich runner
  • Windsor and Maidenhead runner
  • Sarah Emerson
  • Harry
  • Elizabeth H
  • Graham Fryer
  • Calum Harris
  • Norwich runner
  • Lucy Webb
  • Chloe Griffin
  • Sandra Emerson
  • Tom King
  • NEIL BURROUGHS
  • Catherine Aldred
  • Jack Southgate
 
Monday, 26th of March 2018
 
Led by Steven Hitcham

After a long winter we finally had daylight at the start of our run... roll on summer!

It was great to welcome Neil on his 1st GoodGym experience.

Well done to Hayley on doing the Wymondham 20-miler on Sunday.

Although she wasn't there tonight, a massive well done to Bek for doing her 1st ever Half Marathon yesterday... not bad considering she only started running about 6 months ago!

Also, some land marks tonight as Tom, Chloe, Sarah & Darren have now each done 10 GoodGym deeds!!!

A thank you to Elizabeth for being back runner tonight.

We had a rare indoor task tonight as we visited the Oxfam charity shop to sort through their book donations. There was a criteria sheet for which books can be kept and which ones had to be recycled... we were interested to hear what the definition of a 'dirty' book is.

Tom and Sarah took charge of the conveyor belt to take the recyclable books downstairs. However much they were tempted, they did refrain from taking a ride down it!

Alex was a little concerned he wasn't allowed in as there was a sign on the door saying 'No Studs Allowed' ... but then his head go bigger so he probably couldn't fit in anyway ;-)

The GoodGym-ers got so much done in 45 minutes (which equates to about 18 hours of volunteering time) and this makes a huge difference to charities like Oxfam who purely rely on volunteers.

On the way back we stopped to have a photo taken in front of a newly erected show piece outside the NUA.

Next week we are having an Easter Monday run to Grapes Hill Community Garden. This is the location of our very 1st Group Run in Norwich.

Report written by Steven Hitcham


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I'm the Area Activator for GoodGym Norwich. I love running and socialising with the GG family.

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