York

Group run

Taken at the flood

21 GoodGymers made their way 4.0km to help the Friends of Rowntree Park in York.

  • Michal Czekajlo
  • York runner
  • Leanne
  • Aidan Kettle
  • Stefan Durkin
  • Harriet
  • Nicky Woodall
  • Jenna Drury
  • Craig
  • Pete
  • Laura Barrett
  • York runner
  • Morgan Hollis
  • Cara Organ
  • David Barrett
  • George W
  • York runner
  • Rachel
  • Antonia Van Koeverden
  • Daniel West
  • Martha Healy-gardner
 
Monday, 21st of March 2022
 
Led by Nicky Woodall
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๐ŸŒ†We met for our group run at dusk on a lovely Monday, still in a bit of light, which was greatly appreciated.

๐Ÿ‘‹We were thrilled to welcome Martha and Dan for their first GoodGym session.

โ˜˜๏ธWe had an Irish-themed (for St Patrick's Day) naming and numbering tonight where we found that lots of us enjoy Irish food and beverages, and Irish people too. We then did a quick warm up and walked/ran to Rowntree Park ๐Ÿ‘

โšกOn arriving at the park, we spotted a GoodGym t shirt running past at lightning speed. On (eventually) catching up with them, I discovered it was Rob, the Area Activator for GoodGym Solihull who's visiting York at the moment. Although he wasn't able to join us tonight, we hope to see him again soon ๐Ÿฅณ

๐ŸŒŠWe were met at Rowntree by Kristina from the Council (and Michal and Rachel) who explained what we needed to do. Friends of Rowntree Park are hoping to be able to reopen the park on Wednesday but needed some help to be able to do that. We were therefore tasked with clearing the paths that the street sweepers weren't able to get to. Armed with brooms, leaf blowers, shovels and rakes, we quickly set to work, dividing and conquering to tackle all corners of the park ๐Ÿ’ช

๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™‚๏ธAfter half an hour, we'd cleared lots of paths and made lots of areas more accessible. Oh, and Antonia found some nice frogs too ๐Ÿธ

๐Ÿ“ธ We had a group photo before doing our fitness session on the area of grass by Millennium Bridge. This involved various relays (and some very impressive speed-skipping and hopping).

๐Ÿ‘Œ With everyone just a little bit more tired, we headed back to base to stretch and go to the pub. Some of us were also lucky enough to be collecting some incredibly yummy biscuits baked by Ellie and Ben for their charity fundraising effort ๐Ÿช

๐Ÿ™ŒWe've got a task on Friday morning needing a few more pairs of hands and various missions available so do please sign up if you're able to. There are also currently a couple more spaces for tree-planting in Haxby, which not only sounds really fun and worthwhile but also offers the possibility to win a bottle of wine ๐Ÿท

๐Ÿ‘Thank you for your hard work tonight everyone, and hopefully see you again soon ๐Ÿ˜

Report written by Nicky Woodall


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Nicky Woodall
Led by Nicky Woodall

Area Activator for GoodGym York. Loves everything running, from parkrun alphabet collecting to marathons. Will run for cake!

GoodGymers helping out
  • Walk Leader

    Lead a walking group to the task

    • Pete
  • Photographer

    Take photos for the session report

    • Leanne
  • Back marker

    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Laura Barrett

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