World Series of Mower

18 GoodGymers met at our new location, ran 6km & gardened for Hornsey Community Association

It was our first week at our new permanent starting location - Arsenal Hub - very exciting! It is fantastic to have the support of the Arsenal Charitable Foundation and the ability to use their facilities.

We were welcomed by Justin, one of the Duty Managers, who explained a bit about the centre. Most important thing is to sign up for the group run before 5pm each week for security reasons.

Welcome along Lucy and Carolina whose first time it was last night - great to have you along!

The main news of this week:

• Come along to GoodGym Monthly Drinks in Angel this Thursday, it's the birthday edition!

After an actively dynamic warm up we split into two groups with myself and Caroline leading a team of 11 straight to the task - slowly up hill towards Archway and then Hornsey. Meanwhile the other team led by Steve, Aidan and Patrick ran around the Emirates to celebrate our first week (Steve loved it I'm sure) and then headed the 3km north to meet us at the centre.

Like a maze!

This week we were helping Hornsey Lane Estate Community Centre, they strive to provide activities and support for all members of the community some of the specialist services include a nursery, out of school hour’s provision, older people’s services, youth club, employment & work clubs and advice & information. We were there to help maintain their green space, trimming back the hedges and mowing the lawn.

Fitness Session - To split the group Caroline led a fantastic fitness session on arms to help her practice for her England Athletics CIRF assessment next month. Pocket to socket was the mantra of the evening - there were arm drills, skipping, high knees and some GGers pretending to be trains.

Tasking - Meanwhile in the garden a team of four were trimming back the hedge and bagging up the debris, and a team of three led by Kike literally fixed and bolted together the lawnmower, by the time they got it to the grass it was switching time. The teams switched everyone wanted a go at the mower, clan Steve (both Lee & Coman) got the mower going and we were a way - boom!

Gotta gooooooo!

With the two teams leaving 5 mins apart we flew downhill back to the Arsenal Hub, a stretch and the conclusion of the debate - is running a race, sport or game or something else? Mixed results:

• Running is a past time, a sport is with two teams and a ball - Steve C
• Of course running is a sport - is that the right answer? - Frances P
• ** Yes running is a sport. It has all the elements of competition, improvement and timings/records** - PB

Sign up for next week here (please do sign up), we have two wonderful tasks and it's the Thrive LDN special. GoodGym has teamed up with Thrive LDN to deliver a week of special sessions to recognise World Mental Health Day.

PB out.