Mon 19th Mar 2018 at 6:15pm
Norwich Report written by Steven Hitcham
Well tonight felt like the coldest GoodGym run I've taken part in so far, really wish I'd have worn more layers.
Despite the cold we still had 2 new runners in Jenny and Catherine. Welcome to GoodGym ladies.
Bill decided to run up Gas Hill again as a warm-up on his way.
Another short run tonight and we visited John Drake House Youth Hostel.
The tasks ahead included: turning over soil, litter pick, weeding, cleaning windows and general clearing up. So there was plenty to do, the tools were there ready and the GoodGym Norwich crew got stuck in.
The highlight of the evening was when a Deliveroo guy delivered a Wagamama's take away to one of the residents but somehow dropped in all over the floor. We did offer to help clean it up!
After the task it was off to Chapelfield Gardens for a bit of an efforts running session.
To finish up with we did a 'plank challenge' at The Forum. It came down to the last 3 of myself Bill and Sarah. Bill reluctantly gave in and then I felt bad if I'd have won so I gave in and let Sarah be victorious.
... I couldn't not mention the fact Helen had to be barefoot at this point due to standing in dog poo ;-)
We have an indoor task next week when we visit the Oxfam Charity Shop.
Tue 20th Mar 2018 at 12:31pm
Another good report Steve and fantastic Photos Katy very professional
Wed 21st Mar 2018 at 10:21pm
I'm happy for Katy to be official GoodGym photographer ;-)
Monday 5th March 2018
Jack O'Gorman has done their first good deed with GoodGym.
Jack is a now a fully fledged GoodGym runner. They've just run to do good for the first time. They are out there making amazing things happen and getting fit at the same time.
Mon 5th Mar 2018 at 6:15pm
Norwich Report written by Steven Hitcham
The run this evening was probably our shortest one to date at GoodGym Norwich... so short that I was even tempted to make the group lunge the whole way there. I decided against that idea but as you can guess from the pun, I had other brutal plans for after the run instead mwahaha.
Firstly, it was great to see Jack and Joe making their GoodGym debuts.
We headed off to the My Place Youth Hostel on Bethel Street to tidy up their outdoor area. I think this was the 1st time it's ever rained during one of our tasks! A third of the group blitzed the area around the bins and the rest focused on the garden areas. The before and after views of the bin area was very impressive. It was only a 20-minute task tonight, which meant we had 40 minutes to spare, at this point you can start to think how the pun was created.
1st up we headed to Chapelfield Gardens for a speed session. To start with each runner did a lap round as quickly as they could and then it was a relay over the same circuit with 5 groups of 4 runners.
I think the runners thought that this was it but I still had other ideas once we got back to The Forum. Once we got there the runners completed a 10-minute continuous circuit of squats, lunges, push-ups and bear crawls. Then to finish up they completed a pairs workout that included squats jumps, sit-ups and sprints.
By the end of it I feared for my life but I'm hoping deep down everyone realised the benefits of what they'd just done... after the DOMS have gone away!
Next week we're visiting the Silver Road Community Centre.