Tower Hamlets GoodGymmers assembled once again on Monday evening to help prepare Rocky Park in Hollybush for the Britain in Bloom awards. The vegetable & flower garden has already scooped the regional award and needed our team to apply some finishing touches before the judging on Wednesday. We were tasked with rearranging some plant pots, weeding the paths, replanting some flowers & beautifying the compost heap. After a productive 20 minutes of work, the place was spick and span and we set off for a 1.5km burst along Regents Canal. With the seasonal August drizzle to cool us off, we jogged back to base for a warm down and stretch. Many thanks to Andy Cornick for leading his first session & a rewarding one too!

Alex

9 GoodGym do gooders ran to Ellis Court to clean up the gardens and litter pick.

Tonight saw Dan Fisher lead his first group run after he completed his run leader training, and what an evening for it. The sun was shining and Brent has delivered three NEWBIES. We welcomed Katie, Charlie and Jen and were soon on our way to meet the lovely Abraham or should we say Baberaham to do some gardening.

We arrived soon enough and were set our task of clearing two garden beds that had overgrown. Special mention to Clare who managed to take down the BIGGEST thistle we've ever seen. While clearing out the beds we came across two abandoned sledge hammers, the things you find in Willesden!

One thistle down and two hammers later we were off, waving goodbye to Baberaham we made haste to the hill where Dan had set us 3 sets of hill reps, working specifically on focusing driving the hips and arms. Once suitably sweaty we finished off the drills with some fast feet work and squats, and then a cool gentle run back to the Queensbury.

Well done Brent you smashed it, till next time..