Liz James

We met outside Papagayo cafe on a rainy Monday evening. A big welcome to Monica, who joined a GG run for the first time. Liz gave a short intro, followed by a quick warm-up and then we were ready to run!

We quickly reached Mora primary school. Our first challenge was the lock! Everyone took their turn to try to unlock the door, until Tabitha succeeded!! Our second task was stock! We took all of the equipment out of the cupboard, sorted it and then put it back very tidily. Our third 'task' was to pose for photographs with the space hoppers. Monica and Liz were very quick to volunteer for that task!

Once the tasks were completed, we started the run back to the cafe for some cool down stretches.

Let's hope we get 'Mora' tasks at the school!

Brent's local the Queensbury was closed (again!) so 9 of us met outside Pappagayo ready for tonight's task .

We welcomed back Becka to her second Brent goodgym aswell as Pippa who had crossed the border from Camden. Three Brent Goodgymers , Samina , Liz and James were given a special pat on the back for making it as on Sunday they had completed the Islington City Run.

After warming up, we ran two km to Brent Mencap where they had a stack of leaflets ready for us . Our mission was to deliver the leaflets with information on Mencap's groups and activites to local households. Sabina knew the surrounding streets well, so split us into two groups and allocated streets to each group.

Sabina, Pete , Liz , Pippa and Tabitha stuck together and expertly delivered the leaflets in no time at all. Samina , Lee, Becka and Clive headed in the opposite direction and ensured those living near B&M had leaflets too . They returned to the meeting point where they were very warmly welcomed by the first group who had been patiently squatting while waiting.

As we had some time to spare Liz led us back on a longer route, with a longer cooldown to ease those aching legs , leaving us all hungry and thirsty and ready to roll into Papagayo .

Great to see such a big group and hope to see you all again soon !!

This evening we met outside Papagayo cafe for a short warm-up. A warm welcome to C.J, who joined us this evening!

We set off on our run, watching the pavement closely to ensure that we didn't slip on any leaves or trip over any sticks.

There were two tasks awaiting us when we arrived. Our task was to stick stamps and address labels onto brown envelopes. We then turned over leaf, to stamp the return address onto the back of the envelope. Address labels were also stuck onto the smaller envelopes. The white envelopes were then stuck inside the brown envelopes. The team quickly set up a conveyor belt and the task was completed in super fast time.

Meanwhile, James went outside into the yard and began sweeping the leaves. He was joined my C.J and Liz who helped scoop the leaves and sticks into the bin bag.

Finally, we ran back to base for some cool down stretches.

This evening we meet outside the pub for an intro speech and warm up. A big welcome to Becka and Analiese, who joined GG Brent for the first time!

We had a short run to the task. Our first job was to move the wooden house. Every member of the team was essential to moving the house! It was heavy!

Our second task was to deliver sand from bags into two sand pits. We searched for more buckets, so that we could have all hands on deck!

The team worked together, to finish the task promptly. We had a short run, followed by some cool down stretches to finish the evening.

Also, huge congratulations to Samina who achieved her 100th GG deed today!

We met outside Papagayo cafe for a warm-up. This was followed by a short run to Mora primary school.

Unfortunately, there had been a little mis-communication, so the task was a little out of our reach this evening.

However, we put our time to good use with some fitness fun. Sabina kindly led a stretching session. This was followed by a longer run back to base, led by Liz.

We finished the session with some Mora stretching.

Unfortunately, the food bank has had an infestation of fruit flies and mice. This evening's task was to sort through the fruit and vegetables, disposing of anything rotten and lifting everything off of the floor.

The final task was to put the bread into sealed containers.

We all worked very hard!

Helen, Samina and Liz began the evening with a short warm-up, followed by a run. There was no track to follow, so the pavement had to suffice. However, they were on track to begin the task at Brondesbury energy garden on time!

We were joined by Karen and Pete and we were greeted by Naomi, who explained the task for the evening. Working alongside the railway tracks, we were training our arm muscles. The task was to dig the brambles and their roots out of the ground. The roots were deep and entwined, so it required a lot of energy to get the garden on track.

We finished the evening with a short run and some cool down stretches before heading to the pub to discuss the pun!