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Maria went on a group run

Mon 1st Oct 2018 at 6:30pm

GoodGym Gardeners Learning By Trowel and Error

Slough Report written by Manjit Birk

A great turnout for our first school task... No school dinners on the menu today but we did offer a shoulder to crayon at Ryvers Primary School... Thank you to Chrissy one of our regular runners who arranged this task for us

A Squat is a Squat..No??

As we had a longer distance to run today, we headed to the park for a quick warm up and stretches... and Chris learnt that there was more than one variation to the squat! A new piece of knowledge was then shared by Chris regarding pedestrian crossings! We learn so many useful facts from our runners!

I ran so fast I got in-DIG-estion!

We made it to school in super speedy time ( clearly the childhood chills of being late were in the back of our minds) and the lovely Chrissy gave us a low down on the tasks in hand... we divided into three teams and got straight to work

  1. The Planters
  2. The Potters and
  3. The Painters

Even in darkening conditions the teams did really well! The painters had quality control checks in place via Sara No fence slat was left untouched... The potters planted cress... I mean viola and pansies which all looked like cress to me into 4 pots... and the ploughers in super quick time cultivated the two large flower beds... and lone man Darren got the task of ensuring the smaller plant holders got the love and attention they needed

Aloe from the other side..

We faired goodbye to Chrissy and team who were doubling up as task owners and runners today as they stayed behind to lock up the school gates and we headed back to base...

Setting Trends the Teachers Way!

Have to give a special mention to our teachers runners Gail, Meera and Keira for always thinking outside the box! When we talk about safety and protective personal equipment they went a step further and donned the white overall

What better way to make sure the red t-shirts stay red! Well done ladies

Next weeks task is a shorter run of 2km each way to The Riverside Centre at Jubilee River..

We have the whats app group set up now so please do feel free to join it ( email me with your number and I will add you)

Christmas PARTY - FRIDAY 30th NOVEMBER 19:30 The Corner House, Windsor

Drinks at Salt Hill Activity Centre on Monday 15th October after the task/run

Everyone is welcome

Have a great week everyone Manjit

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Ivo
Ivo (he/him)

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 at 11:12am

brilliant work everyone! - looks like you got a huge amount done

Manjit Birk

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 at 12:32pm

Thanks Ivo.. the team certainly did enjoy this task and got so much done in just 30 minutes

Maria
Maria signed up to a group run.

Mon 1st Oct 2018 at 6:30pm

School Garden MakeOver

Help the children to enjoy their green spaces

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Maria
Maria went on a group run

Mon 10th Sep 2018 at 6:30pm

Our Dose of Evening Coughy

Slough Report written by Manjit Birk

An impressive turnout this evening. Great to see new runners join us every week. A warm welcome to Kam and Niamh one their first Goodgym Group Run... Hope to see you again soon..

Long Run Run A Long Run Run

This was our longest run to date.. a whopping 8km in total... well done to everyone for going the distance and a special thanks to Ciaran from Active Slough for being our back marker...

We arrived at the hospital in time to meet our task owner Elisha who kindly supplied us with cups of water before we started

Pick a Pair at the Park

We paired up and started litter picking the main entrance area to the A&E Ward... 30 minutes later and 10 bags were filled... great efforts by everyone

Stormtropper and No One Got Too Big for Their Boots

Its amazing what people leave behind the bushes... Even Stormzy got ditched Why would anyone do that????

Our local hospital does a great deal to look after us so it was brilliant that we could give something back... I think Tim and Maria won the award for most bags filled.... However, the award for best legs had to go to Darren and Ciaran Matching high vis attire as well!

Next weeks Group Run is nice and local.. 3km total run to The Parvaaz Project... Hope to see you there

Have a great week everyone. Well done on a great run and task this evening

Happy Running ! Manjit

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Maria
Maria signed up to a group run.

Mon 10th Sep 2018 at 6:30pm

Wexham Park Hospital Spruce Up

Help our local NHS hospital by tidying up the entrance areas

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Maria
Maria has done their first good deed with GoodGym. 🎉

Monday 30th July 2018

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Maria has done their first good deed with GoodGym.

Maria 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.

Maria
Maria went on a group run

Mon 30th Jul 2018 at 6:30pm

Shhh we found a loo seat in the bog. Keep a lid on it!

Slough Report written by Manjit Birk

A launch with a bang....29 runners smashed it tonight on the first ever GoodGym Group Run in Slough Town

After the welcome speeches and cheers (thank you Councillor Pantelic for opening our 1st Group Run), we headed out of our base location to do a warm up and ice breaker...28 people had to get to 'knowing me knowing you ahah'

I know you

After a warm up game of getting to know you (we exchanged names and our favourite places to go on holiday)...we headed out on a steady 2km run to the stream at Templewood to give this little hidden gem a strim, trim, pick and prune to allow the vegetation to flourish again. We were met by our first task owner Claire from www.wwt.org.uk (Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust), who are doing an amazing job in transforming the Salt Hill Stream and surrounding areas. She gave us a brief on what we could do to help this community area and divided us into 3 teams:

  • The Waders
  • The Pickers
  • The Wheelbarrowers

Each team were tasked to complete their given duties within a challenging 30 minutes. Special shout out to Ricky and his wheelbarrowing buddies for showing true grit and determination of the Slough citizens by wanting to finish laying the wood chips along the path (even when everyone else was lining up for the group photo)

Freedom

We bashed those brambles (Sut Yee in particular looked very fetching in her waders), freed the vegetation, cleared the site of 10 bags of rubbish/debris (and a loo seat!) and covered the path with wood chips...phew! A lot was achieved tonight.

We faired Claire a cheerio and see you later and headed back to base in two groups

Steady vs Speedy

Our return run was a battle of speeds.. we divided into 2 groups...Mo's Speedies and Manjit's Steadies..Just for being speedy, Mo's team had a 2 minute penalty wait as Manjit's steadies headed back to base... suffice to say its steady all the way in Slough.. Great effort by everyone!

Great to see so many people join us this evening.... some of us were established runners, others were first timers...whatever your reason to run, it was fab having you there tonight on our launch event...you all ROCK!

Keep in touch?

We have many means of keeping in touch, so please take a look and join in on our journey to help the communities of Slough

  • GoodGym Slough website
  • Goodgym Slough Instagram
  • Goodgym Slough facebook
  • Goodgym Slough twitter

We will be running and doing good every Monday from now on, so please come back and spread the word...together we can achieve so much...Next week we are running a 2km route (one way) to help The Parvaaz Project on Northampton Avenue to have a garden make over

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Chrissy

Mon 30th Jul 2018 at 10:48pm

What a fab first GoodGym run! Was great to make a difference to TempleWood Stream and meet new people! Thanks for organising Manjit! :)

Manjit Birk

Mon 30th Jul 2018 at 10:54pm

Thank you Chrissy for coming and making this a great first event x

Anji Andrews
Anji Andrews (she/her)

Mon 30th Jul 2018 at 10:56pm

Well done Manjit you rocked your launch x

Michael B

Tue 31st Jul 2018 at 7:35am

Really enjoyed it. Well done everybody!

Tav
Tav (he/him)

Tue 31st Jul 2018 at 7:46am

Well done Slough, love from Colchester

Ed Field
Ed Field (he/him)

Tue 31st Jul 2018 at 8:26am

Excellent work everyone! Looking forward to paying you a visit

Timothy Howells

Tue 31st Jul 2018 at 8:44am

Fantastic first run! Well done Manjit and everyone involved!

Shona Buchanan

Tue 31st Jul 2018 at 11:30am

Sounds like a great first run and fab report Manjit! Well done all :)

Manjit Birk

Tue 31st Jul 2018 at 7:20pm

Thanks everyone... loved the buzz around the first task and run session... thanks to everyone to attended and everyone who supported us

Ian Moore

Thu 2nd Aug 2018 at 10:56am

Well done everybody at Slough - sounds like a great launch - love from Bromley

Maria
Maria signed up to a group run.

Mon 30th Jul 2018 at 6:30pm

GoodGym Slough Launch: Bash brambles in the wetlands

Protect this lovely natural space for everyone to enjoy

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