Knaphill Community Fridge

This evening 5 Goodgym members met at Knaphill Community Fridge to give the shed a good dust down and a lick of paint 😀

Anne ran 6k along the canal to get to the fridge while Katie also ran 6k but from the opposite direction both ladies getting their runs in before the Martian Race in a few weekends time 👽 Wayne, Kirsty & Julie made there own way there. They were greeted my Jules who had two tasks that needed to be done. Wayne, Katie & Anne started to dust down the outside of the fridge before they applied a stain varnish onto the shed while Kirsty & Julie worked on a bedding in the pre-school removing weeds and planting new plants and flowers 🌼. It was a beautiful evening and plenty of conversations while the tasks were being carried out.

In no time both tasks had been completed and they looked great 😀

Jules was very pleased with the results

Wayne, Kirsty join me (Anne) in one of the gardens of the local school to help clear some weeds. In fact when we arrived, (please admire Kirsty's beautiful GoodGym red jacket on the photo), we were greeted by what looked like a jungle. It was difficult to see beyond the door frame!

It was great to see Kirsty back in action and super-Wayne who had just climbed Ben Nevis with a group of friends. Now they are planning an Everest Expedition...

While catching up on our news, we helped the volunteers from the school to cut back the bushes, gather the branches in a safe place and brush away all the dead wood covering the ground. There is still a lot of work to clear the overgrown site and we might be called back in the near future to help further.

The reward of a soft drink and a muffin were appreciated as I had to run all the way back home along the canal....

On Wednesday we will be back in Knaphill, this time to help at the Community Fridge; and next Sunday, you will be welcome to help at junior parkrun in Woking park.

In the meantime, happy running to you all.

*Woking Junior Park Run *

On this sunny ☀️ morning Wayne, Adam, Alys and Karen met at Woking park to carry out various roles at the junior park run 😀 Wayne, Adam and Karen were out on the course cheering and supporting the runners around the 2k course, while Alys wearing her flashy Goodgym cap was at the funnel making sure the runners came through.

In total there were an impressive 200 runners who took part, the fastest time being an impressive 07:34 with 64 PB's fantastic running by everyone 🏃‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏽

St Johns Church ⛪️

This evening Wayne & Julie met at St Johns church in West Byfleet to help with cutting back some overgrown trees in preparation for the summer fate 😀 Luckily it was not raining while we carried out the task. We started off with the big Oak tree and moved along the church grounds to each tree to cut back the low dead branches 🪾 In no time we had finished and the church care taker was very grateful.