5 GoodGymers met up on a Tuesday night to help pack away clothes and sort shoes at TRAID in Peckham to make space for the new season's clothes to be put out. All the team tackled taking clothes off hangers and boxing them up before Emma and John split off to help match shoes towards the end of the hour.

5 goodgymmers took on the familiar task of turning over the stock at traid Peckham, completing the task in record time 🕰️!

When it rains, it pours! Unfortunately, that meant the task owner for the outdoor task at Cossall Estate messaged an hour before to cancel! Yet, fortunately for us, we had a second task. TRAID came to save the day as their final day of sale ended on Wednesday night, so they need our assistance to clear the summer season clothes all out and luckily, it was an indoor task too!

There was an added twist to our group run tonight, we met Carine and Ed from ZDF ("a German BBC") as they wanted to film us for their "culture in Europe" piece to show their German audience what GoodGym is all about.

They met Sam and all of the GG runners including Emma, who they used as their protagonist for their piece at Old Spike Roastery. We welcomed Maria for her first group run after attending eight community missions over the week! The time arrived to 18:45 and with all the runners crammed in, they listened and ZDF filmed Sam's intro speech before heading out for a warm-up for the last time (or second last time) on the Green.

After our warm-up, Sam's ice-breaker for tonight was fitting as he asked: It is Secondhand September and since we're going to a charity shop, what was the last secondhand item that you brought?

Many mentioned a piece of clothing from a suit jacket to shirts, but also jewelry, furniture (but from Ebay) and kitchen utensils. Ensuring that items have a second life and nothing goes to waste...

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Say Käse 🧀

After ZDF filmed an intro piece with Emma, Sam led from the front as Anna backmarked to ensure no one was left behind. The run was only a short 1k as we ran through the backstreets of Peckham, but at least we got our legs moving. We made it to TRAID to find Ed filming us as well as Mikhail and Paulin getting stuck in with the task at hand. Elena also met us there.

We come here every quarter to help clear out the TRAID store as the fashion season moves with the seasons.

Our main task was to unclip / un-hang the clothes on display before putting them in a massive cardboard box, so that it could be shipped back to the main warehouse for re-distributing / some clothes will come back next summer. At the same time, the hangers needed to be bagged or boxed by type. This looked like a daunting task with the amount of clothes left on the rails, but once we got into a rhythm, it was done within 20-30 minutes.

Lastly, we had Sam, Isaac and Maria taking down Sale signs whilst Mikhail hoovered the floor. There was a large group taking the time to sort and match shoes that needed to be bagged up with the last shoes missing a pair being discharged in another bag.

ZDF used this opportunity indoors to film us doing our work whilst they interviewed someone from TRAID, Sam and their protagonist, Emma.

Finally, we got in our group photo before heading back to Old Spike saying goodbye to TRAID and Carine and Ed from ZDF! A quick 1k run back to base for a quick stretch in the light rain.

Some of us went for a pint or two at the White Horse to de-brief and catch-up!

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Thank You to all the GG-ers

A personal thanks from me to all those who came out tonight! Firstly, a massive thank you to Anna and Daryl for backmarking the run there and back. Thank you to the rest of you for coming along as it was chunking it down all day and running in the rain is never fun. In the end, doing one task at TRAID worked out with the amount of clothing and hangers that we needed to put away. At least, we stayed dry for an hour!

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Thank You to TRAID, Carine and Ed

GoodGym is all about getting fit and doing good! We praise the runners/cyclists/walkers who come to get fit and help out, but we often forget about our task owner. I would like to take this opportunity to thank TRAID who ensured we had a task tonight as the rain cancelled our second task! Also, a thank you to Carine and Ed for filming us and we hope the piece will inspire someone in Germany to start their own version of GoodGym!

Sam met all the runners apart from Rebecca who was going to meet us at the task before 18:40, so he started his speech earlier and split the team into two as we had a double task tonight.

After the warm-up outside, Sam took Joao and Tim to come with him to Thorlands and meet Simon and Rebecca there whilst Emma led the way to TRAID in Peckham with Louise and Tam.

Since loads of regular GoodGymers were away on holiday or potentially at Glasto plus Taylor Swift releasing her European tour dates for 2024, Sam asked: What type of artist or musician would you be (aka what genre of music would you play)? or What type of music festival would you organise?

Louise was up first and she would produce hard-hitting electronic music. Joao stayed in the same theme, but he would be more of a trance DJ and then also chose to host a 90s rock afternoon festival with electronic music at night. Emma decided she would organise a jazz festival as Tam went with the same, but more chilled. Sam went for alternative electronic music as a festival with Coachella vibes. Finally, Tim knows how to play the harmonica, so he would have a festival dedicated to the instrument.

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It's just dust & thorns

We ran together as a group through the back streets of Peckham until Emma took Louise and Tam towards TRAID on Rye Lane and the rest continued towards Denmark Hill and Thorlands.

Emma took Louise and Tam arrived at an almost empty TRAID as the staff had done most of the work, but there was still some clothes to pack away and cleaning to be done, so they offered their services to help with this.

Joao, Sam and Tim met Simon at Thorlands Walled Garden to collect the tools as he showed us the first steps to access the Forest Garden from the Walled Garden.

We went into the Forest Garden to continue where we left off on Saturday. We had to shift and dig out the berberis (thorny bush). It required brute force from the lads as Joao pretty much chopped it out with the mattock. Meanwhile, Rebecca appeared and helped cut back and dig out the nettles. Finally, as a group, they cut back the brambles and tamed the pyracantha (another thorny bush).

With only 40 minutes at Thorlands and a rush back to meet the other group, we had to call it at 19:55 to ensure the tools were put back. We acknowledge that there wouldn't be a Thorlands session for 10 days as Simon is away this weekend. Let's hope we come back to a "not so wild" Thorlands.

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Thank You to all the GG-ers

A personal thanks from me to all those who came out tonight! It was great to run together at the start and thank you to Emma for bring back Louise and Tam in time. Both task owners were pleased with what we could get done within the hour or less.

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Thank You Simon & TRAID

GoodGym is all about getting fit and doing good! We praise the runners/cyclists/walkers who come to get fit and help out, but we often forget about our task owner. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Simon for staying behind after a long day at Thorlands to ensure we could finish the job we started on Saturday. Also, a thank you to TRAID for letting us in to help them pack away their Spring collection, we'll be back in three months!

Daryl, Gemma, John, Lindy, Paulin and Sam met the TRAID team in Peckham straight after they closed their store at 20:00 to help them clear out the store to be ready for the Spring collection.

Everyone got stuck in with the task of clearing the clothes rails of clothes and hangers, but since Sam came earlier he was given the task to wipe the tops of the hanging lights of dust. It hadn't been done since November, but it looked like it hadn't been done for years with the amount of dust! 😳

We managed to finish our tasks with five minutes to spare! Well done team 💪

Paulin and Emma joined for our regular visit to TRAID to clear the clothes off the rails and package up for storage ready for a new season of clothes to come in.

The three of us with the help of staff managed to clear the whole of the front of the shop in only an hour!