Our Goodgym team were thrilled to be invited back to Metro Blind Sports, along with a lot of our friends at our Achilles International weekly group runs. Metro Blind Sports is the UK's only athletics event hosted primarily for visually impaired athletes, a very important fixture to the sporting calender.

Events on offer included classic track distances (100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 5000m and open relay), alongside high jump, long jump, shot put, javelin and discus. An incredible opportunity to witness inspiring performances from athletes traveling from far and wide to compete (experienced veterans and first timers welcomed and encouraged).

Our Goodgym crew were on hand to help with registration for athletes, coordination for events, support for competitors and judges and even guiding the runners, jumpers and throwers! Our Achilles International friends came away with an abundance of medals, PBs and big smiles- great job on a hot summer's day, guys!

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Achilles International Weekly Sessions

If you feel inspired by Metro Blind Sports, you can join Goodgym for weekly group runs with Achilles International every Thursday:

Here is a list of our upcoming events and sign up pages. Runners, supporters and guides of all abilities and experiences welcome!

Thursday 4th July- Stratford Olympic Park

https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/come-and-guide-run-with-achilles-international-olympic-park-stratford-route-d9691e05-e2b6-4232-89a4-c1f8da26a672

Thursday 11th July- Green Park

https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/come-and-guide-run-with-achilles-international-green-park-summer-session-ab3bf2f2-5408-42de-8afc-95ffbe5cea61

Thursday 18th July- Paddington Rec Track

https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/come-and-guide-run-with-achilles-international-paddington-rec-track-7e911e01-1682-4d57-9fbe-fc5eb786ba0e

Thursday 25th July- Battersea Park

https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/achilles-international-vi-guide-running-battersea-park-8415b4f1-220e-4ae8-bc80-1e54c58b6971

Thursday 1st August- Arsenal Emirates Stadium

https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/come-and-guide-run-with-achilles-international-emirates-stadium-106d8484-2ef2-4a3e-9b1c-13684aa1c4e3

With summer peaking through on a Monday, Tabitha, Amir, Samina and Josh welcomed the long awaited return of Karen at Beer & Burger. Before setting off to Clitterhouse Farm in Cricklewood.

With vitamin D a plenty, the group picked Kat up along the way and met Olympic walker Lee there. Arriving to a warm welcome and a task of ensuring the remnants of 3 tonnes of top soil dissipated across the gardens.

Gloves on, shovels ready, trimmers sharpened, and mower charged the crew took the task of managing soil like the bosses they are.

A strong momentum and turn out led to quick results for the volume of soil, leading to a few perspiring brows. Satisfied with the efforts and looking to catch Lee on the roads, the initial crew took off back to Beer and Burger for a well deserved beverage!

Meeting in high spirits outside Beer & Burger, Tabitha, Chris and Josh got warm to a high energy session from Run Leader! Taking off on a glide down the hill and through the park to Mora primary with a small breeze working with us. Soon to be met by Kat and Tania who walked to the session. The team meet concluded with Pete whipping in on his bicycle with a speed that would put Mark Cavendish to shame.

Bodies warm, rollers and brushes prepped the team got to work massaging a beautiful magnolia onto the creamed out bricks on the ground hallway. With many memories made and some experience showing on the walls, the paint job was a lovely maintenance effort keeping Mora primary looking radiant. With a few risks of paint spillage and cleaning liquid cans with holes a swath of wall was smeared with magnolia delight.

Proud of the speed applied on the session, Tabitha, Chris, Josh and Pete sped back to B&B fir a cool beverage. Whilst Kat and Tania walked home head held high!

Goodgym Brent on a sunny Monday evening and jogged 2km to Mora Road Primary School. The painting and jetwashing tasks were not ready for us, so we made a tree-mendous effort at sweeping the playground. We swept up the leaves and any rubbish, ensuring the local primary school children can play happily without slipping. Great job everyone!

On Monday we met in Willesden and jogged to Mora road Primary School where our task for the evening , be leaf it or not , was sweeping the playground so the children can play safely outside .

We used brooms , dustpans and rakes to clear the leaves unbeleafably fast . we emptied them into bins and admired our work .

Then we tested out the clean playground by playing bulldog , Lee started in the centre and our first winner was Kat , excellent work ! we played a Second round and Louise was the next winner ! We ended with a team photo , returned the brooms and then headed back for a well earned rest