This evening 6 GG members met up at the RSPCA to help decorate the welfare facilities for the staff members who work there.

Wayne got there a little early and had time to do a 5k run. Anne arrived shorty after followed by Kirsty & Rosie, & Julie Lauren was going to join us after her gym class. Before we headed to reception we did a gentle jog along the entrance road just to get warmed up as it was a little nippy. 🥶 We then made our way to reception where we met Claude who works at the RSPCA. She showed us the two WC's and the corridor that needed painting. All the paint, brushes, and dust sheets were provided.

We split up into two groups Anne Julie & Rosie Started to prep one room while Wayne & Kirsty started the other. We were joined by a very curious feline friend the RSPCA's resident 12 year old cat named Primrose. 🐱 Lauren joined us shortly after and got stuck in straight away she has a master roller user while Kirsty and Wayne did the cutting in. The girls next door were also making quick work of it, Anne being very meticulous with the brush. With all the recent painting tasks Goodgym have been doing recently Kirsty is so confident with her painting skills that she now feels shes up to decorating her house 😬.

After an hour we had pretty much done Wayne was so engrossed in the task that he forgot to open his fast which he did 30mins after the time with a twix.

We cleared up said good bye to Claude & Primrose as we went through reception we all started to look at the animals pictures that needed homes, "Could be some takers"

We will be back to finish up and start on the corridor once Claude confirms dates.

Well done everyone you all were amazing. 😄

On this beautiful sunny morning We had an amazing task that required our help. 🌞

All aboard club got in touch with Goodgym Woking to ask us if we could help set up a big train set for children to play within an ADHD/Autism safe play session.

Wayne, Kirsty, Anne met along the canal to run to Brookwood memorial halls. Along the way Kirsty was very vigilante and moved branches off the pavement that had blown down. In total between the 3 of us we ran 15k 🏃‍♀️

When we arrived we met Richard & Lindsey. Richard explained to us that he set all aboard club many years ago and they go all over the South East bring enjoyment to kids who love trains. We got stuck in straight away by taking out all the boxes of tracks and trains from the back of the car and taking them inside. The great part of this was we could build any tack as long as it all connected. We all started in each corner of the hall and started to build.We were very lucky we had a young volunteer Freddie who was with his mum. Freddie was amazing and very creative and guided us how to build the track. After an hour the whole floor area was covered with this amazing track with trains & houses it looked amazing. As we just finished up kids started to come in to enjoy their play session the smiles on their faces as they saw the track was wonderful to see. 🚂

We said our goodbyes I headed off back to work while Kirsty & Anne ran back along the canal.

All aboard club have asked us if we could help again so look out for future tasks that will be put on the dashboard if people to sign up to.

This coming Wednesday we are meeting at the RSPCA to do some painting in the reception area hope to see many of you there. 😊

Going up and down, that the way to go…

Adam, Katie, Kirsty and I met at the Leisure Centre. They supported me to practise for the Fitness Leader training for GoodGym.

As instructed during the training, I welcomed the team and described the plan for the session. We had not done a hill training for a while during our GG’s outings. So, we agreed to achieve 5 runs up the hill, at our own pace.

Adam, kindly accepted to be the tail runner.

The session started with some warmup exercises, followed by a gentle run round the park. Another runner, part of the Woking running community, joined us after his session at the gym.

Finally, we arrived at the bottom of the hill. As it was dark, it did not appear too daunting (to my relief!).

Up and down, we went… It was not easy, but we all did it! I was very proud of “my” GG team! We carried on with another gentle run in the park to cool down and ended the session with a few more stretches.

Adam, being the gentleman he is, walked me up to my block of flats before running back to the gym… Merci Adam!

Congratulations to Adam and James who completed the Weymouth half marathon last Sunday. Adam felt the course was not as flat as he had been told…

This coming Sunday you have two choices: either help at Woking junior parkrun or joining Wayne in Brookwood to help with setting up a train track for autistic children.

Just look on the website under “sessions” for more information. Otherwise, we hope to see you next Wednesday for a plogging evening!

Happy running to you all.