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Nick went on a group run
Tue 28th Jul at 6:30pm
St Albans Report written by Andrew Trevillion
The Romans would have been proud of us this evening as we gave Verulamium Park a well-deserved clean-up!
It was a beautiful evening spent diving in and out of bushes in search of litter. Nick Nickmade the most unusual discovery of the night with a discarded pair of pants, while SteveStephen somehow managed to find more dog poops than anyone thought possible!
Despite the interesting finds, there was plenty of laughter, great teamwork and another fantastic effort from everyone. We left Verulamium Park looking the best it's ever looked.
Well done, gang โ another brilliant GoodGym mission completed!
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Wed 29th Jul at 6:23am
Another great evening at Verulanium Park cleaning up, good company
Nick went on a group run
Tue 21st Jul at 6:45pm
St Albans Report written by Andrew Trevillion
๐ณ What a fantastic evening at Bernards Heath, with a brilliant turnout from the St Albans crew! A huge welcome to newcomer RamonahRamonah โ it was great to have you join us, and we hope it's the first of many GoodGym adventures. We were also delighted to have GoodGym legend Gill Gill with us for the evening. Great to see you! We were met by Dave, Chair of the Friends of Bernards Heath, who led us on a mission to hunt down every last bit of litter across the park. Armed with litter pickers and plenty of enthusiasm, the team covered every inch of the heath, leaving it looking cleaner and greener for everyone to enjoy. But we weren't finished there! We then swapped litter pickers for some serious heavy lifting, carrying some very hefty logs to help build a natural dam. Safe to say there were plenty of muscles being put to good use. Of course, it wouldn't be a GoodGym session without an abs challenge. We started the evening with an abs workout to get the core pumping . If you're feeling it tomorrow... you're not alone! ๐ช Thanks to everyone who came along and gave their time and energy to make Bernards Heath an even better place. Same time next week? ๐ฟ๐
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Tue 21st Jul at 10:24pm
Brilliant report Andrew and thanks for making me so welcome .
Nick signed up to a group run.
Tue 21st Jul at 6:45pm
Bernards Heath is known for it's community, it's a place where the locals come together. So keeping it beautiful it's very important!
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Tue 14th Jul at 6:45pm
St Albans Report written by Andrew Trevillion
Another brilliant Tuesday evening with the GoodGym St Albans crew!
A huge welcome to our newest runners Frankie, Nick, Tracy, Skylar, Stephen and Gabriel. Great to have you all join the gang โ we hope it's the first of many Wednesday adventures!
After a quick warm-up, we headed off through Clarence Park, with a few surprise "rest stops" along the way... although anyone who's met Andy knows that "rest" usually means an impromptu abs workout! ๐
Our destination was St Saviour's Church, where Father Richard was waiting with a task worthy of a strong GoodGym crew. Fresh from the church's beer festival, there was a mountain of beer kegs to sort before we reset all the church chairs. It was a proper team effort, and what would have taken the church volunteers hours was wrapped up in no time. Fantastic work, everyone!
A special shout-out goes to Steve, who still came along to lend a hand despite nursing a bad leg. That's proper GoodGym spirit! ๐๐ป
With the task complete, we ran back through the park, squeezing in a cheeky upper-body workout before calling it a night.
Thanks for another fantastic evening of running, fitness and doing good. See you all next week!
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Tue 14th Jul at 9:43pm
Another great evening, meeting new people & helping others, looking forward to next week
Nick signed up to a group run.
Tue 14th Jul at 6:45pm
The festival is known for it's fun atmosphere and bringing community together
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Mon 24th Oct 2022 at 6:45pm
Islington Report written by Simon Fitzmaurice
In between sporadic rain showers, Area Activator Simon caught up with a top crew of Goodgymmers (a mix of regulars and new starters- welcome Michelle!) outside the Arsenal Community Hub for our weekly group run. After a count-off to introduce each other (and to show off our favourite firework sounds to celebrate Diwali!), we ran approximately 1 mile together towards Elizabeth House Food Hub on Hurlock Street (utilising some hills on route!).
Upon our arrival, we found that Ernestas, Natalie and Natasha were already helping the super busy food bank crew with their half term operations. Elizabeth House Food Hub has been set up to act like a supermarket of donated produce that can be affordably purchased by the immediate community. During the holidays, more families and individuals require additional assistance with deliveries, so Goodgym Islington were asked whether would lend a hand. Half of our runners paired up together to deliver these essential parcels to households across the borough. The rest of our team assisted with cleaning and closing up the tables used for the food bank, and with loading any additional produce back into the kitchen (after some quality control). We finished off the evening with some recycling, and breaking down food boxes for collection.
The Elizabeth House Food Hub core yeam were absolutely thrilled with the amount of work completed within such a short amount of time, and asked is to definitely return in the future! Well done all!
Our final event of the night was the introduction of our monthly "Emirates Stadium Time Trial"- a personal test run with your fellow Goodgymmers to see how quickly we can run the 700m loop of the Emirates Concourse. It was so great to bring back this "Paul Bown" tradition to Goodgym Islington again.
NEWS
Highbury Quadrant Soil Shifting
On Wednesday 26th November, Area Activator Simon and Ernestas of Highbury Ward will be helping Octopus Community Network with filling up some newly constructed flower planters around the Highbury Quadrant Estate.
Sign up here to get involved:
https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/highbury-quadrant-bonus-shingle-and-soil-shifting
VI Guide Running at Emirates Stadium with Achilles International
Every Thursday, Achilles International will lead a group run for visually impaired runners and local guides at Paddington Rec Track or The Emirates Stadium. This week, we will be returning to North London for our session. Open to potential guide of all abilities, and for anyone up for a group run!
Halloween Hampstead Heath Headtorch Group Run
On Friday 28th November, AA Simon will be leading his annual Halloween headtorch run around Hampstead Heath- starting at the Bull and Gate Pub in Kentish Town, and looping around the gorgeous trails of North London. Costumes and trail shoes are advised, but not essential! Social group running pace will be the aim for the evening- please bring your own headtorch if possible.
Caledonian Park Junior parkrun Half Term Holiday Help
On Sunday 30th November, the lovely event directors of junior parkrun in Caledonian Park have asked if any of our Goodgym crew would be available to help with course marshalling, time keeping, tail walking or barcode scanning for their free weekly timed run for 4-14 year old runners. Volunteer numbers from parents and usual assistants tend to be down due to the half term break, so any help would be awesome!
Penn Road Gardens Volunteer Open Morning
After Junior parkrun, the resident volunteers of Penn Road Gardens will be hosting their monthly open morning for composting, mulching and garden maintenance near Holloway Road. A wonderful way to spend a Sunday morning with a potential Goodgym double task!
https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/penn-road-gardens-open-morning-october
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