Trustee of GoodGym and employment lawyer who loves to keep active even though I'm terrible at the sports I do!
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Woking
๐Woking Leisure Centre GU22 9BA
Maintaining local community fridge

Thu 22nd Oct at 6:45pm
Maintaining local community fridge
Read moreWed 7th Oct at 6:45pm
Woking Report written by Wayne
Last night, the GoodGym crew assembled to celebrate Nadia and Andy officially tying the knot ๐ฐ๐คต๐.
Huge shout-out to Anne for booking the Grand Taj ๐๐ฅ. A few people couldn't make it, but honestly? More poppadoms for the rest of us ๐คค.
When Wayne and Kirsty rocked up, Nadia, Andy Anne, Luan, and Caterina were already huddled together around what looked suspiciously like the round banishing table from The Traitors ๐๐ก๏ธ (more plotting on that in a second).
Before any Faithfuls got voted out, two massive towers of poppadoms landed, complete with a mountain of pickles and chutney to dive into ๐ซ๐ง . Rebecca arrived fresh from the daily grind ๐ผ๐โโ๏ธ, closely followed by Alys and her husband Dan.
The drinks flowed: beers ๐บ, soft drinks ๐ฅค, and one absolute legend who casually ordered an entire bottle of wine just for themselves ๐ท๐ (my lips are sealed, but you know who you are).
Between ordering starters and devouring mains, we got the full wedding lowdown ๐๐. Plot twist: it was ALSO Alys and Danโs 1-year wedding anniversary! ๐ฅณ How has it been a year already?! Time flies when youโre not getting murdered at night โณ๐ฑ.
Naturally, the chat spiralled into Celebrity Traitors ๐ฐ cloak mode activated! Superfan Dan led the inquest, with everyone passionately defending why theyโd be criminal masterminds on the show ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ญ. Dan dropped a hot tip that there's now an immersive Traitors experience in town... so yes, consider that fully pencilled in as the next GoodGym team-building exercise (trust nobody) ๐คซ๐ช.
Top-tier food ๐, hilarious chat ๐ฃ๏ธ, and 10/10 vibes all round ๐.
Next stop on the calendar: the Christmas party, with Alys taking the reins! ๐๐ Get your party hats ready! ๐ฅณ๐ป
Wed 7th Oct at 6:45pm
Wed 26th Aug at 6:45pm
Woking Report written by Rebecca McAlees
5 Woking GoodGymers, Agathe, Anne, Julie, Melanie and Rebecca, made the most of the warm and light evenings while they are still around, to do a littler picking run.
It was a great opportunity to catch up as a couple of us have not completed a mission for a while. We also explored a new route some of us had not been to before while picking up litter next to a stream.
We cleared up the usual crisp packets, vapes and drinks cans but also a sock!
Plogging is meant to be one of the least favourite GoodGym tasks, but here at Woking we love it. It makes our community a better place, prevents more litter being dropped, shows GoodGym doing tangible good in public and a good chance to have a chat. It was nice to be thanked by people walking past.
If you could not join us this time, we might see you next Wednesday? In the meantime, have a great running week.
Wed 26th Aug at 6:45pm
Thu 22nd Oct at 6:45pm
Maintaining an impactful community fridge
Read moreSun 22nd Mar at 8:00am
Woking Report written by Rebecca McAlees
What a spectacular event which brings the running community of Surrey together each year with an opportunity to run a half marathon, 5k or vounteer, including a kids race.
The morning started rather fresh but the sun burst through the clouds to brighten up the day for the runners and the many supporters along the route.
Woking GoodGym were out in force with Anne deserving a gold medal for all the medals she handed out to the finishers. It is always a joy to see Anne as you cross the finish line. James ran with Woking AC and smashed a finishing time of 1:36:51.
Adam managed to crack the sub 2hrs that many runners aspire to with a finish time of 1:57:22.
Melanie did a great job cheering all the way around and finishing in 2:09:25 closely followed by
Rebecca at 2:11:10. A big thank you to Maya for cheering us along for the final push with 1.5k to go. Another thank you to the spectators, especially all the funny signs, the scouts for operating the water/fuel stations and the Woking litter picking warriors who make the most of the closed road event to help clean up the community.
A wonderful day all round. Same again next year?!
Wed 21st Jan at 6:45pm
Woking Report written by Rebecca McAlees
What a wonderful task organised by Julie, who kindly provided all the paint, paintbrushes, pots, tablecloths and even drinks and snacks.
It proved to be a popular task as there was a good turn out from the Woking GoodGym gang to paint bird boxes for Knaphill Lower School. We were given a wooden bird box to unleash our creative painting talents. Becky and Anne shared a box, and went with a very practical camouflage design, as did Julie and Kirsty who went with a beautiful shade of blue plus a cheerful yellow sun.
Nadia did GoodGym proud by not only painting a colourful box but also bringing along a friend for January in the form of her mum who is a good painter as demonstrated by her berry design. Adam ran to the task now he is getting back into running in time to paint a colourful red and blue box.
Ola showed his creative talent by using masking tape for his design. Vicky from the PTA popped along to see our hard work and explained 20 bird boxes will be placed along a trail for the lower school children to try to spot them all.
Vicky's son picked Stephanie's as the the best painted bird box, which was well deserved, as she was able to combine a practical but stylish design of green leaves.
Wed 21st Jan at 6:45pm
Adding colourful birdboxes to the Knaphill Lower School Trim Trail area. The improved space will give pupils a safe and exciting outdoor space to play.
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