7 GoodGymers ran to Springfield park to clear 2 tonnes of excess gravel from the pathways.

A very Chilly one in Hackney!! Negotiating the ice puddles on our run up from London Fields to Springfield Park.

Grabbing the wheelbarrows, shovels and brooms we made our way to the sloped crazily over graveled path leading to the far entrance to the building.

Getting to work via spot light we worked fast and amazingly thoroughly to take the path perfectly back to the bonding surface so it's safe and usable for all the park users especially those with physical disabilities as they enter or exit.

35 minutes and the job was done!

Heading off into the night to warm up after a impactfull and energetic GG evening!!

Look forward to seeing you again very soon!

7 GoodGymers ran all around Town collecting 30 massive Christmas trees off the street and to recycling depot.

Great to get 2023 up and running (and dragging!!). An energetic session to raise our heart rates and work our all body functional strength!! Carrying Christmas tree after Christmas tree to the recycling depot from as far as a mile away to create a massive tree mound to keep the pavements, communal bins, roads clear and safe.

Massive effort and a lot of fun!!

see you next week for a running fitness session!!

5 GoodGymers made there way to Springfield park to clear a tonne of excess gravel from the court yard.

Preventing trips, slips and broken doors we finished off the removal of the massive excess of gravel that had been laid in the court yard.

Big effort Sweeping into perfect piles before being shoveled and removed to create a safer surface. A lot of graft required but the team was more than up to the task. finishing in 40 minutes of GG action!

Top work team! see you again soon.

10 Googymmers skillfully sharpened their tools and ran to lend a hand to the Noel Park Big Local with some hardcore tree surgery (Ok, like getting-out-an-ingrowing toenail- kind-of-tree-surgery rather than posterior-fossa-decompresion-kind-of-tree-surgery but tree surgery all the same)

You got the kind of lovin' that can be so smooth, yeah

(TW: contains a laboured and painful 90s reference. Proceed with caution)

Not content with dueting with rock legend Santana and spending 12 consecutive weeks topping the Billboard Hot 100 charts, Rob Thomas took time out of his chart-topping rock start schedule to make his GGHaringey debut tonight. No diva antics from him though as he air guitarred his way through the job at hand quickly and without any complaints. Super star. Hope we didn't scare you off!

And kudos to Charlie for today's pun. Boom.

A Cut Above

Our Goodgymmers gathered around Dave at Blue House Yard as we all marvelled at the fact that he was planning to run to tonight's task wearing some rather fancy office shoes as he had forgotten his running shoes at home. That shows both commitment and a wanton disregard for potential blisters - Gramps, perhaps unsurprisingly, is a big fan of both.

We ran a couple of kilometres to the Noel Park Estate where we armed ourselves with loppers, secateurs, litter pickers, and refuse bags and we wandered the estate looking for a group of London plane trees that were being crowded by smaller self-seeded trees and sprouts from their root system, colloquially known as 'tree suckers' by those in the know. A team of Goodgymmers started getting rid of the suckers methodically and mercilessly, while a smaller sub-team litter picked after the Chopper Team as we always tidy up after ourselves. We were brought up right, you know? Dave and Julie were in charge of the fancy trolley and made several trips to the park next door to add the fallen suckers to a big pile of garden detritus that Noel Park Big Local is in the process of turning into mulch for recycling as compost within the community. Tasks don't get any more wholesome than that, in my books.

When it looked like we were about to wrap up for the eve, a fitness session was suggested and a group of us did a Waterfall running session while the rest transported the last of the suckers to the park.

We all then gathered for selfies, some impromptu twerking from a Goodgymmer who will remain unnamed, and future shenanigans planning.

Join us next week for more fun and games (and "doing good and getting fit" blah blah blah ;)