Sunday 1st March
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Report written by Kash
On the first day of March 2026, Sevan and Kash ran 6.5km through Blondin Park, Boston Manor Park and Isleworth streets adorned with cherry blossoms to Hounslow for a day full of missions for older people.
Their first beneficiary, Mr J, had been trying to jump through the hoops to fix his curtain rail and washing machine pipe, but to no avail. The activities requiring him to tinker with a screwdriver above his head or crouching low down only made him dizzy. Fortunately, GoodGymers were there to help.
The loose curtain rail had recently dropped onto Mr J's bed, the curtain was detached, and some of the hoops went missing. Sevan and Kash found most of the hoops on or behind the bed and tightened the metal loops connecting them to the curtain. Next, they threaded the hoops onto the rail, which they later screwed into the wall fixtures. One job done.
Mr J was already delighted, seeing that the window could be covered again. Sevan and Kash then asked him about another job Mission Control had mentioned to them. The gentleman led the GoodGymers outside and showed them another thing detached from where it should have been: a washing machine pipe.
The pair quickly unscrewed slightly rusty screws, now holding only the broken pieces of plastic to the house wall, and replaced the damaged fixings with the new loops Mr J had bought. Another job done - all in just above thirty-something minutes. The GoodGymers said their goodbyes to the grateful Mr J and headed to their second task of the day: gardening, just when the drizzle started to intensify.
