Ridding The Ivy Train

10 Goodgymers helped their local community in Haringey
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Haringey

Wednesday 6th November 2019

Report written by Euclides Montes

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Roll up, roll up, everyone - Grandpa Euclides has quite the yarn to tell. 10 daring goodgymmers bounced around Tottenham Green, still feeling the sugar rush from last week's sweeties feast, and left the Green looking Tip Top Woop!

Baby Steps

All stories have to start somewhere, so let's start this one with a birth. GGH stalwart Rhiannon has frankly been slacking of late when it comes to the group runs but I guess we'll forgive her now since she has only gone and made a whole new person! And what a handsome little person he is <3 She can have a couple of weeks off, I guess.

Also, big kudos for Adam who joined us for his Goodgym debut and he brought the house down. Rock star!

A Night At The Park

We hadn't visited our gracious HQ hosts at Friends of Tottenham Green since Grandpa Euclides started minding the shop a few months back. So, our long overdue homecoming saw us getting on with a long list of jobs.

However, before we got on with it, we split into two groups and set off for a wee topsy-turvy leg spinner in the cold November night. Our walking group, which was meant to do a 2k walk, ended up doing a very lovely run in the end instead. Our running group, which was meant to do a 5k run, ended up doing just under 4k. Life is like a box of chocolates and all that.

At the task, we picked litter, swept the fallen autumn leaves, and rode the ivy train by getting through an almost farcical amount of ivy. Oh, reader, you should've seen these goodgymmers. Not even the threat of incoming rain managed to break their resolute work. Grandpa Euclides had to physically drag some of them from the Green to make room for our fitness session.

After a few sets of burpees, lunges, squats, and some good ol' questioning of Grandpa Euclides' timekeeping, we high-fived our way into the night.

Don't forget that it's party time on Friday!

And please come to our task next week. It's a special edition with fun one-off start and end points. Then it'll be our social so we'll go searching for food and beverages afterwards. Happy days!


Session Leader
This task supported
Friends of Tottenham Green
Help our friends in the community maintain the green

Light gardening work on Tottenham Green or at the Marcus Garvey Library

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Attendees
Sarah Moore
Euclides Montes
Dave Mansfield
Catherine
Marusha Dekleva
Julie Fisher
Nurjehan
Rhiannon Knowles
Rebecca
Adam Maloney
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Haringey

Setting up community event
🗓Saturday 7:30am

Market and Parkrun will be able to go ahead on time

Latoya Stephens
One GoodGymer is going

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Nurjehan

Thu 7th Nov 2019 at 6:59am

Grand-Pal, Gramps, Grandpa E, Our tasks are made fun by a crazy trainer, who is so upbeat on a Wednesday evening and allows us all to tickle and tease him. I'm sooo looking forward to the new task you have found us next week and the run down the hill.

Marusha Dekleva

Thu 7th Nov 2019 at 8:20am

Euclides is such a force of positivity and enthusiasm, he lets me "do" the burpees at home and tease him for showing up in shorts. The rest of GG are the most supportive and amazing individuals in Haringey, a guarantee for a Wednesday evening full of positive vibes.