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Wandsworth

Monday 11th September 2017

Report written by Anastasia Hancock (she/her)

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It was decidedly autumnal last night in Wandsworth, but with so much cheering to do before we even left for the run, it didn't hold us back one jot.

To kick things off with, we cheered some excellent new faces to the gang. Hello and welcome to Jamie, Eleanor, Nav, Kirsty, Neasa, Helena and birthday girl Gabriela!

We also had a very special achievement to celebrate, with Jordan reaching his 50th good deed. Now that shows real commitment to both doing good and getting fitter. A huge well done!

Tonight's task was a short run away, but we still needed to warm up so headed outside first for a quick warm up. During our dynamic exercises we did a speedy poll to find out our favourite chocolate. Between us, we had most of them covered. With our heart rates up, and Baz and Jamie back marking for us, we set of for Christ Church primary school in Battersea.

It was a nice downhill jaunt to the task, and we arrived less than ten minutes later to find the headteacher, Colette, waiting for us armed with a large handful of slips with jobs written on them. Such organisation! Most schools now are feeling stretched and resources are limited, so she was happy to see such a large group of us ready and raring to go. Dividing up into teams we cracked right on, tackling weeding, path clearing, bed filling, fruit picking, compost sorting and tending to the bug hotel. Great work, team!

With the list of jobs ticked off, and a sudden shower sending us scurrying to the greenhouse to seek temporary shelter, we set off for the local park to smash out a short fitness session. It was wet, it was muddy, it was dark - but that didn't stop us. We must have given some passersby a bit of a shock as they hurried through the dimly lit park only to stumble upon 35 bodies squatting under the dark canopy of trees. After a series of tough drills which included swimming planks, sprints, back to back squats, squat jumps (last night really was all about the squats), star jumps and fast feet, we decided to call it a night and took a brisk run back up the hill to our starting point.

We finished off the evening with some stretches, singing happy birthday to the lovely Gabriela, and cake for dinner to celebrate Jordan's 50th. Lovely stuff. Next week we've got more of the same, sign up for it here. Don't forget to let me know if there's ever any specific fitness you want to work on so we can work it into the session. Well done Wandsworth!


Session Leader
Attendees
Eleanor Huish
Navtesh
Andrew Cornick
Anca-Maria
Gabriela Cornea
Kirsty Venn
Sophie Humphrey
Jim
Jessie Woodward
Luke Woodward
Sally Williams
Len Demetriou
Neasa Mc Nulty
Ella
Nikki
Simone Thorn Heathcock
Rachel Thorn Heathcock
Jamie Matheson
Baz Slater
John Appleton
Tim Wheatley
Jamie Farrell
Nick Hudson
Alyx Murray-Jackman
Morag White
Removed User
Anthony Meyer
Rachael Williams
Judith
Matthew Stuart
Jenny
Sarah McKean
Jordan
Jack Wong
Anastasia Hancock
Roshan
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Len Demetriou

Tue 12th Sep 2017 at 12:05pm

Wonderful to run with you all last night! Special thanks to Nick who found me looking particularly lost outside the Arts Center and showed me the ropes.

Anastasia Hancock

Tue 12th Sep 2017 at 1:19pm

Great to have you with us Helena! And well done Nick too :)

Gabriela Cornea

Wed 13th Sep 2017 at 7:27pm

It was a pleasure to meet you all and thank you for your lovely Happy birthday in the street :)