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Block or report Jacqueline Freakes
Mon 14th May 2018 at 6:30pm
Wandsworth Report written by Anastasia Hancock (she/her)
Another beautiful night in Wandsworth, another massive task for a fantastic new community organisation, another fast and furious fitness session smashed!
A huge welcome to all the lovely runners who joined us for their first group run last night - give a massive cheer for Pablo, Marina, Lou-Ann, Sarah and Kay!
Well done to super speedy Chris who raced on Sunday in Richmond and getting not only a 10k but a 10mile PB for his efforts. Great work Chris!
Another massive congratulations goes to the lovely Judith who reached her 50th good deed last night - that's a huge amount of doing good for Wandsworth. Judith, we salute you!
A little reminder about the GoodGym Olympics. The sign up for events is now live! The deadline is the 3rd June, and there are a variety of events on offer, including egg and spoon, a pancake race, 100m, 400m and relays. The entry page has full list of the events and descriptions of some of the lessor know races (including the GoodGym relay, this year's theme is no one gets left behind...think human caterpillar race). If you haven't been to the GoodGym Olympics before it is a fantastically fun day of competition between the different GoodGym areas followed by a social. C'mon Team Wandsworth!
What item always appears in your picnic hamper?
After a rundown of the week's news we headed outside to warm up ready for the run to last night's task at the amazing Caius House, a youth centre in the middle of Wandsworth. While high knees, lunges, twists and bum-jiggling fast feet got our heart rates up, we debated what is the best thing to take on a picnic. While there was a strong booze contingent (wine, gin, tequila, Karen's mixers and Chi's Boston cocktail shaker), there were healthy options with plenty of fruit, sandwiches and houmous, plus of course Ella's essential cups.
Our task tonight was at the new Grub Club, an organisation which helps disadvantaged families get access to good food, nutrition advice and facilities. It was a short run down to Wandsworth Town, where we were met by the founder, Aisling, who told us a bit about her amazing initiative. It was a super organised start thanks to some great prep by Aisling and her designers, so we immediately split into three groups to tackle sanding, painting and rollering. With so many hands, we made light work and the room was a blur of action. Thankfully we were also treated to snacks, including frozen strawberries, fruit bars and even popcorn - 'best task ever', said Jordan!
40 minutes later, we downed tools - but don't worry, we'll be back again to do some more for this important place. Waving goodbye to Aisling and her team, it was just a short hop across the road to the park, where we embarked on 15 minutes of HIT training, focusing on getting our hearts pumping, working our arms and core. The idea behind HIT is that benefits of getting to cardio peaks continue after you've finished the exercises, and with an active recovery between each peak, it's a total body workout. After a short jog back to base, we only had that last hill to tackle, and by the looks of the power behind everybody's final sprint, you worked super hard tonight, team. You should feel proud of yourselves!
Next week it's DOUBLE TASK NIGHT, with half the group going back to Caius House to do more jobs there, and half the group running to empty a local church basement. Two runs, two different distances, double the fun! See you then, gang.
ps If you'd like to find out more and potentially volunteer for the amazing organisation The Mini Mermaid Running Club that Amy was telling us about last night, then let me know and I'll put you in touch.
Tuesday 1st May 2018
Jacqueline Freakes has done their first good deed with GoodGym.
Jacqueline is a now a fully fledged GoodGym runner. They've just run to do good for the first time. They are out there making amazing things happen and getting fit at the same time.
Tue 1st May 2018 at 11:25am
So nice to meet you Jacqueline!
Mon 30th Apr 2018 at 6:30pm
Wandsworth Report written by Anastasia Hancock (she/her)
It was a rainy old night in Wandsworth last night, but we had lots of great news to cheer us right up.
The first thing to put a smile on our faces was two lovely new runners joining us for their very first group run. Put your hands together for Oliver and for Jacqueline!
If you were inspired by the heroics of David and Rachael who both ran the London Marathon at the end of April, then now is your chance to do something about it! The VLM ballot is officially open so even if you're just toying with the idea of tackling the greatest race on earth then why not enter and see what happens?
Fresh off the back of this endeavour, Rachael showed there was no stopping her, and hit her giant 50th good deed last night - that's 50 times she has made Wandsworth a better place. Go Rachael!
If all that cheering has made you thirsty, then why not pop down to this month's GoodGym social which will take place in Penge on Thursday from 6:30pm. It's a great way to catch up with the GG news and meet other GGers from the different areas.
Last night we had not one, but two tasks for your delectation and pleasure - finishing up the cleaning ready for a festival focussed on mental health, and clearing a communal garden at local sheltered housing. After we warmed up - finding out at the same time what was the greatest biscuit (it was chocolate hobnobs of course) -we set off in one big group down to our first task. While Team One got stuck in with the cleaning, Team Two nipped down to the garden to meet Anthony and start digging.
This small but productive garden is for the residents, and is looked after by the lovely Anthony who has recently had surgery so needs a quick hand maintaining the site. It was flourishing with rhubarb, dill and gooseberries, which we carefully dug around, before Hannah found hidden treasure in the shape of four little potatoes. Score!
Job done we met up with Team One, who has been carefully scrubbing sinks and floors for the Sound Minds charity, and got stuck into our fitness session. We kicked off with squat fencing in a battle royale of competitions. It was a nailbiting tournament which came down to two final contenders - Matthew and Dave, our super visitor from Southwark. It was a close fought thing, but it was Dave who emerged victorious, and Matthew's supporters were fined with 10 burpees. We then partnered up, with one GGer giving the other fiendish/kind drills to do while they sprinted. You lot are tough!
After that it was a gentle trot back to the BAC, and a reminder that next week is bank holiday but we most definitely will be running, so sign up here for bank holiday fun and social!
All that is left is to bid our friend Nick a tearful goodbye as he leaves us for a new job overseas. We'll miss his friendly smile and awesome hair - thanks for all the laughs and the good deeds Nick!
Mon 30th Apr 2018 at 6:30pm
Two tasks, double the fun!
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