Monday 16th December 2019
Report written by Anastasia Hancock (she/her)
It was the last run of the decade in Wandsworth last night and we saw it out with some proper festive spirit!
Before we headed out for a very Christmassy run, we had a look back at the year and everything we've achieved together.
A massive well done for notching up
an incredible 1906 good deeds in just 12 months
visiting 68 individual elderly people, along with 214 coach runs
running a whopping 22 779 kilometers
Those are some seriously impressive stats! If it was your first run last night (hello and welcome to Amy who joined us for her debut group run - a huge welcome to you!), or if you're into triple figures, you've all made a difference to your community and to yourself. Roll on 2020!
Our task last night was our annual running and carolling session to raise money for Paul's Cancer Support Centre. This small independent charity in Clapham Junction enables people affected by cancer, through community-based care and support, to find strength and resilience, and supports them through therapy, counselling and complimentary treatments. It's an incredible lifeline for those living with cancer.
So after a warm up where I shouted snowman, snowflake, super santa and Christmas tree a lot, we headed off with our song sheets and collecting tins to our first stop. And then after our local supermarket turned out to be a humbug, quickly on to our second stop to start our night of singing. We got a few contributions there, so moved on to the massive Christmas tree to try our luck.
That was a bit more successful, but we really made it big at our fourth stop at Clapham Junction. We were quite the hit with lots of passers by, one little boy that really wanted to join in, and a man who lived in the flat opposite who wanted us to sing as loudly as humanly possible. Our next pitstop was the pub and it turns out that tipsy people are also generous and appreciative of festive singers especially the running kind, which was good, because our final destination at Clapham Common tube wasn't quite as lucrative. Where was everybody? Nevermind, we just had time to knock out a few of the 12 Drills of Christmas for our fitness session before heading back for stretches and to our festive pub social. Pace your bets on how much we raised last night - final figure coming soon!
We're back on the 6th January to do more good and get even fitter after mince pie season. Enjoy your break GoodGym, but keep an eye out for the missions happening over the next couple of weeks. Happy holidays and here's to all the good stuff that we're gong to make happen in 2020!
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Tue 17th Dec 2019 at 1:15pm
Merry Christmas everyone!! Fabulous effort and lovely GoodGyming with you all this year. Bring on 2020...
Tue 17th Dec 2019 at 1:15pm
And don't forget...if you sign up to a community mission over the next few weeks you'll be able to get an extra badge of honour!
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