Battle of the Beds
27 GoodGymers made their way 5.0km to help the Cecil Sharp House, C4WS, and Skip Garden in Camden.
- Wednesday, 14th of March 2018
- Led by Paul Bown
27 GoodGymers ran between 4-6km to help three tasks in Camden - Cecil Sharp House, C4WS & American International Church!
Welcome along to Linda, Lizzy and Kara whose first time it was last night - lovely to have you join us!
In the news this week:
- Well done to Sarah Rajabalee whose 50th Good Deed it was last night, she's been coming to GoodGym Camden since March 2016, has ran half marathons and contributed massively to Camden being a better place!
- On 12th April we are going to Skip Garden for our 5th Birthday Party - see details here - gonna be fun!
- So you know how last week was the biggest task of the year, well BIGGEST TASK OF THE YEAR Part Two will be on Wednesday 28th March lifting the turf for Southbank Rooftop - sign up here - need 50 people please!
Right last night we had three amazing tasks, helping three amazing charities:
- Cecil Sharp House - monthly gardening trip
- C4WS - making beds for the homeless
- Skip Garden - moving logs for this amazing organisation
Cecil Sharp Report by Katherine:
Frances led a group of 8 to our monthly task at Cecil Sharp. The group headed into the walled garden to work on the patio, trim a bush and tidy the lawn. Unfortunately the wind meant the lawn had to be done a second time due to the leaves being blown everywhere...”did we not get all the leaves in the Autumn?”.
ALPS
The group then headed up to Primrose Hill to take on the ALPS (Arms, Legs, Posture and “Surprise, you’re going up the hill a fourth time”). After a quick stop at the top for the view, the group headed back with their improved running technique.
C4WS limerick by taskforce (led by Kat):
There once were 8 runners from Camden
They ran in pairs, not tandem
They made beds at speed
To get their good deed
8 runners, all women from Camden
Skip Garden Report by PB:
A group of 10 of us headed to Skip Garden to help Global Generation with a people power task, meeting Gwen between the fairy lights we split into three teams to move a ton of logs - movers, draggers and stackers.
Armed with good will, trollies and wheelbarrows we got the task done in no time! Imagine how long that would have taken one person!
Band Work!
Saying our goodbyes to Gwen we did a lap of Granary Square before doing some conditioning, including - step ups, tri-dips, squats, jump-squats, single-leg squats, resistance band work, planks and mountain climbers.
Once Rosie's group has joined us we did a quick fitness session of x3 90 seconds, accelerating your speed with 30 seconds to go! Boom!
Next week we are helping Sheltered Housing, leafleting for the Farm and making beds for the last time this year!
PB out.
Report written by Paul Bown
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Led by Paul Bown
Previous Trainer for Camden and Islington, England Athletics Qualified Endurance Coach, 2h51 marathoner, & big sweet potato advocate
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