If you've got trowel problems I feel bad for you son. I've got 99 Good Deeds and tonight was one!
14 GoodGymers made their way 3.0km to help the Colchester in Bloom and Colchester Castle Park Parkrun in Colchester.
- Wednesday, 26th of June 2019
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Led by
Tav
he/him
Another Wednesday. Another long light evening with the Solstice having passed on Friday. 13 Goodgym runners set out from Leisure world with Andy catching us up to make it 14.
Before we set out Tav had lots of news. Loads of people are edging ever closer to various milestones. We congratulated Jade on making it to the big 5-0 (she looks amazing for 50) and tonight was someone's 99th, hence the title. Thanks for indulging me. We also spoke about the upcoming opportunity to volunteer at The Night of 10,000m PBs. More info here https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/volunteer-at-the-night-of-10-000m-pbs. In addition there were celebrations of runs completed and runs upcoming. Lots of fantastic running going on. Well done everyone!
It was a short run tonight within Castle Park to pull up the weeds and plants from various flowerbeds getting them ready for planting. This all took place under the watchful eye of Pam from Colchester in Bloom. We threw the unwanted old plants into big yellow sacks, which inevitably led to a few people getting caught in the crossfire! Pam was very pleased and calculated that we had provided 6 and a half hours of human power in just 30 minutes, helping the park wardens to stay on top of their work load.
We waved goodbye to Pam and then ran up the hill in the park in order to arrange ourelves into a big '50' to celebrate Jades achievement. Some of us then thought it would be a good idea to roll down the hill..
Tav finished our session with a useful tactical tip to improve our Parkrun PBs focussing on making the most out of any sharp turns or switchbacks. We then headed back to Leisure World for a rave.. or we all went home for our tea. You decide!
Report written by Emily White
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Great report Emily.It will be the 100 club for your good self next week😀
Read it and loved it, well done and thank you Emily. I don't know about anyone else, but I went for the rave!:-)
Great report 😊 (not just saying that because I got a mention)
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