Jingle All the HAY
28 GoodGymers made their way 4.0km to help the Stepney City Farm in Tower Hamlets.
- Monday, 17th of December 2018
- Led by Laura Williams
A good-sized group!
What a turnout for our last group run of 2018! A great sized group of us made our way at a speedy pace to our favourite city farm just over a mile away from our hotel meeting point.
Ha y & herding
On arrival, task owner Tom wasted no time in telling the team what was expected: mucking out the goat pen and herding goats. As you would expect in the middle of East London. And what fun it was.
The teams completed tasks ahead of time as usual, and so proceeded to the second pen to do the same all over again. Floors were swept, bins emptied, hay wheeled and piled high into compost bays, goats herded (sort of - they did nearly escape despite being surrounded by 28 runners. #YouHadOneJob).
We were all soon gathering for tonight's fitness session, The Great GoodGym Glute Off, where Chi and I led the runners through a fine selection of glute exercises leaving no buttock area untouched. The runners performed amazingly, none more so than Alfie, who effortlessly whizzed through speedy reps of pistol squats putting even the most decent of our infinitely shallow-er single leg squats to shame.
And then we congregated in the barn where Tom suggested a nice position on a neighbouring ledge, the other side of the stable, for he & I to take a couple of pics. After some nail-biting gate-climbing, we were soon perched on, well, the wall, it seemed, but we got some good pics.
We then promptly said our cheerios and headed back to the hotel, where Chi had brilliantly brought a selection of some of the finest spirits for us to savour alongside Sarah's delicious mince pies.
This week’s shout-outs
So a great big hello, and welcome, to Pistol Squat King Alfie,whose first GG run it was, and a massive hello to Debs and Paul, who joined us while visiting from Bristol. Lovely to see you both.
Thanks to Chi for delivering a fab fitness session, and for organising and supplying the most post-fitness fun we’ve had in a long time.
Thanks to Leanne for backmarking this evening, and a big thank you to everyone who brought food and snacks for tonight’s social.
And so to 2019
...when we'll be kicking off the New Year with a brand new task! Details are here.
Until then, have the happiest of Christmases, a wonderful rest, and I really hope to see you in the New Year.
Report written by Laura Williams
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Led by Laura Williams
Lucky enough to be the Area Activator for Tower Hamlets. Personal trainer. Seriously sweet tooth.
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What a great task this was! Thanks Laura for organising. Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year All 🌲🎅🤶🎉
Thanks Tracey! Was lovely to see you, and hope you have a fantastic Christmas.
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