Treeeedom! High Treeson!
36 GoodGymers made their way 6.0km to help the Islington Council in Islington.
- Monday, 7th of January 2019
- Led by Paul Bown
36 Goodgymers ran between 5-11km to collect up a massive 125 Christmas Trees for recycling!!!
Welcome along to Emily, Natalie and Mel whose first time it was last night. Plenty of regulars and tourists around too.
In the news this week:
- It's GoodGym Islington 4th birthday next Monday, come along for Thai food and drinks next Monday after the group run.
- There is a GG Islington Starter Session on Saturday 26th January - sign up here.
- Chi is doing a training session this Sunday in Islington and Olivia is leading a long run in Richmond - join in.
Corrrr blimey what a welcome to 2019, we not only had more attendances than we've had for 18 months but we arguably broke a GoodGym record with 125 Christmas Trees collected on a group run.
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After a big old intro we warmed up and split into our four groups to cover as much as Islington as possible, looking for those Christmas trees. It is technically fly tipping leaving them out on the street and of course it's a real hazard. Therefore we are helping the community in lots of ways getting them collected and recycled.
We had four teams and there final scores were:
- Team Steve - ran 11km to Crouch End and collected 8 trees
- Team Paul - ran 6-8k around Highbury and collected 29 trees
- Team Paradise (Graham) - ran 6-8km to Paradise Park, Callie Road and Holloway Road and collected 40 trees
- Team James - ran to Barnsbury and collected 48 trees!!!
This is an insane amount of pulling, carrying and tossing of our piney friends - good work all.
Next week we will be helping St Lukes Community Centre and doing another round of Christmas Tree Collections - sign up here.
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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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