10k Ha ha
9 GoodGymers made their way 10.0km to help their local community in Greenwich.
- Wednesday, 2nd of March 2016
- Led by Rachel Henry
We ran 10k to Ha Ha Road in Charlton last night. In the wind and rain to tidy a dirty stretch of road side
The power of Twitter
We didn't have a job this week so in an effort to find something beneficial to do for our Greenwich brethren I put a tweet out asking if anyone knew of any areas that could use a 'GoodGym flash mob clear up'.
We got a response from TheOnlyWayisWoolwich who told us "the Ha Ha on Ha Ha Road is always in need of a litter pick". So we did it...running 5k out and 5k back to give it a bash.
chicken and crisps....a fabulous ditch
The Ha Ha is a former river running alongside the road and though it could do with a clear out, it was leaves rather than rubbish that need shifting. As the rain came down we decided our time on this visit was best used in tidying an equally messy area of the road just up the street. This spot (opposite the hospital) was an eyesore- full of cans, crisp packets and chicken shop paraphernalia. So we quickly bagged it up and found a bin to chuck it in.
We'll head back and attack the Ha Ha in future- when we have more bags, bins and leaf raking equipment!
5k home
We set off home on leg 2 of our 10k run- back to Greenwich Uni. Back was much easier than out, mainly because we ran down rather than up Greenwich hill. We got home by 8.30pm for a quick stretch out of the way of the Warner Bros film crews who had ensconsed themselves on campus. Hopefully a GoodGymer will have secretly strayed in shot!
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