Mountain or Molehill??
19 GoodGymers made their way 2km to help their local community in Stockport.
- Tuesday, 4th of September 2018
- Led by Lisa Hamilton
19 awesome Goodgym runners ran 1.5km which was a small distance but we had a mamouth task!
It was lovely to see some of the same faces from the launch last week and lovely to meet a few new faces too.
After lying (unintenially!!) to the group on 2 fronts, I had said the task was a small pile of twigs(!!!!) and that we would do some speed interval trainging to make up for it. we set off a steady pace with David as our back marker to meet the lovely Pam Robinson at St Matthews church in Edegely. Pam provided us with bags, gloves, garden equiptment and lots of positive enthusiam, and later on tea and biscuits.
This is where the confusion started, I had spotted a small pile of twigs that would take 10 minutes to clear by the team, but once the gate was open I realised there was a whole other pile of twigs that was HUGE......Whoops.
As well as the mountain of twigs we got stuck in to a few other tasks as the cleaner has broken his shoulder, so we hoovered, cleaned windows, wiped, sorted, cleaned rails, mowed the lawn, and then moved more twigs!
As the end seemed close a few of us had a cup of tea and a biscuit and then got stuck back into the pile ahead.
All of a sudden time seemed short and we were desperate to clear the twigs so we got the speed and determination up, and it was happily decided that the interval training was to be saved for another session.
After reaching concrete on the floor and seeing the huge difference we had made to the space we downed tools and started to run back to Lifeleisure. Once back we ended with a small stretch and a laugh at the size of the " small pile of twigs" i had told the group about.
It was another wonderful task, well done guys you were fantastic,
See you soon team,
Lisa x
Report written by Lisa Hamilton
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Led by Lisa Hamilton
Im the run leader for Goodgym Stockport, we have had a blast, its so lovely to see this ACE group thrive while doing good & getting fit!
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sorry the photos are all creaking your neck......next wk ill take them the correct way! my apologies! Lisa x
Brilliant report, and pics, of a great excursion, Lisa! Thanks :) You are a bundle of energy, smiles and "an efficiency machine"!! :D ;)
I will get along to another one soon, I hope :)
Another great night!!! Well Done everyone ☺
Thanks Lisa and well done to everyone. Really enjoying these runs and good deeds!
NEVER trust a Runners word.. “small pile” was like a runner saying..”nearly there” when your 5 miles from home! Another fab night tho.. thanks Lisa & team Stockport 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Sadly I couldn't make this one. Good work all. Working away next week too but hopefully I'll be back to join the fun soon 🙂
Thanks Lisa - a second great mission run. I loved the 'warm up' and us each saying our name and number as we set off. I'm aiming to remember one or two new names each week (remembering names is not my greatest strength and this is a good way to learn ! )
great work everyone - hope to join you for one sometime soon!
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