Ramasser du lierre avant de monter la colline
26 GoodGymers made their way 5km to help their local community in Tower Hamlets.
- Monday, 20th of February 2017
- Led by Laura Williams
26 runners ran to Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park to get rid of loads of Ivy, followed by a quick and tough hills sessions in Mile End
We welcomed 7 new runners tonight, Yangki, Roger, Shilva, Alexa, Joel, Lina and Matt
After a quick introduction to GoodGym and then a quick warmup to prepare our 2.5k run towards the Cemetery, all the group was in safe hands with our Coach Runner Rep Alison doing the backmarking. #NoOneLeftBehind
we split in smaller groups to start to get the Ivy from graves or trees
Once we arrived at the cemetary the first task was to find the gloves hidden in an already made pile of Ivy, then after everyone got their own pair of gloves we split into smaller groups to start to get the Ivy from graves or trees and making the pile even bigger. Good thing some of us had some head torches and massive thank to Ken Hoye, Chelmsford trainer who gave us his bat light, but with the help of the flash of some phones everyone had a bit of light! After 30 min of hard work we started to pack gloves again and get ready for a hills session in Mile End park!
Hills, lovely Hills, or for us a bridge not massive but enough to get a good workout
Hills, lovely Hills, or for us a bridge not massive but enough to get a good workout. We reviewed the important point of running uphills, be tall with high hips and try to extend all the pushing legs with a triple extension of hips, knee and ankle. After few up and downs and a final race, we then headed back to to the start point with a lovely run by the canal, followed by a nice and social drink in the pub.
What Lina say about last night:
I really enjoyed yesterday's experience! I had too much fun even if I was scared of finding spiders in the cemetery hahah. I enjoyed my run with everybody! Thank you for the pictures!!
What Sarah say about last night:
Pub social much appreciated after strenuous uphill session!
What Roger say about last night:
This was my first session and surely I'll be back whenever I can. This initiatives feed my optimism for a better future.
What Sarina say about last night:
Running along the canal, hill training, clearing Ivy in a dark Cemetery - pretty average Monday evening really ;) Thanks Goodgym!
Don't forget to sign up for next week
ps: Quality of photos is terrible next week will be better :D
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