GoodGym x Earth Hour - Un-earthing (h)our car parks and pathways
44 GoodGymers made their way 7.9km to help the Friends of Clifton Backies and Foxwood Residents Association in York.
- Monday, 25th of March 2019
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GoodGym has partnered with WWF this week to #runforyourworld and LOADS of GG Yorkies turned out to make it happen!
With another two-task week, we set off to Foxwood and Clifton Backies to tackle two tasks, both to improve local spaces for the community.
Before we started, we gave a huge cheer to Huw who has a mammoth weekend of running (and treat-eating) completing the Cake-a-thon and choc-a-thon double, squaring away around 72km in the process, wow! Not only that but Stef run a cracking time at the Coventry Half, Craig scored a new 5k PB at Victoria Dock parkrun and Mel boshed a 10km PB and also ran the furthest she'd ever run in one day, phew! What a weekend.
I led one group (carefully back-marked by Becky and marshalled by Christine and Ellie B!) across Hob Moor to Foxwood, where our task was to reclaim the edges of the tarmac path. Armed with moon-spades, regular spades and one very tiny broom, we made quick progress clearing back encroaching grass.
Nick led the other group (back-marked by Leanne) to Clifton Backies to reclaim the car park, which was very overgrown and full of debris.
We also ALL completed the amazing EARTH HOUR workout, which comprised:
- Enormous forward jumps
- Acrobatic maneouvre of choice
- Reverse lunges
- Toe reaches
Hopping on one leg
Hopping on the other leg
One minute plank
Upside down plank
Rebound squat jumps
Leanne who is usually a stickler for the rules, got all rebellious and did a reverse plank instead of the lesser-known upside down plank, but boss Nick let her off. There wasn't much rebellion in my group but there were some amazing acrobatics including handstands and cartwheels!
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Led by Egg Cameron
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