When the Cowslip Comes Home
37 GoodGymers made their way 5.0km to help the St Nicks and YUMI in York.
- Monday, 17th of June 2019
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Tonight's GoodGym York group run was in partnership the Great Get Together and our Run Leaders were put through their paces as we split into five groups with each group taking a different route to do good.
Mitch took 18 of the crew to St Nicks, where they were tasked with digging up Cowslip and moving the plants to a different location to encourage bees and wildlife.
Everyone filled wheelbarrows full of Cowslip after digging them out from the woods, except Ed who as Chief Forker was in charge of moving a large pile of grass.
Next up the team took on a ten minute challenge to transplant everything in the meadow and had to plant them in 10 minutes. Easy!
Me, Leanne, Becky and Nick all took a team to different parts of Fulford, Fishergate and Bishy Road to deliver flyers telling people about the fantastic Millennium Fields Summer Fair.
Becky almost certainly had the most challenging team with 'super-speedy' Paul Kelly and Max taking their own little route to check out a pub.
If you're super-speedy, can you help me on this road? Becky If I'm super-speedy I'll be first at the bar! Max
Nick's team won the flyer running challenge and were rewarded with an extra round of fitness circuits with the walking crew. It didn't take long before the skies opened but as Debs was in the walking crew, she had an umbrella and managed to complete the whole fitness session underneath it. Bravo.
Soon Leanne and Mitch's teams joined us and there was star-jumping, lunging, squatting, spotty-dogging(!?) madness at Tower Gardens before another damp run back to base, where Becky's team joined us for a cool down, phew!
If that wasn't enough, Jenna made amazing cakes as a belated birthday celebration and we played the 'walk-out-to-cake' game, which I know everyone really loves!
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Led by Egg Cameron
Ex-Trainer for GoodGym York. Loves to LUNGE! Obsessed with parkrun, hills and puppies.
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Did anyone pick up a clear water bottle with a blue top at the pub later? I think I left mine 🤦🏻♀️.
Yep, Mitch has it.
Awesome, thanks!
I got a leaflet through my door guys! Thanks! (and we are doing a task to help set up and take down the Millennium Field Summer Fair if anyone wants to join me?? https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/help-set-up-at-the-millennium-fields-summer-fair)
I'm so sad I'm on holiday for it, love carry tables!
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