Ain't no river wide enough...Ain't no hill high enough ...to keep me from weeding you
16 GoodGymers made their way 5.0km to help their local community in Bath.
- Tuesday, 15th of August 2017
- Led by Bath runner
A Lovely summers evening on the riverbank at Goodgym BATH for a sweet 16 who weedy enjoyed themselves at on a 5k run involving some hill climbing with bags of mulch and weeds for The Canal and River trust.
A few announcements to kick off this evening:
Well done Pascale and Alison who ran the Salisbury 54321 on Sunday 42 & 33 k
New Taskforce - Lucy, Emma and Alison .. WHOOP!!
Welcome to Holly and Ben
Nicola and Dora were chatting away in spanish (i think so anyway) something about Mexico i think and the possibility of a night out on the plus side..keep you posted team!!
As promised a nice flat run along the canal or at least until we arrived at our destination when 7 merry men were required to head up that hill and carry bags of mulch back down to the riverbank.
The remaining members were already hard at work chopping back ash and weeding an overgrown area, Ben was in fact working so hard he broke his garden trowel...Ooops!! lot's of banter and laughter along the way.
30 minutes later
Time to spread the bags of mulch over the cleared area before filling the now empty bags with cuttings and weeds before a group effort to carry everything back up the hill where its transport was waiting to carry it off to the compost heap in the sky.
A touch of fitness stuff and looping thrown into the mix for good measure and because they enjoy it so much, although you would never guess it from their little faces...HA!!
A suitably short run back down the hill and along the river back to the leisure centre for a nice stretch and chat, perfect end to a beautiful day.
Smashing job achieved yet again team,
fabulous...fabulous...fabulous!!
GOOD LUCK to everyone racing the TWO TUNNELS this weekend especially Rhiannon on her first 10k ...GO GIRL!!
GOOD LUCK to everyone racing the train from Goodgym this weekend, can't wait to read all about that one.
Until next time, keep running and stay safe
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