PATHological Liar
23 GoodGymers made their way 6.0km to help the St Nicks - Heworth Holme in York.
- Monday, 30th of July 2018
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York runner
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Another night, another time we didn't finish the path. Alas! I was sure we would this time..
This limestone path at Heworth Holme has been keeping us busy for over a year now and it's mouth-wateringly close to being finished. I was trying to remain positive but all the regulars were in doubt that we would get it done. Katie - a fairly new runner - was being positive with me.
I'm running with untainted optimism! - Katie
New runners Anna and Emily grabbed some spades and started shovelling as we put 40 minutes on the clock.
There was residual limestone at one end of the path, a massive pile of it at at the other end and the empty section right in the middle that needed filling. Karen was busy trying to tidy up the weedguard around the corners before the wheelbarrows of limestone landed - and Jonathan had to pedal really fast back to St Nicks for more weedguard because some baddie had nicked the roll that had been left.
Nick (actual Nick, not St Nick) managed to end up with a squeaky barrow and everyone kept thinking there was a whining dog sneaking up on them as he went back and forth at an amazing pace.
Time ticked away quickly and with only five minutes remaining, we knew that this would not be the time we finished the path. Lucy was finishing up the raking in the middle section and was struggling to stop as she was mesmerised by the biscuit-base appearance of the limestone.
It's so good, it's making me think of cheesecake.
We took all the wheelbarrows and tools back to the end and weren't too despondent as not finishing meant that we just get to go back and have more path-building fun another day!
We finished our run with a mini glute and hamstring workout before a nice stretch on the floor.
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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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I was pretty pleased to rediscover some actual cheesecake in my fridge when I got home... :D
That is a good pun, well done brain stormers!
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