http://www.thegoodgym.org Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:53:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We held a feedback session a few weeks ago to get your thoughts on how we could improve Good Gym and why you really do it.  We’ve summarised the gist of it at the top and then transcribed all the post-its below.  It’s really helpful stuff, thanks to everyone who took the time to feed [...]]]> http://www.thegoodgym.org/2012/02/trying-to-make-good-gym-better/ Tonight’s run was an unusually filthy.  We didn’t give away the specifics until we were gathered outside York Hall, secretly we new that tonight’s mission was to tackle what is extremely likely to be the largest indigenous farm-created compost pile in all of East London. We were lead tonight by the Simon Cole, long term [...]]]> http://www.thegoodgym.org/2012/02/mucking-in/ Next Monday is the regular group run from York Hall.  We’re going to be running to tackle two tasks this time:  the first is at Sonali Gardens, a day centre for older people in Whitechapel and the second is some good hard physical work at Stepney City farm. We estimate 6-7k total distance. Please come [...]]]> http://www.thegoodgym.org/2012/02/february-farm-run/ Tonight the Good Gym is having a first test run in Chicago.  Details for how to get involved are below. The run will begin in Lincoln park and head towards to an assisted living centre where we’ll be doing some good deeds.  If you’re in Chicago this evening, come run with us. The Good Gym [...]]]> http://www.thegoodgym.org/2012/02/good-gym-chicago-test-run/ Having left York Hall (run by Social Enterprise GLL – good people, and which also has a really nice spa in the basement by the way), we headed up towards the canal. Judging by the photos, most of us were going so fast we turned invisible, but luckily we were lead by someone from Tron. [...]]]> http://www.thegoodgym.org/2012/01/making-headway/ They’re ready – everything is set.  The site lights are on site; the extension leads are coiled, ready for action. The brooms just need sweepers, the gardening gloves just hands to fill them.  Next Tuesday, 24th Jan, the good gym is running a group run to Headway, where the outside space remains covered in leaves [...]]]> http://www.thegoodgym.org/2012/01/heading-back-to-headway/ We had the biggest turn out yet for our group run tonight with 21 runners ready to get themselves exhausted. We set off from York Hall as a crowd and quickly became a long trail of joggers so as not to take up too much pavement. We headed north to the canal and ran west [...]]]> http://www.thegoodgym.org/2012/01/crowd-run/ The January group run is here and the destination is about 1.5 miles from York Hall – a perfect distance to start getting your fitness back after the break.  We’re running to a charity that supports those affected by acquired brain injury; their garden has been covered in detritus after the high winds battered their [...]]]> http://www.thegoodgym.org/2012/01/the-job-for-january/ Good Gym is getting bigger and better for 2012 and we’re expanding to the rest of East London.  We’re now opening our doors to the five Olympic Host boroughs; so if you’re in Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Waltham Forest or Tower Hamlets you can now be a part of Good Gym. January is the most popular [...]]]> http://www.thegoodgym.org/2012/01/1163/ Do you love exercise, older people and want to be part of a social start-up? Good Gym is looking for interns for the period between Jan-June 2012. What do we need? You’d be working closely with our project coordinator Mark as we scale up to the six Olympic boroughs.  You’ll be assisting with organising runs, [...]]]> http://www.thegoodgym.org/2011/12/help-us-run-things/