These are tumultuous times. In response we’re stepping up our communal activities. Winter is here but we’re not slowing down. There’s walking, talking and connecting to be done… The civic sphere is where we’re going to find each other and make sense of this year. Whatever happens, surely conversations are where any solutions will start?…
Tag: running
Good Gym: Extreme Shovel Action In Stoke Newington
Hackney is a hotbed of history and October’s first trot for the Good Gym community volunteer crew took 15 keen runners to a corner of Stoke Newington that has seen plenty of action even before we arrived. On our 7.2km round trip we ran up from the usual Arch Gallery start – via Regent’s Canal,…
Run Dem Crew & Berlin Half Marathon: A Running History Lesson
When I heard my running partners and East London legends Run Dem Crew were heading to one of my favourite cities to complete today’s Berlin Half Marathon, I had to write something
Hackney Tours Makes Guardian Newspaper Again
We’re in the Guardian again, this time leading a Good Gym mission. If you don’t know them, it’s two guys with a fantastic community initiative pairing runners with the vulnerable and isolated. And once a month, we run somewhere and do a good deed in the community. It’s great fun and very rewarding. Find out…
Steamy Stepney Valentines: Hackney Tours Goes Guerilla Gardener to Lead Good Gym
There’s a cutting edge project in Tower Hamlets that’s been pairing runners with isolated people in the community for over a year now. Once a month – to publicise their innovative scheme – the Good Gym guys organise a group running session that incorporates a good deed somewhere in the borough, or sometimes neighbouring Hackney….
10 Reasons to Take a Running Tour
If I had a proverbial penny for every time I’ve had a bemused reaction to the idea of running/jogging tours, I’d be lazing by day at London Fields Lido, while dining by night on fine Argentinian steak at Broadway Market’s Buen Ayre. So in the spirit of enlightenment, here are 10 reasons why you –…
Hackney Tours: East LDN Creative Exploration 