It was great to welcome Roger back to GoodGym after his first session with Liam and COBs last week! Although it was just the two of us we managed to do a good 1k plog around Stirchley Park and the surrounding area picking enough rubbish for a full bag in about 30 minutes. We then headed for a chatty 3k run along the Rea (hence the pun!). Not a fan of the Americanism in the pun but it was all I could think of 😅 Hopefully we will see you again soon Roger!

Tonight 4 GoodGymers and 2 Community Market volunteers smashed through around 700 leaflets. Keeping locals informed of a fab free volunteer led event!

After this we got a drink at the pub and spontaneously decided to go for pizza- hence the pun!

Thanks as always to Amy our market leader and taskforce member for organising ❤️🍕🥰

Our first task at Kings Heath Community Centre! We turned up to be greeted by Maisie, who showed us to the room we were painting. We also met two volunteers who recently started helping out at the centre. I began by covering the radiator in special radiator paint, then joined Miriam and Sofeen with their rollers to paint some fresh white walls. Such a friendly atmosphere and a great space. Look out for our next session there, hopefully in just a few months!

Tonight we did a brand new task. Yes we helped out at the East Birmingham Community Forum.

As this was our first visit Jamie, the task owner gave us a tour of the building, showing us the ground floor, you can see a few pictures yourself. You can see it's a pretty ornate building, which is being used to help people gain qualifications.

After our tour we had pizza, chips and a bit of fizzy pop! That's a first for any task! Eve certainly needed it as she carbo loads for Half Ironman race at the weekend.

Once we'd had some pizza it was on with some painting. Once the painting was done we headed off. We all made our way to the task running, the Jonny was 'Coach Carter' on his bike!

Tonight we joined our friends at COBS to help marshall at the Summerfield Park 5k, It used to called the Summerfield Smash, hence the pun!

Well when I say we marshalled, Morwenna, Balal and Nancy did, Jonny actually ran the race, running in his GoodGym race vest.

It was a great event, on a multiple lap course meaning we passed Morwenna 3 times, marshalling at the furthest point from the start and finish area.

Jonny got a nice medal for his efforts with a 16 min dead clocking for 5th place.

Well done to all those who made the event happen, the marshals and the runners, hopefully we'll back next year :)

Walk Wheel Cycle Trust is working with Transport for West Midlands and Birmingham City Council to enable more people to walk, wheel or cycle to schools in the Stirchley area and within their local neighbourhood.

Tonight a group of 5 of us led expertly by Laura popped up flyers to inform locals of an engagement event run by the charity. Alongside this Laura also took photos of some of the infrastructure in the area to feedback to the charity how easy it is for locals to access the area on foot or wheels.

After a hot ~5k run, it was to the pub for refreshments!