It was a cold, misty night, when the stars were bright and the lights were shining, shining in the streets.

12 GoodGym runners headed to Eric Williams House to chat and bring festive cheer to the residents. Having found the Christmas lights in town and the surrounding streets, we brought our bright and cheerful personalities to the care home for residents with Dementia.

On our arrival, the residents were ready for a sing a long so we dutifully provided this. Spotify and google came to our rescue with music and lyrics and we serenaded the group. It was great to discover that more than a few of the members of GoodGym Coventry can actually carry a tune- thanks Susanne and Graeme and the rest of the crew also sounded pretty good!

Mince pies and biscuits were shared with the residents and we headed back through the mist to Drapers.

Don't forget we will next meet in 2 weeks but keep your eyes peeled for other Community Missions or races. Congratulations Muntasir on running your 10th run with us!

Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

Thanks for your support in 2019 and all the best for 2020! Liz x

Coventry GoodGym , tonight you showed how hard you work and how fantastic you all are. !6 members of Coventry GoodGym ran 6.5km to support Eric Williams House in their improvements of their outdoor areas to clear brambles and weeds to allow the residents to plant and use their outdoor areas.

Tonight, the rain threatened but never actually appeared as we ran and chatted to Andy Street- West Midlands Mayor. It was great to chat to Andy and tell him all about the first 6 months of GoodGym Coventry.

The team soon got to work at Eric Williams house, clearing weeds, bramble, scraping paths and enabling the residents to start using the flower beds more.

It was great to meet not only Terri again, but also some staff and residents at the home- including one lady who was 101!

Following the task, we did some quick fire hill reps and then we headed back to Drapers to stretch. Thanks again for working so hard. See you all next week, Liz x

Wow, the forecast was definitely right- 100% rain from 6-8pm but still 13 awesome runners (including Kevin who clocked up his 10th run) came to Coventry GoodGym to run 8 km to get to Eric Williams House

After a reluctant start, we soon headed off in good cheer to our task. The route out involved dodging puddles as we ran to get to our destination but spirits weren't dampened and the fantastic team of runners kept each other going. Once at the task, we were met by Terri, the task was introduced, tools were gathered and roles taken and we got on with the task.

At present the garden is rather over run with brambles and moss so our task was to clear the bramble and tidy the flower beds so that the garden can be used more by the residents. As ever, the team set to and soon were completing elements of the task unperturbed by the rain. As this is quite a large garden area we planned this to be a two visit task, we will be returning in early September.

Before we knew it, our time was up, the area was tidied and squash was consumed before setting off and partaking in a Fartlek- speed play- on our return to Drapers. Along the way, massive puddles had formed which were great for puddle jumping or shoe cleaning :)

It was great, after stretching, to relax/dry and enjoy a drink with those that could stay on a little unofficial social. Have great summers, those of you who are going away and see the rest of you either on Saturday (at parkrun) or next Tuesday. Liz x