GoodGym crafters put their designs skills to great use, creating bunting for GoodGym Portsmouth's 5th birthday party.

So many individual styles and decorations!

Photos of the finished bunting to follow....

Big thanks to Catherine for her promo stint in the rain today.

Fortunately the afternoon sunshine meant that the gazebo was dry for the pack down which I roped Tony in to helping with as we were post-race, post-lunch on our way home!

Hopefully the fitness festival was a success and a few more people will be aware of what we're about.

Fitness Festival in September and in a new venue, things are still very confusing!!

I set up the gazebo in a prime position and decorated it with our flags and some lovely photos and quotes from our members.

Now waiting for the official opening and people to chat to!!

Rachel took over the chatting in the early afternoon, good deed added here!!

Just myself painted faces of 5 young models. Hopefully for the next time the word will spread.

Today was all about promoting the good work that we do in the local community. It started with my appearance on the Express FM breakfast show (yes, we took the photo the wrong way round!). And we followed it with our group run: a running loop north of the community centre and a walking loop heading south to spread the word to local charities and organisations about what we do and how we can help. Our one down side was that most of the schools had locked their gates and had no post boxes... it's almost as if they don't want to hear about things outside school hours!!

It was great to be back to a normal Wednesday, spending the evening with the enthusiasm and positivity of all the Portsmouth GoodGym Runners. Thanks also for getting stuck into the rotating plank challenge when we got back inside.... the temptation to just sit down in the warm was pretty strong!

Our ABC activity to start involved "B" for balance combined with everyone's highlights from Christmas and New Year. Maura & Tracey were both sporting a new pair of trainers, good for racking up those kms in the January challenge!

Three cheers

Shout outs tonight for achievements: * Lara for running the furthest she has run as part of our group - hope the legs aren't too sore tomorrow! * Angela for running the furthest she's ever run at the beginning of the week (12 miles in preparation for the Pompey half in February) * Sam for completing her "LIRF" course which means she's on her way to becoming a GoodGym Run Leader.

And I'm sure there are others we should be shouting about, so don't be shy - share your achievements with me!

We have another chance to do good on Saturday, this time in the daylight! Meeting at Hilsea Lido and there's CAKE afterwards. Hope to see you there - details are here. Next week we return to Naomi House. Both runs have a walking option (thanks to our walk leader extraordinaire Jo!)

Until I see you next, happy running & thanks for giving me that GoodGym Good Feeling again tonight :)