It was certainly a soggy and sad affair for our 16 Goodgym runners for part 2 out to Bathampton for the NOT SO... Dry arch growers this evening taking the 8k route along the kennet and Avon canal. Some of our runners will be saying Goodbye tonight as they graduate and move on along Life's rich path.

A very warm welcome tonight to Lara and Graeme showing they are made of Mighty stuff for their first Goodgym run with a good distance and hefty task ahead with the promise of heavy rain, they soon got stuck in and made light work of both and with a smile.

After a headcount and intro to everything good at Goodgym we headed out along the canal with a light refreshing rain to help us along our way and a chance for a re group in the shape of squats and walking lunges to get those legs nice and strong. we arrived at the task where our two lovely hosts Phil and Jan were to greet us. Steph dished out the gloves and Ali had time to change into his old shoes before the heavens opened on us, in fact it was the wettest run I've done since Westminster.

Barrows and spades galore with the team splitting into three groups Alex and Rosie starting at the far end of the Path and soon joined by the others as those barrows of bark came rolling along. Graeme taking the lead of BARROW BOYS and Hermione showing the lads what lasses are made of .... STRONG STUFF with the rest of Goodgym Bath shovelling the bark into those barrows managing to avoid covering each other in bark although it was very close at times.

Working like clockwork tonight with shuttle runs and shovelling fun along the way the team soon made light work of the task and finished the job in 25 minutes , just showing how much you can achieve in a short space of time. we even had time to leave the remaining bark chips in a tidy pile.

Time to pack up and grab a group photo along our finished path before saying Goodbye and heading back along the canal with a little bit of looping back for the energetic ones before arriving back at the leisure centre for a soggy stretch out.

Thank you all for coming tonight, you really smashed both run and task in very wet conditions. Best wishes to our students who made this their final Bath run, we couldn`t have got where we are today without you. Thanks Pascale for kindly back marking.

A cider with Rosie and quiz was the order of the night, giving us all a chance to wish our newly graduated student best wishes in their future, although it does mean they have to leave Goodgym Bath to which I am very sad but I do hope to bag some nice holidays in foreign fields ... Hint Hint !!

Great to have the THREE AMIGOS along from Goodgym Brizzle in the form of Godfather Dave, Marvellous Matt and Wingman Paul showing their support to everything Goodgym. So after an intro to the 22 strong group and point out the risks for tonight's shenanigans (Animal faeces is always up there)

It was time to get into teams and soon became apparent that division was our weak point with two teams of 6 and one team of 10, although two from that team seemed to be propping up the bar rather a lot, not mentioning any names.

Six rounds of questions ranging from Rock to Geographical questions and cities with exotic names that sounded more like cocktails you would order on a drunken night out and nothing on Emmerdale... Argh!!

The quiz master did admit to using Google when coming up with the questions and with that a queue quickly formed for the Loo, although 3G was a bit slow apparently, again you shall all remain anonymous but I like your thinking. I am still in shock that the winning team picked a box of chocolates for their prize.

We may have been slightly behind but all was not lost when it came to the Raffle with Paul bagging the mystery prize A GROWLER causing a few giggles (I must have led a sheltered life as not heard it called that before) and thankfully someone left the wine for me to claim with my winning ticket.

Team 1 -The Unrepeatable Guestion =32

Team 2- Clutty clutty bang bang =39

Team 3- Goodbye gym =34

Too many names to mention and apologies for lateness of report and wonky pictures.

A great night had by all and raising £159 for The Children's society , thanks for coming along and showing your support and I look forward to hearing what happened after I left.

what an exciting day in Bath with hail, sleet and snow coming at us from all angles and the lovely Ali Vowles from BBC Points West with Anthony behind the camera documenting the group run for us tonight at Goodgym Bath helping us to spread the News of the Good we all do with Goodgym across the country.

An 18 strong team tonight to join in the 4k run and Good fun with a very warm welcome to Ali and Anthony from BBC Points West and three lovely new runners to GG Bath Emily, Elizabeth and Georgina. The task tonight was putting the final touches to those railings.... Whoop!! We did it !! and a freshen up in the ladies toilets on the lower floor. Georgina kindly offered to back mark tonight.

The sun shone for us ready for the warm up outside the leisure centre with intro to tonight's task and everything that comes with it and of course we took the long way out to our destination giving chance for some great filming with our lovely runners against iconic backdrops and architecture giving us a chance to show how beautiful our city really is especially with the late sun shinning on the Bath stone.

Our route tonight was a sweep around Parade gardens and the weir with a quick nip to the left to Baths Abbey church yard for some triceps dips and press ups using the benches conveniently place for the group to warm up those arms ready for the task ahead before making our way down Great Pultney street incorporating walking lunges ( did you feel the burn?) and static lunges to allow Ali to chat to the group whilst they worked out and give themselves a BIG UP on the good they do in the community. Poor Anthony had to move quickly to stay ahead of the game.

We headed through Sydney gardens and along the canal path for the final stretch of our run out and another chance for Anthony to grab some footage and Ali to chat to the runners about being involved in such a great initiative as Goodgym before arriving at our final destination Manvers Baptist church who do such amazing things for Baths community.

Peter was there to greet us and organise the group with half finishing painting the railings and the remaining making their way downstairs to the ladies toilets to give them a fresh lick of paint (I must say it looked very cosy in there) and there was a lot of paint on T-shirts to prove it but not sure how Kenta got it on his nose. After working hard for 30 minutes with interviews and filming going on we HAD IT LICKED as they say RAILINGS FINISHED and TOILETS FRESHENED UP. I am one very happy trainer tonight, best hold me back.

Time up and just enough chance for a group photo before bidding Peter farewell with a promise to return soon for the next mission at manvers.

BIG THANK YOU to Ali for coming along for BBC Points West and helping us spread the love for Goodgym. Thanks to Hermione for saving the day with tonight's pun and just a GREAT BIG... THANK YOU to everyone for your continued support for Goodgym Bath without you it wouldn't happen..... you are all amazing !!!

Seventeen is my lucky number and that`s exactly how many runners turned up for Goodgym Bath on a beautiful sunny evening for a scenic 4k run along the canal ( glad nobody fell in ) to Manvers Baptist church to paint the railing and for once in daylight.

A very warm welcome tonight to Robert and Rachel joining us for their very first Goodgym run. A quick update Keep April 26th free as BBC Points West are coming along to film our group run....Whoop!!! Emily is off to Budapest at the weekend and Pascale is horsing around in prep for Man vs Horse in June.

After a quick warm up and headcount we made our way to Sydney gardens to access the canal path and discuss the many nice pubs that line the canal in the other direction.... I see a social run coming soon. Ellen kindly back marked tonight as she had hot footed it from the gym to join us this evening.

we took advantage to get in some leg strengthening exercises to help prevent injury and some press ups at the Widcombe lock before our final leg back across the river to our task destination.

Our host Peter was waiting for us armed with Hammerite and just enough brushes to go around but priorities first was to show us the Quiet room all finished with new carpet, it was great to see our hard work in its full glory. We spent 40 minutes on tonight's task and it was great to hear everyone getting to know each other almost whistling while they worked. Pascale decided we could come back at sometime and paint the railings another colour should we run out of tasks and I must say I like her way of thinking. Peter thought it a good idea if Ellen stayed all night to finish them off, he`s a smart man.

Time flies when your having fun and sure enough it was time to pack up before we knew it with time to grab a group photo with the promise to return in two weeks with BBC. We made our way the short distance back to the leisure centre for a stretch out and chat about the pun, very close tonight Rob took the title on tonight's pun from Ali`s Painting is Raily fun ( one to use another time) Thank you both. I am a bit concerned some of my lovely students are forming a dance group ( the pic tells all )

A reminder if you wish to be paired up with your very own running coach let Steph know and Thank you all again for a great Goodgym group run, your all BRILLIANT. Some Boris style upside down selfies tonight... apologies