Was a bit enthusiastic about this run, for three reasons:

• Very healthy sign ups, creeping up to pre-virus levels, with some new faces to meet and some old ones to catch up with.

• First time checking out out Print House, what a classy new base it is, fertile ground for socials, nice and spacious inside, warm staff and a handy location to set off from.

• It was a beautiful clear bright sky all day, autumnal temperature sure, but that's perfect for running.

Did our normal warm up at outside Print House, then a run through some race reports from Lil and Siobhan at Hackney. Lil's first one, you can extract huge confidence from that, and Siobhan ticking off another 13.1 miles, not her best, but that's okay. Then our RWQ: "What are you looking forward to this Autumn?" Wearing a thick knitted jumper, a sunny trip to Spain, sporting a new autumn coat, taking in Croatia, running London Marathon, running Chester Marathon, Christmas (!) and riding a new tandem bike. A plethora of excitement in store for GGN runners.

Once at Cody Dock, the inimitable Basia instructed us to assist with some wood based tasks; oiling and sanding. Three groups went off into different stretches of the docks and completed their jobs. Kev, Dan and I were oiling, having less height than the other two, I was deemed the sacrificial lamb to enter the large wooden box, in order to reach the hard to get to places. On all fours head first, and basically trapped in, compromised is the word that springs to mind.

We had a nice trot back to base for our last Weds of the month social. Pizzas and refreshments were had, races tactics were discussed, nutritional strategies analysed - a wholesome evening in all.

We are back on an every Wednesday Group Run schedule, so block out your calendars and let's build some routine. Next week we are at Manorfield Primary School, sign up here, helping them shift 5 tonnes of compost.

Have a great weekend, especially you marathoners.

B

Due to Basia being on holiday Ben,Rosie and Emily looked after us tonight at Cody Dock

Litter picking was the mission for this evening,we headed down to South Crescent a popular dumping spot.

A brief induction and off we went bags and pickers in hand.

We split in 4 groups to ensure we covered as large area as possible.

Inengite joined us for his 2nd outing with Goodgym and even brought Lydia on her first session and they did an awesome job.

Claudia,Rosa and Rosa made a great team of three covering a large area.

Kevin and I started off together but this soon changed as I wandered off to another road to clear up a huge amount of CO2 gas canisters and Kevin being the wheelbarrow runner collecting the filled bags and transporting them to the council designated collection area.

Rosie,Emily and Ben made up the final team.

Always amazes me how much we can collect in a hour but I do wish these sessions where not required......maybe one day.

A beautiful evening at Cody Dock,blue skies,sunshine and a couple of chinooks overhead.

Continuation of railing glossing as the mission Basia had planned for is this evening.

We welcomedInengite for his first Goodgym mission,thank you to Charlotte and Mathew for introducing him to the joys of Goodgym.

Claudia,Graham,Rosa and Kevin joined Mathew,Charlotte and Inengite double checking and painting any missed areas from last time.

Hilary and I headed further down the dock to start where we finished last time,we were soon joined by the rest of the team and managed to get a large section completed.