Tonight’s sunny 6k run took 15 Goodgym runner out to Oldfield Baptist Church to clean toys ready for the new term for the community toddler group.

A few announcements and cheers before heading out there with a right Royal headcount.

Congratulations to Emma

50 Good deeds and a chance to wear the black wings of Thunder in preparation for the arrival of her stealth black T-Shirt... Well Done!Emma.

Welcome to a couple of new faces tonight Chloe and Laura

Happy Birthday GG Cardiff 1 today...Hip Hip!!

We needed two volunteers to take tonight’s shorter run to finish painting railings at St Marks Community centre under the watchful eye of Alex who is our task host on that one.

Thanks to Mary and Pascale for stepping up to the challenge and I’m pleased to say completed in true Goodgym style.

The remaining 13 opted for the longer run and indoor task that was a guaranteed whole lotta fun from start to finish, if not a trip down memory lane at the very least.

Hello Sharon our host

We split into two groups this evening with the larger group clean/sterilise all the toys in the main hall, whilst a smaller group took the little hand to mouth objects like plastic food into the kitchen to run them through the dishwasher. Once clean everything had to be put back into the relevant boxes and off into the storage cupboard ready for the new term in June.

30 minutes of action packed fun

A nice run back along the riverbank to really shake off any end of day stresses before arriving back to base. we even had a little educational look at the flood lines by the river.

Chloe completed her first ever 6k run tonight in hot conditions...Amazing Work!!

We have a Sunday run this weekend to Bath City Farm, another chance to add to your good deeds https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/a-sunday-run-to-bath-city-farm-06eaea6d-a0c9-4f8e-b1fd-47f87a5577d6

You have just two weeks to sign up for our local social camping trip https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/a-weekend-camping-at-tuckers-grave

Eight GoodGymmers ran 5km up to the Donkey Lane allotments above Walcot to help Sue from Transition Bath to clear paths and cut back nettles.

Hot n' Hilly

Welcome to Laura, who chose a nice hilly run on a warm May evening as her first GoodGym group run; we're pretty sure she'll come back. Becca's back from her trip to Eurovision (no she didn't see the stage invader) and the video from Ollie's talk is up online here.

We had a short warmup by the riverside before heading up past the weir, over Pultney Bridge, and up Walcot Street to Hedgemead Park. We took the short, steep stairs up through the park (Ollie and Rob helpfully pointed out that they'd done sprints up there), stopped for a photo on Camden Crescent, and headed up to Perfect View and beyond to the allotments.

We weed well when warm

Sue quickly explained where she needed us to weed and handed out sheers and butter knives (they cut through the stems like...well butter). Pascale and Ollie tackled the top path and we quickly lost sight of Pascale in the overgrowth. Marcus and Rob took the big sheers and chopped down some head-height nettles, while Becca and Laura cleared the lower path and Chris edged the weeds from the main path.

What goes up...

We made short work of the run back down with only a few complaints about our knees and stretched out by the river.

Coming up!

Good luck to Chris who is revising and to the Bucharest crew who are flying home from a successful GoodGym racing weekend in Romania.

Nicola's band Giovanni L’Immigrato is playing Party in the City on Friday night.

Next week we're back at Oldfield Park Baptist Church to clean toys. Sign up!