Footwork the game, Flyering was the aim tonight at Goodgym Bath for the fabulous 14 with a 5k run around Bath to help spread the word for The Forever Friends Appeal, Fire and Ice walk (are you brave enough)?! Why not give it a bash http://www.foreverfriendsappeal.co.uk/events/fire-walk it's gotta be on your bucket list .. surely!!

Great turnout again on this chilly evening. Some free shoelaces to dish out to those who bring a friend along during January and February, so Emma, Lydia and Nicola get to model them first, well done ladies!! And welcome to GG RACE TEAM. Emily, Pascale and Steph race vests on there way, so never a better time to join with lots of races planned for the year ahead.

Welcome back to Mary who's been out of action since the ice skating incident, so with warm up and ever confused headcount out of the way They make it so difficult... ha!! But tonight was SMOOTH.

A lot of ground to cover tonight but no chance to FEEL THAT CHILL with some naturally occurring hill reps thrown in (they didn't even notice) well maybe they did with the hilly route planned and OH MY! we have hills in Bath. First a few bars to flyer as it seemed the obvious place for people to talk themselves into a challenge with squats galore for the remainder of the group outside.

They worked pretty hard tonight but everyone put a massive effort in from the group strength training at The Circus with everyone picking their favourite exercise to speedy flyering on route and when they thought it was all over, we topped off with a variety of strength training in the Abbey churchyard and The 2minute plank went down a storm, Lydia requested some tricep dips to finish them off.... Perfect!!

A short run with a final sprint to the leisure centre to stretch out those lovely muscles. Dora tried to post herself into the bin, surely not that bad tonight, but it caused a giggle or two.

Thanks to everyone we managed to shift all of the flyers in time.

Pun of the evening goes to Sam (he does work for The Bath Chronicle after all) .. nice pun Sam. Thanks Pascale for back marking

A reminder if you wish to get paired up or go on missions, please bring your ID along to the next group run for Emily or myself to verify and get you on your way. Any questions please just ask away, it's so rewarding. We have 5 isolated people waiting to be paired up so let's make this happen.

Quiz night this Thursday at The Boater starting at 8pm so let's show them how it's done!!

Well after all that rain yesterday I guess our 18 Goodgym runners were lucky not to swimming the 7k out to tonight's task at aptly named WATERY LANE for Action on Hearing Loss.

The very talented Pascale took the lead on tonight's run with her interpreter skills for the deaf. We are possibly the only Goodgym who can accommodate deaf runners and with extra help from Anne and Lucy we really do have inclusion covered on this one.

A very warm welcome tonight to Steve, Meera and the return of our fabulous two super girls Emma and Lydia who left us to play boules, I mean what ever next.

A good warm up to get us on the right track for a flat but long run out to Twerton and not forgetting that all important headcount before the starters pistol. Wellies may have been more appropriate this evening but we are made of tough stuff at Goodgym Bath so literally took it in our stride with a few puddle jumps along the way with a good mix of strengthening exercises on route. from step ups to press ups.

Evan who is the volunteer gardener at Action on Hearing Loss was eagerly awaiting us and with the help of Pascale was able to communicate his gratitude to the the group and give us our instructions for tonight's task in these lovely gardens.

He soon had use raking and sweeping the driveway and footpaths of leaves and manoeuvring them down the woodland Path tithe composting bins. They say time flies when your having fun and that was certainly the case tonight and it was soon time to leg it back to the leisure centre for a well deserved stretch and a lap of honour for Meera who did a fantastic job of smashing the 7k run... well done !!

Thanks for letting me(Steph) back mark tonight as for once I didn't need eyes in the back of my head. Thank you Steve for tonight's pun. He can definitely come back.

Remember to bring your ID along if you wish to be paired up or do missions.

A fabulous 14 runners came along to Goodgym Bath tonight for a 6.5k run around the city handing out backpacks full of essential items to the homeless for Julian house.

Great to see some new faces this evening with a very warm welcome to Amelia, Lauren, Alison and Mike joining us for a bit of Goodgym Goodness on the streets of Bath.

Everyone arrived in good time giving us a chance to chat about Goodgym and catch up with what's been happening within Goodgym Bath before our warm up and headcount without a glitch.

Everyone had a little extra weight to carry on our run around the city centre as we weaved our way through the streets looking for Homeless folk to hand them a little something to make life a bit easier on these cold winter nights from toiletries to thermal blankets.

It's been nearly one year since last doing this task but still some familiar faces out there rough sleeping who Remember us, sad to see so little has changed for them in the last year.

Lots of opportunities for some fitness extras tonight from press ups to walking lunges making us stronger runners. John was moving like margarine this evening ... you really had to be there!

A good 40 minutes on the move with time taken to chat with the homeless about their dogs and things in general. Giving out toiletries and personal care to warm clothing and thermal blankets, so spare a thought for those less fortunate in the winter months.

Everything given out so it was time to head back to the leisure centre for a well earned stretch out and the one thing non of us knew was apparently THE EARTH IS FLAT ... Really !?

Thanks to Irena for backmarking and Alison for tonight's inspiration on the pun. Next week were off to action on hearing loss so be sure to sign up https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/evan-needs-us

Thanks guys for another epic night in the streets of our beautiful city