This run marked GoodGym's 10th birthday and for GoodGym Norwich, we've been around for nearly 1/4 of that time.

We like to do things a bit differently in Norwich at times so tonight we set a new record distance of over 12.5km!

This didn't stop many as we still had a turn out of over 20 GoodGymers who knew this would be a lovely task.

David C was celebrating his 10th good deed - it's all about the 10's this week.

Catherine and Leanne were back runners.

Here in Norwich we've developed a good reputation for visiting care homes to build friendships with the elderly. This is why we were invited for our first visit to Barley Court in New Costessey as the staff wanted the residents to experience more contact with the local community. They may not quite have expected the amount of us that showed up!

We set off on the 40+ minute journey, which wasn't necessarily the flattest of routes with a few uphills thrown in. To keep people occupied I suggested everyone shared their favourite GoodGym moments with each other.

On arrival, the residents were then arriving in the communal area, so we spread ourselves out across different tables and discussions began with residents. I'd kindly been sent a couple of copies of the new GoodGym book, so these were shared with the residents.

I don't normally come down for social events but I wanted to for this as it sounded great and it is great! - Barley Court resident

The residents were having a fantastic time chatting away, especially the lovely gentleman who got to be between Katie and Katy.

These tasks are always difficult when I have to call them to a halt so we can head home, but we did have a good 40 minutes with the residents and I know this made a big difference to them.

We finished up with a big group photo with the new Goodgym flag at the helm.

... it was then time for the 6km+ journey back to the Forum! Everyone who was going the whole way back made it back even after tackling Grapes Hill at the end! Well done everyone :-)

Next week it's a much shorter run as we do some gardening at Suffolk Square.

Last night seven intrepid GoodGymers (Dave, Elliott, Tasha, Leanne, Colin, Hitch and I) fresh out of the comfort of regular Mondays, arranged to meet at the OPEN Youth Trust on Bank Plain in order to help this fantastic youth charity and its endeavours by leafleting to promote its fundraising events.

After a short while where military like precision planning was undertaken, groups were divided, strike teams assembled, routes were analysed and pored over we then promptly decided to give up and just run round the city centre in a cheerfully bold blur of dynamic red.

After a somewhat hesitant start where we mused where the 'Underpass’ was, what the TIC was, and whether or not Ali Bongos was actually really a place, we bravely set off leaflets firmly in hand to find some of the larger pubs, restaurants, bars and organisations.

With the sun shining, our jolly route took us weaving in and out and round the fine bustling Norwich Lanes for the evening. Due to our schoolboy error of not having dinner before mission, all our tummys started rumbling after what barely seemed about five minutes, particularly outside Grosvenor Fish bar in Pottergate where Leanne waxed lyrical about her love of vinegar.

As we had about 10x the amount of leaflets for our strike list, this meant that I could go into all the pubs and bars I hadn’t been to, promising each proprietor I would be back to visit properly of course. Everyone seemed very friendly to have Goodgym out on the street and I didn’t even sneak a pint in anywhere.

Other occurrences - Dave in his ambassadorial role got to cajole past GoodGymers, hopefully to come again and pub goers outside the Rumsey Wells were unexpectedly greeted by a cheerful and mildly applauding GoodGym parade.

After a successful completion of the route outside the Bell Hotel (where else!!) we decided to triumphantly run the Norwich 10k route. After cajoling each other we set of in the glorious Norfolk sunshine. I lasted about ten minutes as I sheepishly peeled off to go to a concert.

We had our 2nd biggest turnout this evening with 37 GoodGymers hitting the streets of Norwich.

Amy C was completing her 25th good deed!

A thank you to Robert for being walk-leader, Catherine for being back runner and Helen E for being the photographer.

We were visiting the Oxfam Charity Shop tonight for a variety of tasks. Emma met us there and explained what they were, which included: cleaning the shop floor, putting new stock out on the shop floor, giving the kitchen a deep clean and taking books down on the conveyor belt into the pulping room. You'd think it would take some organising with a big group of people, but you'd be run as within a couple of minutes they were all split up and cracking on with all of these tasks.

It was quite an entertaining evening... check out the photos! Dave T styling a feminine hat, me with my whopping mushroom and three of the girls fitting into one pair of knickers... a sight I'm still not sure what to make of haha.

After a good 40 minutes of hard work, which equated to an incredible 24 hours of volunteer time we finished up and headed back... but not straight back. Oh no, I'm not that kind! So it was a detour via Grapes Hill, which everyone put a sterling effort into. After that we did a quick sprint session in Chapelfield Gardens before returning to The Forum. The evening was finished up with some cakes Elizabeth brought along ahead of her 21st birthday on Thursday.

Next week we're doing a litter pick in aid of WWF Earth Hour.