Well done to Jenni, Steve, Rhi, Kanika and Louise, who joined me this evening for a fulfilling evening filling potholes at Holyport FC.

Most of the team met at the Coop at Shifford Crescent, where we said hellos and a big warm welcome to new member Rhi. Then we ran together to Sandringham Road, aka our track for the evening, where we blasted through two rounds of meet and retreat (complete with squats!) Then we headed on to our task location, Holyport FC.

Our task owner AND GoodGym member at Holyport FC is normally Rich, but it was his turn to put the kids to bed tonight, so it was great to see his wife Louise instead, not least because as well as stepping up as task owner and GoodGym member, she is also the purchaser of the COOKIES!

It was also great to see co-task owner Jason again. He had laid out the wheelbarrows and spades beautifully before we arrived, so we were able to get stuck into the task straight away. We filled barrows with shingle, took turns to wheel them down the lane, and then tipped the shingle into potholes, as directed by Jason.

Everyone worked hard and as the 40 minute timer ticked on my phone, we set ourselves a challenge to complete 30 barrow loads. Last time we did this task we had 10 people and we shifted 35 loads. This evening we only had 7, so we were thrilled to achieve our goal.

I have been contemplating whether our secret weapon this time was ace tourist GoodGymer Jenni visiting from Ealing, or new energy Rhi, or was it Louise replacing her husband (sorry Rich!), Kanika not having to pose for so many photos in Diya's absence (we missed you Diya!) or Steve having recovered from Covid? I think we can safely say all of the above!

We celebrated with the aforementioned cookies, eaten in luxury in 'the boardroom', before heading for home and stretches.

Well done team!

Sophie, Laura, Allora and Louise met outside the school and we were greeted by Headteacher Jane who equipped us with undercoat paint, brushes and sandpaper ready to spruce up the main blue gates. We got to work sanding them and then adding the undercoat ready for the topcoat to be applied on Monday. It was freezing cold but we had a good natter and Jane kindly offered us hot drinks to warm us up! Thank you Jane and well done ladies on some hard work in very cold-gate temps!

What a month of running tag antics! Well done to everyone who has tagged, nearly tagged, been inspired by the game to plot a new route, or helped the rest of us with clues on the WhatsApp group. As many of you will already know, we've enjoyed this game so much that we've decided to keep it going for another month. Hurrah! If you haven't already signed up, then click here for the May listing.

Here is your recipe for stacks of fun on pancake day during Lockdown...

Ingredients:

• 1 pancake (lovingly prepared by Angie - well done!)
• 21 runners, each with their own frying pan (including some new faces - welcome Alice, Emma, Jason and Louise!)
• The streets of Maidenhead
• A generous sprinkling of rain
• 1 confusing looking spreadsheet
• A large helping of WhatsApp messages
• A handful of children, who are not officially part of the event, but taking supporting roles as sous chefs and cheerleaders under their parents' supervision.

Method

1. Runner uses a frying pan to carry the pancake to the next runner's home or agreed tossing location
2. Runners stand at least 2 metres apart and the pancake baton is passed on by means of an epic toss and skillful catch. There must be lots of cheering and looks of amazement when the pancake actually lands in the pan.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 until all 21 runners have done their daily exercise, the pancake has covered an incredible 32km, its getting dark and Area Activator Amy is getting hungry...

Results

Well it was flipping amazing and you'd batter believe it! Oh crepe...yes, we did drop the pancake a few times, but who gives a toss? Get a taste of the action and see how the event panned out in this video on our Facebook page..