It was the warmest day of the year so far and bank holiday Monday... most people were in a beer garden or having a BBQ but not us lot, we were out to do good in the community.

The compete other end of the spectrum to last Monday where it was 20 degrees cooler and chucking it down with rain. One thing that didn't change however is the hard work and dedication the GoodGym-ers put in to the tasks in hand.

I enjoyed being able to meet up outside of The Forum for a change rather keeping in the indoors!

Congratulations to Jasmine for completing her 1st Parkrun at the weekend and to Sam for completing a Half Marathon! It's fantastic to see everyone progressing.

Tonight we had a short 1km run each way to Marriott's Way to do a litter pick. Bill was back runner. As per our previous visits there, there was going to be plenty of litter to collect.

We didn't have a sharp's box this week so needles to say we were going to leave any of those alone!

The GoodGym-ers got into pairs with a litter picker and bin bag and off they went on a litter scavenger hunt. Some located an area that was previously occupied by the homeless so there was more than plenty of mess to clear up there.

It was interesting walking around chatting to everyone... some discovered my most hated words... never use 'Brunch' or 'Bespoke' in my presence haha.

We brought back all the litter to the starting point... then tried to create a vehicle out of an ironing board and bicycle wheels!

Then off we went to run up Grapes Hill before finishing with a 4-minute HIIT outside The Forum.

Bill and Katy handed out their home grown rhubarb :-)

Next week we're visiting Eaton Park.

I thought that after several of us did the City of Norwich Half Marathon yesterday it might be a quiet turnout tonight.... oh how wrong I was!

We had an incredible 31 GoodGymers (our 2nd highest ever) and 10 who ran the 1/2 yesterday made it out! Now that's what I call dedication to the cause.

4 new runners were making their GoodGym debuts. A big welcome to Lucy, Stephen, Jenny and Liz.

Thank you Katy for volunteering to be back runner this week... believe it or not 10 others volunteered to be back runner too haha - any guesses which 10???

We were visiting a very quaint place tonight in the form of The Great Hospital, which lies in the cathedral grounds. Some residents had left pots and baskets outside their front doors for us to fill with soil (no pun intended!) ahead of flowers being planted.

Once we located the bags of soil, off everyone went to find the pots and baskets. Many residents came out to greet us and said how grateful they were for what we do.

We also did a bit of a general tidy up around the area.

Once we had finished what we needed to do, it was time for a fitness session on the very pretty grass area amongst the grounds. We started with a wheelbarrow race, which was followed up with an army craw race, a crab walk race and finally a shuttle run relay race.

As we still had a little time left, we popped over to Gas Hill and for once I did make it optional if people wanted to go up and down it. Hats off to Alex and Laura for doing that after doing the 1/2 yesterday... I nearly kissed their shoes in admiration.

Sadly time had then caught us up so it was off back to The Forum, it was such a lovely evening that we could have stayed out for longer.

Calum was dishing out the High-5's at the end this week and Katy & Bill had brought some Rhubarb to give out... its now getting to that exciting time of year when their allotment produce is coming good = FOODDDD.

The last thing to mention is that Alex & Calum got their peanut reward for completing the 1/2 marathon - a prize more rewarding than pride, medal etc.

Next week we're off of the Earlham Early Years Centre.