152 miles were peddled, cake was eaten.

End.

On a fresh spring Saturday morning a talented team of five Goodgymers accepted the challenge to help Miss M clear her back garden.

There were four Bristol regulars and our latest recruit; no other than Kevin Nugent the Hackney Centurion. Welcome to the South West Kev!

We met on Lemon Lane (not just a great name but also the home of the first woman doctor, Elizabeth Blackwell 1821-1910) and made our way to Miss M's house. She showed us the tools that the wonderful guys at Knightstone Housing had left and then led us to the garden. It was obvious that it had not been cleared for quite some time and needed some GLC (Goodgym Loving Care, not Goldie Looking Chain the Newport rap act!) .

For three hours we chopped, cut, pulled, dug, forked and yanked the unwanted brambles and nettles.

Slowly but surely it was all becoming clear, not just the garden but also the sky. As if to show its appreciation, the sun began to shine brighter the more work we did.

Ben had to leave us partway through as he had to go to work (slacker!) but he had already put in a great shift and cleared a lot of the brambles and weird brown stick bush things (it's a technical term).

After the above ground plantage was cut back we set about tearing up as many roots as we could to prevent it all growing back again.
As the photos show we smashed it and the garden looks a lot better for a bit of GLC. Thanks to everyone who came down, we can be very proud of the great work we have done.

We celebrated British Runner Time with a run south to the Southville Centre. 20 amazing runners braved the unseasonal cold to help the centre prepare its garden for an open day coming soon.

Our run was short and quick - no point toying with it, and we found our way quickly to the Southville Centre in good time. We met up with Laura of the Patchwork Project who was here unofficially as this was not part of their patchwork, but I've included a link in case you're interested!

We were asked to tear up weeds, prune trees, and generally spruce the place up for the open day next month, so as always, the gang set to with gusto. In the process they came across about 30 balls and a large selection of toys including a very feisty chimpanzee toy who was very good at hanging off branches.

30 minutes later, the garden was a lot nicer and ready to be prettified. Our jobs well and truly done, we headed off a slightly longer way before ending up in Queens Square for a lovely stretch - and it was still daylight! WOO!

A big welcome needs to be given to Lizzy for her first run, and a massive thank you to everyone who came. If you have read this far, a) well done and b) ignore what I said about Radio 1 coming next week. It's the week after. More time to get in touch with your inner student.

Also apologies for the random photo - my phone is refusing to export the photos to my computer. I hope you like the trains.

Our run was small but perfectly formed tonight. We met up as usual at Vivo Sports Club, 26 strong in number, including newbies Chloe, Denzel and Hoodi (yes, really). Big welcome guys!

We only ran 1km but almost all of it was up, up and more up. Fraser, who is both part of GoodGym and the Friends of Brandon Hill was our task master for the night; we were given the mission to strip a lot of ivy from the walls at the bottom of the park.

There was such a lot, but we made short work of it of ivy and worked our way up the side of the park too, where a massive toad was found nestled in the ivy. He was given a new home in the near by shrubbery.

As we had loads of time to help the Friends of Brandon Hill, we headed up the hill to the base of an old Civil War defensive wall. Rocks and boulders from the wall have been falling off for years, and it means that the grass at the base of the wall cannot be mown; thanks to the 40 hands of GoodGym, we picked up as many rocks as possible and made a pile at the foot of the wall.

As we headed back to Vivo, we came across a large amount of broken polystyrene that needed picking up, so we whizzed around to pick as much up as possible, leaving the park a little cleaner.

Back close to Vivo, we traveled the last few meters in a way that would help make us better runners - walking lunges and then crab squats. Not a long set of work but useful to help our muscles cope with the forces and stresses that they have to face on our runs!

After a lovely stretch, we moseyed back to Vivo, but not before a few announcements; we've got a mission this weekend, so if you've been DBS checked, you can come along and help Ms M with her garden! Check out the Events part of the website for more info!

Lastly, do make sure I can read your email addresses, otherwise you're not going to get credit for your runs!

Saturday morning and 5 GoodGymers went on a rescue mission to help some of the oldest trees in the country. The ground beneath them had become severely compacted and so required a bit of loosening up. 3 hours of forking and shifting mulch on top and the job was complete.

As if this wasn't enough GoodGym legend Patrick Luong followed it up with a 16km run home. Go on, give him a cheer.