14 runners did our first Broomfield good deed of the year!

This week we had to fight past the waiting paparazzi after the legends that are Laurie and James G appeared on BBC Essex. You can listen to it on the link at the bottom of this run report. Tell your friends! The person who made that possible also came to their first of hopefully many Goodgym runs - a warm welcome to Charlotte! You picked a great task for your first one, with us all excited to go to Broomfield in what seemed like the first time in forever!

As we set off on our way, we picked up two extra runners at the pub, Leanne and Lindsay, who claimed they'd been warming up. Running past St Mary's church and up through the graveyard we arrived at my car to pick up some of the tools. With Andy eyeing up my boot beers, I had to swiftly move us on to meet David. We were needed to trim down the red dogwood bushes so that they will grow back even redder ad stronger. As you can see from the before and after photos, it was the perfectly timed task. We crushed it! David outlined the incredible plans they have for developing a walking route around the outside of the hospital showcasing their history, everyone was hopeful that we can get involved in the willow-weaving of woodland creatures. Although I am not sure our skills will stretch to that...

As Goodgym, we are celebrating our 50th launch in Coventry so we needed to take a photo of our number - 16! I am pretty pleased with the result, with the build spearheaded by Rachel and Julie, although I am not sure it was the best photo I've ever taken, with only a couple of people not looking windswept. No names. We then ran back to ARU, bumping into Chelmsford Goodgym founder Ken on the way, for some stretches and excellent work on one of our longer runs. Great to see you all and don't forget to fill in the doodlepoll if you want to come for the unlimited pizza in April!

If you'd like to listen to their BBC Essex radio appearance from Saturday morning, you can listen via this link at 1hr 5mins in. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p071kvbp?fbclid=IwAR1qkYhiGOOBHKkZCU0sxsfcUc5W-mfD8PRDVOLKszqH996OU9VyvsuB5e4