We thought the weather was going to be wonderful this evening… however it then began to rain! Nevertheless, 20 undeterred GoodGym runners still showed up in defiance of the bad weather… keen to get out running and do some good - That's the spirit!

A huge welcome to 3 new GoodGym runners this evening!!! Welcome Sophie, Helen and William, it was so lovely to have you join in the fun – It really is the best place to be in Cardiff on a Tuesday evening. Emyr brought along William and Sophie brought along Sophie. This means, wait for it… You’ve got yourself a red lace each for bringing along a friend #LifesGoals #RumourHasItItMakesYouFaster. We then did a headcount and Andrew pointed out that Ben hadn't asked anyone to state what their favourite ___ was... so this week runners were asked to state their favourite colour! (Thank you Andrew... I won't forget this again now I know it's appreciated :) ).

There was no more time to waste… we’ve got to get running! As we exited the shop ready to go for our run THE Aimee Giles flew down St Mary’s Street on a Next Bike. “Wait for me” she cried whilst dinging her little bicycle bell! – This has got to be one of the best entrances to GoodGym ever?!?

Aimee then joined us and we then began our journey... off we go to school (quite literally!)... and we don't want to be late for school!

We ran past the Atrium and then passed Lidl. We then increased our pace slightly and did some squat jumps... You know that saying… treasure the moments that take your breath away… well… doing squat jumps after a sprint isn’t a moment I think will be treasured anytime soon, however it sure was good fun!

After running down a few more streets we had arrived!

We’ve arrived!!

Upon arrival, Ben accidentally made the headteacher of St Alban's Primary School , Rachel, jump out of her skin by peering through the window of the school entrance. Despite being startled by Ben’s handsome face, Rachel let in all 20 of us GoodGym runners into the building (Yes, thankfully we all made it to school safely). Rachel then told us about the wonderful school and explained our tasks for the evening (That we only had 30 minutes to do!). Chris, who also works at the school, also welcomed us in and was on hand to make sure we were hydrated and had everything we needed to do the tasks. Our tasks for the evening were to build 4x bookshelves and paint the school hall wall - What a class task!

Ben then set the timer... "You've got 30 minutes folks, work your magic!"... Immediately the group split up into 5 teams. 4 teams took to building the flatpack bookshelves whilst the other team grabbed rollers and began painting the wall of the school hall. After 20 minutes 2 bookshelves (1 large and 1 small) were complete. Peter was working hard to create instagram stories of us in the action! The teams who had completed building the bookshelves went into the room next door and took all of the books off the worktops, moved the newly built bookshelves onto the worktops and then put the books inside them. 10 minutes later the remaining two bookshelves were built! ”Fantastic work” said Rachel; This was the moment we knew we had passed our GCSE Design and Technology practical with flying colours.

Thank you all so much

Rachel and Chris thanked us for our hard efforts; They bid us farewell and waved us goodbye as we ran into the rain, making our way back to the centre of Cardiff.

We ran back with a sense of achievement in each stride we took. Adam led the group back and Ben backmarked. We then regrouped outside Run and Become and warmed down together. Lucy let everyone know about the community mission coming up later this month and we then gave ourselves a round of applause for a successful run!

Check out Peter with his blazer on over his GoodGym top... I'd give him a job if he wore that attire to an interview!

A MASSIVE well done to Martin Graff! It has been a long time coming and this evening he FINALLY won the tweet off! Will this be the first of many for Martin? Only time will tell...

WELL DONE EVERYONE - YOU ARE AMAZING!