This evening 22 GoodGym runners ran to the STAR hub in Tremorfa to litter pick the surrounding area and clean the windows!

5 days after St. Davids Day we are still being reminded of what Wales is notorious for... blooming rain! Yes, this evening it was like all of the water in the world was being unleashed on Cardiff... In fact, I am surprised we weren't running alongside dolphins, crocodiles and sea turtles down Queen Street. Anyway! Spring is fast approaching and we are keeping our fingers crossed for some better weather, that's for sure.

Let's get warmed up!

• Fish and Chips - Ahh yes, that game when you actually burn more calories contrary to what you'd expect from the name; Runners would jog around and then when I said Go they would find a partner and say either "fish" or "chips". If they said the same they would do squat jumps and if they said different they would do star jumps.
• In the Race / Over the line - A metal grill in the middle of the road divided one side from the other. One side was ' In the race' and the other was 'Over the line'. When I shouted Over the line runners had to be on the Over the line side and when I said In the race they had to be the other side. If they were last or made an error then they were out and had to do star jumps until 2 were left in.

Headcount and HUGE welcomes!

Goodness gracious Grandmpa Gerome! Would you believe it? We had TWO amazing new runners come along to GoodGym tonight - A MASSIVE welcome (Shwmare!) to Claire and Mali. You were both absolutely fabulous company to run with this evening and we hope you enjoyed yourselves. It was also beyond lovely to have Lorena back running with us. Lorena ran with us until the end of last year before she moved away from Cardiff and she is now back visiting and seeing her was such a treat.

Influential Women of the World

This week our run marked International Women's Day (It is this Friday!). First and foremost, i'd like to take this opportunity to say that ALL of the women who attend GoodGym are incredible and I am proud to run alongside everyone of you every week. Part of the headcount also comprised of naming other influential women in the world, here were a few that were mentioned;

• Mother Theresa
• Michelle Obama
• Marie Curie
• Princess Diana
• The Queen
• Jo Pavey
• Runner's mums/grandmothers

Click here to read about other influential women in the world

Time to run to the STAR hub in Tremorfa

Time was against us as the clock was ticking so we had to get a move on. Mikey led the run to the STAR hub and the amazing Aimee G backmarked the crew. Trainer B (Ben), still resting his injured leg, led the walking group this evening.

"Welcome GoodGym to the STAR Hub!" The staff at the STAR Hub welcomed us all in. We armed ourselves with litter pickers and cleaning implements to clean the windows! It felt like we were going into battle, it was us vs. the litter and windows and they didn't stand a chance!

The most common piece of litter found was laughing gas! Honestly... you don't need that stuff when you run with GoodGym, our jokes and humour is so good that laughs just come naturally!

Influential Women Quiz - Created by Emma!

Before running back to Cardiff City Centre we couldn't leave the hub without doing a quick quiz ... The quiz highlighted women's achievements in the sporting world to date. Everyone was given two options, either A or B. If they thought it was A they had to squat, and if they thought it was B they had to lunge - Even the staff working at the Hub got involved!!

It's now time to run back... :(

Sadly our time helping at the Hub had come to an end. Mikey led the run back whilst Martin backmarked.

Thank you everyone who came to GoodGym this evening, especially all of the women as research has found that women are less likely to engage in sport and you are counting for the numbers that do!

After the run we all headed to 'The Stable' for food and drinks... and no it wasn't a horses stable or the stable in Bethlehem where Jesus was allegedly born... We went to the restaurant in Cardiff called The Stable!