Tonight we welcomed Hannah to GoodGym for first time and we also had Joanne come along who was visiting from GG Exeter.

Four of the group ran to the task from the Good Intent and the others met us at the session. Laura warmly greeted us and it was on with the task.

We had to fill wooden frames with compost then cover the area around them with woodchipping, hence the pun thought up by James. Well actually we didn't just 'chip away' at the task in the end, we completed the whole thing! It was a really great job done which Laura more than appreciated :)

Once done it was time for a group photo then the group scattered, some running and some walking.

Eve had a refreshing, breezy run from the city centre down the canal to Selly Oak train station. I was ready with 150 Goodgym flyers for us to distribute between us. Off we went and covered big student streets like Dartmouth Road, Hubert Road, Heeley Road and Exeter Road! An hour or so in and we were done.

Slightly soggy stomp around Selly Oak, but the friendly local vibe and good chats kept our spirits high! Eve’s mission kept her streak going and it took me nicely over my daily 10,000 steps target.

📮🌟 Look out for our next Goodgym flyering mission soon!

Jonny and Narendra joined the Friends of Perry Common Meadows on a wonderful sunny morning at Perry Common. Yes, for once it wasn't raining!

Narendra had done a run around the common before we started and Jonny arrived on his bike.

We met at the Tiny Forest and got to work litter pick. Both GG'ers got a full bag of rubbish. Jonny certainly got to gym in GoodGym with a very heavy bag to carry back from the car park to the Tiny Forest. The biceps were certainly screaming!

Once done, Narendra joined the rest of the group in the cafe after the group pic of course :)

Tonight Narendra joined a GG task for the first time as we did a brief litter pick around St Pauls Square, managing to get a whole bag in 10 minutes. Excellent work!

After the litter pick we were met by James and joined the weekly COBS social run.

Great effort by everyone on a cold and wet evening!

Tonight was Jonny's running session, with Marcus the new area activator for Worcester joining us, along with Javis doing his 2nd GG session.

We warmed up running to Millenium Point our destination for our interval session. The session was a 'mixed pace workout' which was 4 x 30 second efforts, off 30 seconds rest, followed by 4 x 3 minute efforts off 1 min jog recoveries, then to finish 4 x 1 minute off 1 minute jog. Both Marcus and Javis certainly gave it the full beans!

Once done we went to the Carrs Lane Church to complete our litter pick before heading back to the Good Intent.

We had a great session at St. Martin’s Church, with 6 of us sanding and painting the lower ground corridor. It was brilliant to welcome Javis and Zoe, both doing their first mission with Goodgym! Some of us rolled the wider wall spaces, some brushed paint into those nooks and crannies, while others had the ceilings covered! Fantastic team effort with the whole corridor looking fresh with a full first coat of paint by the end of the mission. 😊