Just a Hunk , a Hunk of Burning Wood

It may be holiday time for some but that didn't stop the lucky 11 from coming along for a 4K run with a bit of a hill to Bloomfield allotment group to help clear a space and make a bonfire.

Well done to Pascale who ran The women can marathon at the weekend.

The inspiration for this women only marathon is American endurance runner Kathrine Switzer, who in 1967 was the first woman to officially complete the all-male Boston Marathon. As runner number 261 she completed in 4 hours 20 minutes, despite being manhandled by officials who tried to drag her off the course two miles in. The images from that day - together with Kathrine's campaign for the "archaic rules" to be overhauled - changed endurance running for women forever. What Kathrine did showed that women CAN run marathons,

Now that's a Fact worth knowing

A 4k run tonight with a short steep hill to climb at the start taking us to our task location at Bloomfield allotments to help sift through a collection of wood and debris to create a bonfire.

Antony (our paramedic) was lead fire starter this evening on his final Goodgym Bath run, he literally went out in style.

Steve, Tom and Antony sawing an old gate up and salvaging the door furniture to be reused , whilst everyone else collected wood and anything else fit to burn.

It was a combination of saving a variety of wildlife in the process from Alison's collection of

Slugs and snails to Toads , Emma even spotted a rat , 'Twas almost Tales of the riverbank

In all 35 minutes spent to get the area cleared and onto the bonfire , we managed to get the bulk cleared just leaving a small amount and fire watching to our lovely hosts this evening .

Thankfully it was all down on the way back with some looping for the faster ones throughout the evening to keep the group together , so shout out to Joe , Tom and Antony for being jolly good sports .

Well earned stretch with Thanks to Pascale for back marking and Joe for a fabulous Pun .

I'm sure we would all like to wish Antony all the best with his move to a new area and hopefully a new Goodgym group for him to inspire with his motivational spirit , we will surely miss him in Bath .

Look forward to seeing you all next week at Cleveland pools , a gem of our beautiful city .

Thank you everyone for being you .