Earthquake? Samye’s foundations are still standing… Not being ferny, just saying.

A tremendous time was had at GoodGym Cardiff tonight! 20 brave runners showed up, and with shoes on their feet, legs pumped and hands ready for painting and planting, nothing was going to get in their way.

Runners came in their numbers to GoodGym tonight… just like flies to… I mean bees to honey. They were all keen to get fit, do good and see one another - A week apart is just too long!

As the clock struck 6.30pm it was time to get warmed up. We headed outside and started with our headcount and shared our most favourite word! Here are a few from the list:

• Utility by Nathan
• Wicked by Emma
• Awesome by Adam
• Bubble by Louise
• Tenacious by Aimee
• Serendipity by Ben
• Elocution by Lucy
• Chicken by Rachel
• Contrafibularities by Martin
• Discombobulate by Darren
• Apothecary by Su
• Haberdashery by Mikey

Martin has been challenged to use his favourite word in the next research article he writes :) - Excited face- .

After the warm up and headcount we split into two groups. The speedy group, led by Ben, and the sexy runners, led by the sexy man himself, Mikey! Lucy egged on both Rhian and Louise to run with the speedy group and then we were on our way. Mikey led a direct route to the Samye Foundation and Ben took a longer route which took the most scenic route of Cardiff which included the infamous and world renown Chippy Lane – A place people have eaten more times than they can remember! Kudos to Laura and Pablo for running with us again for a second time and Louise and Rhian for really challenging yourself tonight in the speedy group.

Welcome to the Samye Foundation GoodGym Cardiff

A warm welcome awaited us at the Samye Foundation, and after hearing about the wonderful goings on at the centre we couldn’t wait to get stuck in!

Teams a go go

Runners got into three teams. One team went to the top of the Samye Foundation building and began painting and sanding the walls and skirting boards. The other team laid soil and began planting ferns, all part of the instalments to create wonderful outdoor garden. The final team potted pants with fresh soil at the entrance to the centre.

Riddly Diddly Fiddly Doo, I have a riddle for you! – A toughy this week

*A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asks who it is. The man replies, 'Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man's father is my father's son'. Who is in the photograph? *

With the riddle set in the last 10 minutes brains were now as active as movement as all runners were eager to get the task finished and work out the riddle at the same time!

Goodness gracious GoodGym!

Lorraine could not believe how much was done in such a short space of time- 30 minutes!. The garden patch was now ready for the next stage of development and immense progress has been made on the renovations to the top of the building.

Afterwards we ran back, stopping to allow everyone to regroup and finishing by reflecting on the evening’s run.

The RunPunStiltSkin award goes to Darren and Mikey... Well done! Jess made a blooming awesome suggestion and I have a feeling the competition for the RunPunStiltSkin award is going to increase in weeks to come!