Earth, Wind and Flyers

With better weather than we've had for the last few runs enticing people back into the great outdoors, we had a whopping 17 runners meeting at Bath Leisure Centre for our two-task Tuesday.

Gin and Tonics all round

We all named our favourite drink during the headcount and, as Steph pointed out, the ladies of the group clearly live much harder lives than the men, as most of them opted for a stiff alcoholic drink, while the gentlemen were happy with a nice cuppa ;)

Welcome to Richard!

With new addition Richard, and a few who were back for their first GG run since Christmas, there was lots of chatting on the first leg of our journey. But the chatter soon turned into heavy breathing when we started our steep ascent up Holloway, followed by an even steeper ascent up Shakespeare Avenue.

It was all worth it for the view

After a quick photo op with the city lights behind us we split into two groups.

The A Team - Lady Bath's team of the fab four - had the job of flyering for Bear Flat Community Market, Send A Cow for Bath Half Marathon, and some GoodGym mission flyers. They left the earth and leaf shifters up at Alexandra Park doing what they do best. The flyer team weaved their way around Junction Road and back to regroup on Bear Flat 35 minutes later and they caught sight of a rather interesting wreath attached to what may have been some student accommodation. It's amazing how many letter boxes you can target in a short space of time whilst having fun on the run.

The rest of the group shifted piles of wet leaves down a slippery hill, and those feeling particularly strong carried a very large, heavy bag from the allottments back to the lovely Virginia's car. There were a few muddy bottoms at the end of it but it's all in day's work! We also got to meet a very cute dog who couldn't quite work out what we were doing so decided to just bark encouragement at us!

It's all downhill from here

A nice downhill run back to the Leisure Centre for some stretching.

Thanks to Mary for back-marking!

See you all next week :)