A trinity of runners met up in town to run out on a quest to find the Holy Gail who was meeting us at the task this evening.

We had a surprise on arrival as Gail had blessed us by bringing a new team member, so we welcomed Jenny to the gang and set about the evening's task.

The 150 year old Holy Trinity Church had gathered a bit of dust and lost some of its sparkle. To kick off a series of tasks to polish up the church's rough edges we got started with giving the floors a good vacuuming and mopping and also polished up some of the pews.

After 40 minutes of effort from our team of 5 there was a noticeable difference, surfaces were shiny again and the air was filled with the smell of furniture polish. William and Violet, our hosts for the evening, were very pleased with the diligent work of our team and are looking forward to us returning for another visit soon!

Thank you so much to everyone who came along to cheer today for the amazing runners doing such an iconic achievement.

More importantly we celebrate all of the amazing goodgymmers who undertook the marathon, it is an incredible feat to start one let alone finish one and you should all be so proud of yourselves!

Bit shout-out to Bethan Critchley jumping in at Mile 12 as a supporter helping runners around the course! What a superstar you are!

I've already listed the cheer party for next year. You can sign up here who knows, if you enter the ballot for next year perhaps it'll be you we are cheering on ;)

This months Park Run takeover, was given a little bit of extra sparkle ✨️ as Dani and Duncan not only came to help with set up, as part of the takeover, but they also both achieved to milestone of running their 50th Park Run. Gail and Sam joined them to get the event set up, an early start thats not for everyone, but they always do a fantastic job. Martin was marshalling and enjoyed cheering 👏 on all the runners 🏃‍♂️ as they passed him in the delightful April sunshine 🌞. After finishing their milestone run, Dani and Duncan 🎃 walked round the whole course again to share brownies with all the marshal's. Well done team on another successful takeover and well done to Milestone duo on the achievement.

Tonight at the Shri Guru Ravidass Sangat Gudwara, 4 Luton Goodgymers helped the Temples Aunties cook, wash up and host members of the Roma trust and the Link Centre. We helped to cook vegetable rice, dad and rice pudding. Derrick was hooked and took notes whilst stirring the pot and adding spices to the delicious meal. It was great to see the Aunties sharing there tips and tricks with the guests, explaining about spices and giving everyone a chance to taste them and learn the flavours. Duncan got stuck in with some heavy lifting, when the rice needed draining before adding it to the spice mix. There was a minor spillage but we soon cleared it up. It was great to have Musa back after a short break over Ramadan, and he got stuck in with the cooking as soon as he arrived. We all got to taste the finished dishes, then all chipped on with washing up and tidying away. The Aunties were greatly appreciative. Great session team. Well done