It was 2 years ago tomorrow that GoodGym was launched in Bournemouth, and we decided to celebrate it with a games and team bonding outing to the beach. Andrew, Daryl and Caprice were all there that day and this evening too, it is amazing that we haven't managed to scare them off since! Caprice is so dedicated that she even came along despite being sick and not yet having recovered from working a 5 day festival, and a night shift the night before!

As we didn't run, it meant that Lee was able to come along and join us. He hasn't been able to join in on runs, much to his annoyance, due to injury. And how much we have missed our best photographer!!

It was pretty blustery down by the beach, which meant that we didn't have to fight over a spot, and our frisbee skills were going to be put to the test! After a beer sitting down and getting chilly some of us decided to try to throw the frisbee around. At first the wind made it really difficult, but by the end the gang were gliding that disc around like pros! Amazing how much of a work out you can get out of chasing a Frisbee around that keeps drifting away from you!! There were some amazing flying catches made by Lee and Neil.

Millie brought along a game called Kubb, and although it is usually played as a drinking game, we played it in its purest form! Picture a game of skittles, but with wooden blocks, thin sticks instead of balls, two teams and a half way line...get the idea? Didn't think so....look it up and try it out, it was great fun. Thank you Millie and Daryl who graciously lost to Meghan, Dan and myself! Wooohooo! No wonder we enjoyed it!

After the sun went down, we slowly made our way home, not before posing for some team shots with our wonderful beach scenery as the backdrop.

All things back to normal next week as we run to help out at BodyPositive in their garden. We have never been there before, so it's a chance to make new friends again! It's not a long run so we will bring in some intervals and fitness exercises to keep everyone in shape! Sign up here

Last night we headed to Hope Housing to help Mark with a task...each time we go it's something totally different and yesterday evening was no....different. It was great to have Ema back after not being able to join us for a while. Welcome back! And a huge

WELCOME TO THE GANG

to Pia and Heather who have become members. We hope you get your t-shirt in the post super quick so you can wear it proudly on the runs! Click their names, support them and give them a cheer!

As our run was a little shorter this week and some of us were having a beer after the run EVERYONE wanted to do some hill work....I was against the idea myself but had to give in.... There's a zig zag along the prom that is hidden behind lots of vegetation, making it look like something out of the jungle. Most of us were able to run up it twice before then setting off towards Hope Housing. Upon our arrival we were tasked with shifting a huge pile of logs from the car park to the back of the garden. Where it was to be sorted into an organised pile. After shifting a lot of it some of us had to stay in one place to sort it. Heather used here experience of Spartan Races to shift some massive logs with ease! And by the looks of things there were lots of others who would probably do well in a Spartan race! John, Jenni, Andrea, Heather and Dan were in charge of passing along logs to John for him to put in the right places. They soon managed to entertain themselves by pretending each log looked like something else! From machine guns and wizard staffs to a log that needed a pee! Andrea even managed to find one that looked like some pants!!

The logs will be used as fire wood but some will also be used for arts and crafts for the residents. They will make snow men for Christmas and other sculptures.

We managed to finish that bit really quickly so Mark had us tidying a classroom for yoga lessons....we managed to get 7 people in the shed next door whilst moving gym equipment in there! Not bad! We were rewarded with some bottled water...which Hope Housing received for free, as it had a spelling mistake in the label! Can you spot it?

Our run back to Flirt Cafe was nice and easy and mostly downhill....until the final rise along the high street which Jenni destroyed!!

Well done everyone, next week we're at the Foodbank, a favourite of ours. Sign up here

See you there!