Oh yes!! Finally spring has sprung on Goodgym Bath and what a beautiful day it was for our first group run in the light... whoop!!

A 5k run tonight for 15 fighting fit Goodgymers to weed and tidy a community garden at the top of Park street, positioned to perfection at the top of a steep hill.

Disappointed to still be injured but it's still all systems go with the lovely Pascale leading out this evening and Emily back marking, Thanks so much for your support ladies.

A few hills on the way out but as I always say what goes up must come down, so guaranteed to feel easier on the way back after all that hard work. I almost feel no need for hill reps tonight.

We had the added pleasure of Claire this evening doing some nifty camera work of the group in action.

Virginia and Lyn were ready and waiting for us and gave an overview of the community Guerrilla garden and the many users to the site, from encouraging young children to come along and get involved with their parents to older people looking to fill some time and enjoy the fruits of their labour.

Lyn soon had everyone digging and clearing weeds and unwanted plants starting from the top and working our way down the side of the footpath, some stubborn roots going on here but as always

no task to difficult for Goodgym.

Lots of chatting and laughter tonight during our 35 minute digging frenzy before grabbing our group Boomerang shot, Sorry everyone!!! Little things and all that.. ha!!! Just finished as it started to rain.

Still lots left to do on site but with the hardest part done tonight we will aim to achieve two tasks next week and "kill two birds with one stone" as the saying goes.

A nice downhill on the way back to the leisure centre for everyone finishing off along the riverbank and a little bit of competitive sprinting to polish the evening off.

A reminder of monthly quiz social on Thursday at 8pm The Boater, hope to see you there.

This could be a good opportunity to bring your documents for ID checks if you wish to be paired up or go on missions.

Thanks everyone for the amazing spirit and support, you really are the A team.

A Blooming Marvellous 16 tonight at Goodgym Bath to take on a beast of a hill in our 4K run and a mix of tasks at Bloomfield allotments for Transition Bath.

A very warm welcome to Meg joining us on her first Goodgym run and very impressed she was already wearing her Red T shirt. Sarah also joined us for her first Goodgym experience this evening. The headcount during warm up went smoothly for the second time, things are looking up.

A shorter run this week but a good hill thrown in after some seated squats just to reassure the group that the hill wasn't that bad after all. A regroup at the summit with some tricep dips just to get those arms ready for the task.

Virginia was waiting at the far end of the allotments with lots of jobs lined up for the group.

Two groups of four carrying both tarpaulins across to the playing fields to be laid out brushed down and folded up ready for storage, some trying to have a little game of twister whilst the other team were rescuing slow worms that had been hiding amongst the compost in the other one.

Lucy, Steve and Ed got to work at the far end bagging up bark chips and carrying them back to the community allotment, whilst Pascale greeted Lucy, Anne and Sarah joining us in time to enjoy some weeding, a great group of ladies all signing and making Goodgym Bath an inclusive group.

Emma just had time to enjoy a bit of strimming before it was time to pack up and get that group photo whilst there was still light, bringing me nicely into a reminder to start wearing something bright or reflective and start thinking about those head torches. A quick trott back down the hill to the leisure centre for a stretch out and reminder to bring your ID along to the next group run if you'd like your very own running coach to keep you on your toes whilst helping reduce isolation in older people.

Thank you Lucy for tonight's Pun And Pascale for kindly backmarking tonight.

Great work, Great fun and a Great bunch of people .

We must be blessed for our group runs lately with yet another beautiful sunny evening for our 10 Goodgym runners taking on a sweet 5k run to Bath Organic group on the upper Bristol road to help clear the Paths ready for their GROW IT, EAT IT event being held on Sunday at 1.30pm with visitors getting a chance to taste the produce and do a bit if live voting on their favourites. Such a lovely place and well worth a visit.

Great to see a few familiar faces tonight with a visit and Paul from Bristol clocking up a lot of Good Deeds lately, I think he's on a mission! He's definitely been on a few lately and I believe Kim maybe the root of the cause.

Warm up and intros out of the way, we headed out along the river for a change of scenery and a little shade along the way whilst being mindful of the many bicycles that frequent this route. We even endured some functional fitness on route to get us limbered up and ready.

We arrived at the task in good time. Kate and Tim our hosts were waiting for us armed with tools and gloves to help us get to the root of the problem, so we took the challenge TWO BY TWO with John and Cosmo getting stuck into composting and Paul (with the trousers) and Emma tackling the stingers leaving Pascale,Mim and Joe clearing the pathway leading to the pond. Rosie joined us after her coach run.

We devoted 40 minutes in the end with the last 5 minutes consisting of drinking fresh apple juice and eating sausage rolls with a wee toast to tonight's hosts in the group photo. We even bagged an apple or two.

It's amazing what a bit of hard graft and sweat can achieve in a short space of time, plus you get the added bonus of THE FEEL GOOD factor for good measure.

A nice fast paced run back to the leisure centre with a stretch out followed by a short walk to take some thirst quenching refreshments for our monthly social catch up on everything Goodgym. Rosie is now Taskforce and will be organising our 1st Birthday party and Christmas social. Pascale was Wassailing to the group when I left with a hop skip and jump.

Thanks you amazing lot for keeping the summer months alive and here's hoping September brings us more sunny days. A special mention to Emma and John for our combined Pun tonight.

Do bring your ID to the next group run and get signed up ready for The heritage pools visit next week https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/heritage-pools