Autumn may have fallen in Bath but that didn't stop 10 fabulous runners from putting their best football feet forward for a 5k run out for a spot of leaflet dropping for Bath City football club ahead of their annual community day on 21st October. The club is community owned so don't miss out on this fun packed day for all the family.

Welcome to Rosie and Joe joining us for their first taste of Goodgym.

Three cheers to Mary and Rosie on completing their first marathon in Bournemouth on Sunday. Well done to Pascale on another marathon in the bag ahead of The Eden project Marathon this weekend... GO GIRL!!

These speedy guys soon had 200 leaflets posted to promote Bath City football clubs community day. This is going to be a fun packed day for all the family and will raise vital funds for the community led football club, make sure you spread the word and go along on the day.

Time for task two

With the leaflets well and truly posted we had time left to shift some bark chip at the foot of some community allotments on a very slippery grass pathway,

The team certainly worked hard tonight bagging up the bark chips and shifting them along a length of muddy ground at the bottom of the community allotments. A bit of OCD with the variation in bark shade along the stretch of path but all was made very clear when Katie and Rosie spilled the beans on newbie Joe bagging up the lighter bark because it weighed less...HA!! they certainly marked his card.

Great to hear everyone enjoying themselves whilst getting fit and doing good tonight helping out two great community led projects.

TIME UP

Run back to the leisure centre for a well earned stretch out and reminder to bring your documents along to your next group run and get mission verified.

Thanks to Emma for back marking and Joe for a Barking mad pun

Well done you crazy bunch

A short run 1.5 k run in Bath for 12 fabulously fit and funky people. This evenings task took a slight turn but in a good direction to Parade Gardens, a truly beautiful Park and a focal point for Baths many tourists situated next to Pultney Weir and the task itself to paint between the stone columns.

Big Shout Out to the Two Claire's

joining us for their first taste of Goodgym Bath. I do hope both enjoyed themselves, I know we loved having them along tonight.

Second Shout out to Mary

She's completed 6 Good deeds and ran a whopping 103k so far this month, whilst training for her first marathon.

The group opted for the short rather than shortest route out this evening but only as long as they could enjoy the shortest of the routes back after the task.

Paint !! We love to paint

Brushes, tiny rollers and paint at the ready and everyone to took great care painting inside the archways and making sure not to get any paint on the Bath Stone columns. We soon had it licked as far as we could reach, Super Steve and Sam cutting a fine line at the top.. Well done guys!!

Lights camera action from Lydia, squatting and shining our swanky floodlights.

We managed to get all three panels done and even had time for a selection of group photos.

Didn't They Do Well

The route back was the shortest of the short but it made a nice change from our normal hilly locations and gave us opportunity to enjoy some Goodgym banter.

An AWESOME BUNCH, I think you'd agree. Though they did try to zip me shut in my protective paper suit.

Tonight's 6k run for legs 11 runners was all about Flyering for various walks around Bath from Bathscape walking festival taking place throughout September to a circular walk of Bath for Julian house and some sugar smart leaflets thrown in for good measure.

GOOD HEALTHY STUFF

word was out that STORM AILEEN was set to join us for this group run but the only lovely ladies we were letting in this evening was

CARYL and KELLY

Caryl plays rugby for Bristol and Wales and Kelly a former Bristol player ... Epic stuff, so WELCOME to Goodgym Bath ladies.

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to MARY hitting the BIG 50 (i don't mean age) she earned her Black Tshirt ...whoop!!

Well done to everyone who raced at the weekend, some great achievements for the GG race team and Bath.

A gentle jog out to warm up on the way out as the rain and wind made its appearance , the only other off putting thing might have been the 118 steps up to Alexandra park to the view point for a birds eye view of our beautiful city, i think everyone enjoyed a breather.

No time to stop though!! Aileen was fast approaching and if we didn't move swiftly it was going to be a washout in Bath.

A divided group on the street covering the left and right, however Oli was accused of defecting at some point. 157m of elevation just about sums up the effort put in this evening by everyone, dodging snappy letter boxes and driving rain weaving our way up and down the heights of the not so aptly named BEAR FLAT..... didn't feel very flat for the 40 minutes of delivering task.

Thankfully, what goes up must come down and the run back to the leisure centre was much appreciated amongst the group, although we did enjoy some single leg squats,lunges and walking lunges during the evening.

Thanks to Jackson for this evenings fabulous pun and Mary for backmarking.

A reminder that Nicolas leaving party is Sept 28th, so let me know if your coming.

We also have our 2nd Birthday Celebrations on October https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/goodgym-bath-is-turning-two

Apologies for lack of photos but the rain was relentless!!