For such a long run we had a great turn out last night - 30 amazing people, including a whole raft of newbies all braved the unseasonally humid conditions to run to Golden Hill Community Garden.

Because the run was long, and we're a mixed group with different paces, we decided to set off in two groups. Kevin kindly led the faster group, with Gary as back marker (thanks, gents!) and I led the sexy group (we're not slow, we're just appreciating the run and taking our time!) with uncle Dave at the back (thanks Dave!).

When you run in Bristol, you're never far from a bit of 'up' and we found a lot of up on the way to the garden - it's not got 'Hill' in the title for nowt, you know! I was really pleased to see the gang regroup at the top, and even if some people had to walk at the end of the toughest hill, it's still a great workout and a good achievement.

We met up with Lucy at the top, she gave us leaflets and maps, and we split again in to groups - Alice and Daniel taking on the mantle of leadership and bossiness. It seemed that in no time at all we'd spread the word about the Harvest Fair that's coming up soon, and Gary took a squad of runners to put up some laminated signs around the area too, so people passing through would know about the festival of home made chutney, organic onions and super squashes.

A quick meet up at the end to have a group photo involving a massive marrow (aka Captain Jack Marrow) and then we ran back, distributing the last few leaflets as we went and convening in Queen Square for a stretch, a chat, and a cool down.

15 or so of us then nipped down the road to Three Brothers Burgers and had a chat about where GoodGym is going in Bristol, ways to increase our number of coach runners (have you pondered it?) and lots of other stuff, as well as enjoying some of the best burgers I've had in the UK!

Awesome effort ladies and chaps, HUGE welcome to the new guys and thanks for getting sweaty in the name of a harvest festival!

24 fit and fabulous runners headed off to the Children's Scrapstore yesterday evening.

A chill wind was a little off putting but once moving, we got lovely and warm. We made good time to the Scrapstore and got divvied up in to several teams.

Team 1: Notice board sorters. Their mission was to remove all out of date notices.

Team 2: Stirers. Their misson was to open old tins of paint and give them a good stir. It was amazing how the paint changed colour!

Team 3: Fluff makers. They were given some Stanley knives and cut the ends of reels of thread from spindles, creating a large amount of fluff in the process!

Team 4: Net cutters. At first just 2 people but then their numbers were bolstered by newbies Leanne and Pramimder (welcome to the gang ladies!).

Team 5: Fabric slicers. A huge amount of Fireman Sam print fabric needed chopping, then a rather fetching scarlet cloth.

Last but not least, Team 6 were once again on phone sorting duty. Every single time we have been to the Scrapstore, there are phones to unbox andsplit in to components. One day we will reach the end... One day.

Then we headed back really fast, and had a great stretch back at Vivo. Top work team!

25 fine and upstanding individuals braved the cold to help their community last night by weeding and digging over some flower beds.

We met at Vivo Gym and after introductions, including a big welcome to Wade and Tom, and a quick health and safety briefing (e.g don't jump in front of cars!), were off! We ran the shortish distance over to Victoria Park, the site of many run throughs but few run toos, so it was about time we helped this sprawling green gem in south Bristol.

We met with Alex who is part of the community group who keep an eye on the park. She explained that there were some flower beds that two nearby schools had been using to teach their students about gardening, and that these flower beds needed a bit of a going over so that the schools can start with a bit of spring planting soon.

With trowels, spades, forks and a wheel barrow, everyone literally dug in and in the usual double quick time, we'd uprooted weeds and turned over a lot of soil, as well as rescued a worm. Those flower beds are now just about ready for the new season of growing!

As there were not quite enough tools to go around, Chris took some of the runners off on a little lap of the park, and then made them do lunges whilst the tools were being packed up! He's a big meany! He also led the pack out of the park mostly because I keep getting lost there, and didn't want us to be running around the paths forever. Our feet were caked with mud from the flower beds so it took a while to knock it all off, for a few moments, we were all about 3 cm taller. It was rather nippy up there and the cold clearly froze my brain as we left without having a group photo! DANG AND BLAST!

Back in Queens Square, just a few metres from Vivo, we had a good stretch out and of course enjoyed a great round of applause.. and then another because Daniel was just so happy!