It was another big old Good Deed filled evening at GoodGym Bristol. A massive 53 runners came along to lend their hands to the good causes of Bristol. 53! You bed-der believe it. That is the Bristol record if you don't include medical students... A massive welcome and thank you to all of the new runners this evening, you were all absolutely brilliant!

Anyway, to the tales of an eve well spent. We got the bodies belonging to those helpful hands warmed up with some good old 'Shona says'. It's just like that fun game of Simon Says, but it involves burpees - so it's even more fun, right? Sofar, so good. The group then split into its three hefty sub-groups...

Got to Mala-go to the maze

Paul led a group out on a 6km run to Malago Maze, where we helped Jackie to do a massive amount of weeding to spruce the maze back into shape. The group did a fantastic job, and worked very hard to get a lot done in the time plus do the run there and back - brilliant work everyone!

It's goat to be perfect

Chris did a fabulous job of taking the second group to Bramble Hill Farm to also get stuck in with the weeds giving it a good prep-up for summer. These lucky do-gooders had an extra treat of getting to meet the goats and the pigs of the farm (and potentially spending more time getting the perfect selfie than weeding? (Not mentioning any names, Matt...)

The tables have turned

Meanwhile, the rest of the group went to help the British Heart Foundation team to set up their new store in the middle of Bristol. The team got stuck in with moving furniture, sorting books and pulling down window stickers (and managed to cajole some innocent bystanders into it too - thanks John the window-cleaner). The time flew by and we are looking forward to coming back for Part 2 in a couple of weeks' time.

After all that, everyone chair-ished a good sit down, and what better way to do it than with our June Monthly Eats at Bambalan. Flat breads and beer later, we'd sure forgotten about the squat pain. Thank you Clo for organising this!

To be honest, I've got to get a load off my chest - this run report may or may not have been written with the aim of including numerous furniture puns. Just in case they aren't quite good enough to notice, I have handily highlighted them so you can really appreciate that I am just sofa-nny.

Oh, the ongoing Battle of St Werburgh's Primary School Fences. It is the rain dance of the modern world. It is the task we crave so badly, yet the weather gods continue to do their upmost to keep us away. With the black cloud symbols with those pesky little rain drops shining out of Bristol's weather forecast, we once again had to postpone the task for later in the summer.

On the bright side (of a sticky, grey night), this freed up 20 Good pairs of hands for leafleting for two very good causes in Bristol. The Felix Road Adventure Playground, where we are going to help in the near future, have a whole bunch of half-term activities for local children. The Marmalade Trust, a charity tackling loneliness, are spreading the word of Loneliness Awareness Week which is in three weeks' time.

The group ran up to Easton where we split up to start our mass leafleting task. In smaller groups, the group lumbered up their legs between houses and popped their nimble fingers through many a door. A swarm of red ants soon ticked the streets off a high-tech list (Shona's Google Maps), leaving the residents of Easton much more informed about the wonderful charities working in the area and still looking baffled at the sea of red tees.

After a speedy run back to Queen Square, we had 10 minutes spare for a competitive wheelbarrow relay. Once the teams had mastered remembering how to wheelbarrow a human rather than a bit of garden equipment, the competition was close, and while there was a clear winner, I am sure the other teams will be back for a rematch before too long...

It was great to welcome Ed and Katie on their first Group Runs with GoodGym tonight - you were both brilliant additions to the leafleting (and wheelbarrow) teams! Also a big thank you to Sally for her excellent back marking bringing everyone safely home.