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!!

A change of plan to the scheduled task this evening for 16 intrepid runners in Bath but of course that would also mean the addition of a hill or two to the 6k run to DONKEY LANE community garden .

A few announcements before the off with a warm welcome to another Goodgym tourist from GG Greenwich the lovely Amy....whoop!!!

Bath Heroes this month

Mary 8 Good deeds

Alison 188.9k

Remember everyone get signed up on Strava through your Goodgym profile and all your training runs will be logged, you also get to support your fellow runners/vice Versa. Could be a tiebreaker in the making regards hitting the next BIG 50!! Joe at 48 and Mary at 47.

welcome to Caitlin (my daughter) for her first taste of Goodgym fitness and no I didn't force her.

The first part of our run out was nice and flat, that was until we arrived at Hedgemead Park when it became apparent the

only was is up baby, for you and me now

I'm not too hard on them though as they'd already enjoyed a couple of hill sprints to warm up, plus had a breather at the top of the many steps with an opportunity to

squat it like it's Hot or until they drop

Sue was eagerly awaiting the group at the end of perfect view with her tools, our task to help weed to help with the maintenance of this rather large area.

The task for 35 mins

Clearing the Pathways through the herb and veggie area,. Cut back a rather large Kale plant, although this got rather out of hand with poor Jo trying to keep Joe and Sam on task but Sam was literally engulfed in Kale...Ha!! Pretty maids in a row working on the garden paths doing a fabulous job. Steve, Rob and the two Emma's tackled the stingers on the other side of the footpath allowing the young trees some breathing space.

Amy confessed to enjoying the hills with Holly, Megan and Caitlin taking the herbs in hand. Pascale had a lovely bunch of Kale to enjoy in her breakfast smoothie, that might make up for the extra mileage she did tonight.

Time up!!

Group photo and our very own Mexican led wave by Dora to top off the evening.

Thankfully a nice downhill finish back to the leisure centre for a few stretches.

Thanks to Emma for back marking and Joe for our fabulous pun tonight.

Reminder that it's monthly **QUIZ SOCIAL on Thursday at The Boater at 7.30pm, please feel free to come along and bring a little raffle prize to show our support to Rob who will be climbing Kilimanjaro with his brother and is self funding, so the money he raises will go to the charity. They will be supporting Against Malaria Foundation, who ‘fund anti-malaria nets, specifically long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), and work with distribution partners to ensure they are used’ (https://www.againstmalaria.com/WhyMalaria.aspx). Feel free to share their giving page Here is the link for the fundraising page! https://www.againstmalaria.com/Fundraiser.aspx?FundraiserID=7688

hope to see you at Thursdays quiz.

A Lovely summers evening on the riverbank at Goodgym BATH for a sweet 16 who weedy enjoyed themselves at on a 5k run involving some hill climbing with bags of mulch and weeds for The Canal and River trust.

A few announcements to kick off this evening:

Well done Pascale and Alison who ran the Salisbury 54321 on Sunday 42 & 33 k

New Taskforce - Lucy, Emma and Alison .. WHOOP!!

Welcome to Holly and Ben

Nicola and Dora were chatting away in spanish (i think so anyway) something about Mexico i think and the possibility of a night out on the plus side..keep you posted team!!

As promised a nice flat run along the canal or at least until we arrived at our destination when 7 merry men were required to head up that hill and carry bags of mulch back down to the riverbank.

The remaining members were already hard at work chopping back ash and weeding an overgrown area, Ben was in fact working so hard he broke his garden trowel...Ooops!! lot's of banter and laughter along the way.

30 minutes later

Time to spread the bags of mulch over the cleared area before filling the now empty bags with cuttings and weeds before a group effort to carry everything back up the hill where its transport was waiting to carry it off to the compost heap in the sky.

A touch of fitness stuff and looping thrown into the mix for good measure and because they enjoy it so much, although you would never guess it from their little faces...HA!!

A suitably short run back down the hill and along the river back to the leisure centre for a nice stretch and chat, perfect end to a beautiful day.

Smashing job achieved yet again team,

fabulous...fabulous...fabulous!!

GOOD LUCK to everyone racing the TWO TUNNELS this weekend especially Rhiannon on her first 10k ...GO GIRL!!

GOOD LUCK to everyone racing the train from Goodgym this weekend, can't wait to read all about that one.

Until next time, keep running and stay safe