This evening we ran 3 miles to help Way Out West, a neighbourhood action group in Bedminster who work together to improve any neglected local areas to make them accessible again.

With a few new faces and plenty of friendly familiar grins too we warmed up.

She met he, he met she and they met me,
and we were all together.
See how we run like pigs from a gun,
see how we fly!

Splitting into two groups,
running to the task to come.
Most in GoodGym t-shirts, on a chilly Tuesday,
Man we were full of joy,
you make the run go strong.

On arrival we were met by Stef from the project who gave us an overview of what they do and what our tasks for the evening were. 18 took up buckets and clothes to wash walls in preparation for the much needed paint job we will be assisting with on Saturday 8th May. The rest took to the streets to clear up litter.

Expert, texpert litter pokers,
Won't let any disgards slip on through.
See how it change from pigs in a sty
See how it shines
We're flying!

Caroline and Richard
Climbing up the plastic tower.
Wiping and a scrubbing smelling much fresher,
Man, you should have seen them smashing off the dirt as they go.

Soon we had cleaned all of the walls and the streets in the area were litter free. With some time to spare and a whole hall to use it was only right that I take the stage to direct a little exercise session. We lunged, squatted and star jumped before an old favourite, the plank-off. It was a very strong field and most people lasted over 2 minutes. In the end it was between Matt and Vito. They were knocking on the 4:30 minute point when Matt succumbed to his dropping right buttock and Vito took victory.

After a thank you from our grateful host Stef we ran into the night back to Queen Square. My group arrived first so we did a lap of the square incorporating some sprints and then stretched off with the rest of the group.

We achieved loads this evening guys so thanks for all you efforts, I can't wait to get back down there and paint now. Hopefully they will have more rollers than a group of millionaire vintage car enthusiasts with a passion for perms.

I am the leg man
You are the leg (wo)men
We got the wall washed
Thank-thanking you!

Somehow 32 amazing runners got together at Vivo gym (32? WOW!) and ran to help weed a park that badly needed it.

We got together at Vivo Gym, and after a quick round of introductions and warm ups, we got running. Running through central Bristol in the evening on a warm day can be an entertaining experience with lots of jolly people cheering us on - they're a friendly bunch in Bristol!

We made it to Portland Square in good time and met up with Simon who is part of a residents group who are keen to transform the square from a green spot in to a lovely green spot, so it needs a bit of TLC, and that's where GoodGym came in handy!

We set to weeding and also trimming some of the growths off the base of the lime trees in the square. We also met a Simon's dog as well as a massively huge dog too (he's in one of the pictures!). Luckily this week we didn't find any mice though.

After a good 35 minutes of hard graft, we downed (and cleaned!) tools and jogged off, leaving the square a little tidier (post litter pick too!) and less weedy - fingers crossed the residents can get some funds to plant some great bushes or similar and ask us to come back and help to plant them!!!

We got back to Vivo, had a good stretch and chat at the end - it was announcements but it kinda descended in to chat. Then there were drinks... then there was the suggestion of burgers, which some people did as well!

Smashing job ladies and gents, we did GOOD!