Well done Claraand Carmen for braving the cold and the dark tonight! Not easy leaving the warm and comforts of home when its Wintery! Huge effort all round and getting close to the 5km distance.

Congratulations to Carmen for the 10km race last weekend too in what sounded like very windy and wet conditions!

Tonight two Good Gymers left their ghost costumes at home, paused the pumpkin carving and kept the trick or treaters hanging for an hour and threw on trainers for a run.

Great to see Carmen for her first training run and we kept to the street-lamp lit streets for an urban run. Not a single halloween 🎃 👻 costume was clocked on our loop but we did end with a few sweet treats of our own fit to mark the occasion: mini monster fizzy jellies!

A great turn out at Good Gym Ipswich tonight on one of the hillier routes, too.

Welcome to first time Good Gymers Leanne and Carmen- great to meet you! And welcome back Bruce and Imogen after the Summer break. Fantastic to have you back.

One long hill completed the run to reach Blue Cross Animal Rehoming Centre but we were rewarded by a warm welcome by Tracey who has everything prepped for us to get going. Due to light levels there was a change of task and we set about cleaning the foyer and staff room. Floors were mopped and hoovered, surfaces cleaned, fridges wiped down. With so many busy hands we made light work of it and got the job done with ease. Talking of light, there definitely has been a change in season as it was much darker on the way back. More hi-vis needed!

Great work gang and note for next time : leave five extra minutes and glimpse something cute and fluffy....