On Thursday we were back at one of our favourite locations and one of Bath's many lovely green spaces, the Alice Park community garden. Firstly, a big well done to Katharine and Michael for attending their first GoodGym task and to Helen and Tanya for completing the run to and from the task! As usual, we were given plenty of jobs to get stuck into, including setting up biting and flags around the garden as part of the decorations for a festival of fun around Bath. Other tasks included constructing two new beanpoles (end results pictured) and digging for some fiendish potatoes that needed removing from the fruit and vegetable patches. We were able to celebrate a good night's work with some chocolates provided by GoodGym's new sponsor Raleigh!

The railings along St Marks Community Centre needed a re-shine so we started the task by brushing off the old flakey paint, before we started to paint the railings to give it a re-shine with new black sticky paint and we were offered some short breads to keep us going and so we maybe doing some more in the coming months?

While most children woke up on Easter morning wondering what chocolate egg they might be getting, more than 20 young athletes were thinking about beating their personal best.

The Junior parkrun is held on Odd Down cycle track at 9 o’clock on Sunday mornings and sees runners take to a 2km route with - or without - their parents running alongside.

This week GoodGym Bath were invited to act as marshals and “egg” the children along the course.

To warm up, GoodGymmers Richard, Mary, Ruth and Helen met at the Bear on Bear Flat and ran up the hill to the sports ground. Well, Mary and Helen ran up the hill and back again while Richard kept Ruth company in the slow lane. He made up for this after the task by running off into the distance as part of his training while Ruth promised to cut back on the chocolate.

Up on the Down we donned reflective vests and whistles and spaced out along the route ready to cheer the participants along. Fortunately whistles were not required but lots of clapping was. It is a joy to help at an event which encourages children to be active. Everyone was out to simply be the best runner they can be.

Ruth donned an Easter bonnet for the occasion but no one else got the memo - although a family took part in the run in bunny ears. They may have got a little nervous to see the tail runner disguised as a fox but luckily everyone survived.