390 people ran/walked/jogged around the park today, record times, it was so cold. Us marshals resorted back to thermals. GG runners today Bill & Roisin well done both. 5 new to Parkrun today, well done to you.

Tonight 11 GoodGymers ran 5km to support Barge Road Community Garden.

Kudos to Mark, who was attending his 100th session!

We continued where we left off last week, pulling up roots, weeding, sieving through soil and picking up litter.

This weeks surprise find was an old Barbie! After 45 minutes of filling buckets, bin bags and piling up rubble we headed home after a job well done.

Tonight 9 GoodGymers ran or cycled 5km to Burges Road Community Garden to help support a new local green space.

This local green space has been neglected and misused for many years, and will require lots of local support to help turn it into a community garden over the next 3 years.

When we arrived we met Lucy, one of the local members of Green Hearts volunteering group, who gave us instructions for tonights task.

We were armed with forks, rakes, and litter pickers to dig out old roots, pull up weeds and unearth any unnatural objects... ranging from a cuddly toy to a fiat hub cap.

The most interesting finds were 2 little frogs, who one day might become residents in the future garden pond!

After 50 minutes of sweat and many rubbish bags filled, we put down our tools ready to return for another session next week.

The evening was still light so we took the leafy route back into the city running along Marriott's Way.

Organised by local groups, the litter picking group was quite large, with a good amount of good gymers bolstering the team.

Good Gymers got stuck in and found lots of litter to pick, filling up more than a bag each getting into hedges and pulling out lots of cans and bottles from the river side. The group expected about 30 full bags in total from litter picking on Anderson's Meadow, but that amount was exceeded quite considerably, making the already lovely area even more enjoyable in the future.