Welcome to 2026, GoodGymers!! We had an impressive 10 GGers for our first Group Run of the year, with Abby debuting as our Walking Group Leader.

As with our previous visits to the Community Kettle, Nicole had prepared a list of tasks for us to work through. Crossing them out as they were completed was incredibly satisfying.

Katie, Katie and Sammy made light work of unloading, moving and reorganising a book shelf. Katie's attempted additional good deed of watering some plants did go slightly awry when she realised there was a hole in the bottom of the pot!

Louisa had the tricky job of supervising Dave and Andy with moving a fridge. Lou was able to convince them to find a tape measure to ensure the fridge would fit in it's new home, and with some wriggling and jiggling, it was successfully relocated.

After sorting out the toy cupboard with Sinéad, Abby discovered a new talent - being able to separate the double-sided tape where others had tried, failed and sworn a lot before. Lou provided excellent ballast for me, as our resident climber, to mount some felt boards on a slightly sad looking wall.

Ness proved to be a one-woman power-house, single handedly lifting a desk that was bigger than her! And it was shifted so quickly and efficiently I didn't get a chance to snap a photo. Incredibly impressive work!

We got to enjoy a Community Kettle special Hot Blackcurrant whilst we worked, and were rewarded with some sweeties and biscuits before running back to the Lido. Andy's life may have flashed before his eyes after nearly being mowed down by Lucy, logging some kms on her bike ride home from work.

Thanks to Jen for realising that I'd inadvertently created a run report title in my safety briefing.

13 hardy GoodGymers braved the weather (& the mad Pompey traffic issues) and got out in the cold for icy runs, walks and jogs. I would guess that most of us might have decided to do it another day if it wasn't for Monday Motivation.

Kudos to Judy who logged her kms round Gatwick. She might be going on holiday but she's still contributing to the challenge!

Well done everyone, next week it's a fully virtual Monday Motivation but feel free to use the social chat to find a buddy!