Cor blimey it is cold isn't it!

6 of us met at the gym and ran down to Wharf Road to meet Sallyann. We grabbed our pickers and meandered around Springfield Basin. It was surprisingly clean and tidy so we took the opportunity to reenact the image on one of the barges we saw. Absolutely bloody nailed it. We chatted about Valentine's Day plans and relived some trauma from Joe's past. So wrinkly...

As we trotted around it was getting colder and mistier so we wrapped up early and headed back. Sadly Joel took a tumble on the way but we are hoping he didn't perish on the way back home.

Laurie and I also got Popeye's on the way home after all the conversation about takeaways. Delicious.

9 GoodGymers turned out bright and early to volunteer at Chelmsford Parkrun this morning. Rich and Russell were timekeeping. Laurie, David and Jenny were barcode scanning and the rest of us did some sterling clapping and cheering while marshalling. The weather was good and 677 people ran, jogged and walked the course, so we did our bit to help Chelmsford get fit while we did good!

After we'd given back our hi-viz jackets and lanyards we moved on for a spot of socialising over a fry-up. Rachel and Abi joined us for some breakfast and we had a good catch up before heading off to enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Our next group run is on Wednesday and is a litter pick for Essex Waterways, you can sign up here.

It was a balmy 8 degrees on a Wednesday evening and we were raring to go! A group of us met at the gym and were meeting 3 bonus GoodGymers at the Springfield Baptist Church to leaflet for FoodCycle

We meandered our way down the streets, side streets, alleys and cul-de-sacs with leaflets in hand. FoodCycle offers a free meal, warm place, and good chat to anyone who needs it at the Church on a Thursday. They also are calling for volunteers too so it might be something we explore.

It was a nice leisurely chat while we did the task. Hopefully they get some new attendees and new volunteers from this. We do have more leaflets left too so no doubt will do this again some time.

Remember - we will be representin' GoodGym with our friends Parkrun this Saturday through a mass volunteer! Come join us for that, or just for breakfast afterwards!

Have a good week.