Massive congratulations to Steve on reaching 50 good deeds and earning his black t-shirt on tonight's task.

A big welcome to Jamie - Louise on her first group run and..... a very warm welcome back to Eleanor who had been travelling in New Zealand for several months but came back to Ipswich just because she missed Goodgym so much!

With all the festivities and chatter we almost forgot we had a 5 mile run to be getting on with

Arriving at Castle Hill Community Centre there was palpable disappointment when the scheduled outdoor task was replaced with indoor painting. However in true GG Ippo style everyone got stuck in and I tried to introduce a bit of competitive pressure by giving a time deadline to complete. This seemed to spur the team on with Mitch and Steve taking on the tricky recessed area above some lockers. In fact at one point it appeared Mitch had more paint on his hair than on the walls - luckily it wasn't paint but polystyrene from his head rubbing ceiling tiles!.

In super quick time - beating my time deadline - we were done and the room did look good for having this second coat.

On the run home there were some fartlek intervals on offer on side roads and hills , with most of the group (other than Alex and Mitch) ignoring them and preferring a steady pace for the 2.5 mile homeward leg.

We had a chat about the how tasks have become a little difficult to secure recently and if any charities or community organisations are reading this and could use some free volunteer manpower for any tasks on a Monday evening - get in touch!

We've also got the first ever Ipswich Goodgym Community Mission coming up on Friday 19 April - you can find all the details and sign up HERE