Goodgym the VEST a runner can get

Thankfully Lucy turned up nice and early tonight and Mikey could get changed, whilst away she completed DBS checks and welcomed our newest runner, CROESO to LAURA.

With our newest run leaders hurriedly joining us from the train station we extended our warm up of drills and chats, Strava's and route ready we set off. As one team, we ran to the traffic lights before we then split, the faster group taking to the hill to meet Cardiff's 'Magic Roundabout' at the top. Then squats until the rest of the group joined up. With Valentines around the corner tonight was all about togetherness.

Can you feel the love?

So off we went for the final push until we were met with the honk of a horn from a driver for VEST, the Voluntary Emergency Service Transport Community. After being welcomed by Caroline, and an introduction to the great work that they do we got ready to work. VEST is a wonderful group that helps elderly, isolated and disabled people get around the City and Vale of Glamorgan by supporting independence. What an inVESTment in the community, we can certainly get on board with this task

Van you clean it?

Splitting into groups to take on the buses, from hosing to scrubbing, brushing and window cleaning, mopping and even mop dancing..... special shout out to Su. We were then joined by the very special quality controller to check on our standard of work, Alfie the dog.

We're getting distracted now.....

with just 5 minutes left we all attacked the last vehicle, whilst still being hosed down. We just don't care about getting wet in Wales....And so the task was complete, the usual group photo and we were ready to head off into the night. Pondering a question or two, what's the best pancake filling? Will we get back in time for pancakes? And can we decide between pancakes and the Tuesday drink?

Time for a warm down, stretch out and we were done.

Diolch yn fawr Cariad

Now for a sing song

At VEST today, GoodGym runners cleaned the dirt away, Now it looks as though we want to stay, Oh, we believe in VEST today.

Suddenly there’s only half the time there used to be, And there’s a shadow hanging over me, At VEST today, Mikey got mouthy.

He just wouldn’t go, And we know, it’s his job to stay, Did we do something wrong, When we cleaned for VEST today?

At VEST today cleaning was such a fun game to play, Now we’re drinking in our hide away, GoodGym had fun at VEST today.

Why'd we have to go? Well we know, we couldn’t stay, We’ll be back before too long, As we long for VEST today.

Next week in the Goodgym Cardiff crew......we will be running to the wonderful SAMYE foundation, a regular of ours, you can sign up here SAMYE 20th Feb

And the question of the week, Ben I'm going out there and preparing this one for the warm up. What's your favourite word? Well done to BEN for taking the very sought after RunPunStiltSkin award. And Ellen and Darren, your suggestions helped to inspire the report, you're all winners to me!