It was the pits!

20 Goodgymers helped their local community in Bristol
Richard Breakspear
Matthew Wrench
Chris Bennett
Daniel Jones
Jen Edmondson
Alice Whale
Emma R
Frank spencer
Paul Becker
Emily Green
Christopher Lewis
Gareth Evans
Ben
Caroline
Pru Comben
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Bristol

Tuesday 18th October 2016

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20 lovely people met up at Vivo on Tuesday night for a really short but exercise filled run.

It was a little cold and getting dark when we met up so we got nice and warm before heading off to the Bearpit where we were due to meet a great lady called Hannah who represents our good friends Incredible Edible. As it was such a short run, we made it to the Bearpit in no time at all, and so I had no option (honestly, I couldn't help it) but to keep the gang fit by making them do a series of exercises - press ups, lunges, tricep dips and drop squats. We were gearing up for an agility game/shuttle run combo when Hannah appeared - I'm sure everyone was very disappointed!

Hannah dished out a wide variety of tools that we took a short distance away to a small plot of land located between two busy streams of traffic. Sadly for Chris L there was no mattock.

The land was very overgrown so the team massacred the weeds with much gusto and verve. During the task we learned what a tansy is (aka Golden Buttons!), discovered a dead and mostly decomposed crow and tried to recreate the famous picture American Gothic with mixed success.

Because we were so close to Vivo, we stayed a little longer than normal and then pelted back as fast as possible... Gary was some what hindered as he decided to give Alice a piggy back!

There were lots of announcements at the end -
1) It was Gary's 200th run. Good job my friend, good job! 2) There's a run to Bramble Hill Farm on Saturday. Have a look here for more info 3) We've got a ton of social stuff coming up... a bit too much to list so keep an eye on the website! 4) I think that there was a no. 4 but I've forgotten.

I want to finish with a word from Gary as he started to log this run by mistake. I think we can all agree that these are profound words to live by:

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Bristol runner

Wed 19th Oct 2016 at 5:56pm

I've brought out all my weird faces this week :)

Bristol runner

Wed 19th Oct 2016 at 7:54pm

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Paul Becker
Paul Becker (he/him)

Wed 19th Oct 2016 at 9:58pm

Congratulations double centurion Gary! (And Caroline and Richard ... what can I say .. those American Gothic poses are pure genius!)

Christopher Lewis

Fri 21st Oct 2016 at 11:29am

Amazing 200 Gary! I love the Richard and Caroline Photos, great stuff! So nice to be back... even if there was no mattock :D

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