Pebble Dash!

21 rocking runners turned up at Vivo Gym last night for a great run to help Emmeaus, a charity helping homeless people find work and a new home.

We know a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a running pack of GoodGymers waste no time, so after our short run to Emmeaus they got stuck right in there, trimming bushes, picking up litter and smashing up some cobbles up with a mighty sledgehammer (note that the people doing the hammering were wearing safety goggles and steel toe capped boots, otherwise they may have got in to a spot of Barney Rubble, if you know your cockney rhyming slang!). One part of our mission was to trim some bushes to a height so that people couldn't sneak behind and have a crafty pee - I think that part of the mission was accomplished but I'm really glad no one went to test it out.

The rain threatened us a little, but it was only a light shower so I'm not going to slate it. The team cracked right on, getting loads done as always, being the real gems that they are, and they gave a rock-solid effort all evening, even when we split up to do either hills with Kevin or a longer run back with me - my team ended up being high fived by a chap in a park, told to run faster by a different chap in a different park, and then boozily heckled by a chap outside a pub. Oh, and I almost ran into a chap on a unicycle... #bristolproblems

A tiny spot of tricep dips, press ups and running around was designed to give us muscles of granite, and then Kevin's gang turned up with faces as hot as lava! We had a good stretch out and took a moment to celebrate Chris B's birthday by singing to him, to celebrate Matt Garnett (real name, fits with the stone related puns well, doesn't it!) getting to the mighty 100 runs, and I was given a box set of Cheers for cheering many many lots of people during June. To double celebrate birthdays and 100 runs, we headed back to Vivo for beer and pink wafers, the go-to party food of GoodGym Bristol.

Well done gang!!!!