Tonight, 23 runners braved the rain, exposing themselves to the elements, and joined in the GoodGym run to help the Samye Foundation

At 12.30pm today we were notified that our planned task wouldn't be able to happen due to unforeseen circumstances. This left us in a dilemma as we run to get fit and do good and help in the community and at the moment we were without the good deed. At 5pm Ben called the Samye Foundation, he let them know that if they wanted us to run and give them a hand then we had availability this evening. This was music to their ears and they said "Yes please!".

At 6pm people began gathering at the Big Moose Cafe ready for the evening's run, excited about the prospect of another good deed and running with the nicest people around.

At 6.30pm it was all systems go. Ben directed everyone outside and got them warming up. He played a game of Captain's Coming which got people running around, jumping about and squatting - It certainly got their hearts racing. After the warm up we did a headcount and acknowledged achievements that have happened over the past week. Aimee organised and led the community mission to help set up Coryton Primary School autumn fair. Lewis ran an INCREDIBLE 65 miles over the weekend. We then acknowledged the achievements of the current run. Andrew reached his 50 good deed milestone and is now eligible to claim his 50 good deed t-shirt. We had James joining us for his FIRST EVER GoodGym run!

It's now time to get our run on

Aimee led a walking group this evening! So much kudos to her for making these GoodGym runs accessible to more people.

Ben led the main group to the Samye Foundation.

Welcome runners to the Samye Mindfulness and Wellbeing Foundation!

As runners arrived at the Samye Foundation they were greeted by Lorraine. Lorraine was so pleased that so many runners had turned up keen to help out and had planned last minute tasks that she needed help with. The list included:

• Painting a wooden radiator cover
• Weeding the car park and back garden area
• Cutting the bushes on top of the perimeter walls
• Moving objects and chairs from the upstairs flat in one of the buildings
• Painting a bathroom

Runners were given 30 minutes to complete the listed tasks.

Thank you so much everyone. You've helped me out a huge amount

Lorraine thanked everyone for their efforts and kindly invited us in for some snacks.

Aimee then led the walking group back to Big Moose followed soon after by Ben who led the runners back.

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The Tweet Off

Lucy managed to extend her lead again tonight, winning the tweet off by retweeting before anyone else.

• LM 11
• EW 5
• MO 5
• DRN 4
• MG 4
• NS 2
• MJ 2
• BA 1
• NI 1
• AG 1
• WD 1