Goodgym Ipswich 2nd birthday celebrations got underway with a huge cheer for Tom achieving his 50th good deed and a warm welcome to Joe joining us for the first time.

Acknowledging 2 years since our launch there were 6 people who were there on the first ever Goodgm Ipswich group run - Steve, Eleanor, Libby, Robin, Nicola and Hayley - thank you for your loyalty and company over the last 24 months!

So the plan for the evening was to complete the task - Our last tour of Elmers Big Parade (which has brought so much joy and a great atmosphere to Ipswich during the summer) - cleaning and polishing the elephants for the final time before they disappear this weekend and get to the pub for a birthday social!

We started with a warm up game "Black Shirts" v "Red Shirts" competing to retain a tennis ball - no running with the ball and only holding the ball for 5 seconds max. It was very competetive with the ball flying around and changing teams several times. However the game was abandoned when (after a couple of close calls) the ball ended up out of bounds among traffic!

So we set off around the elephant trail with water spray, cloths and dusters in hand. This was to be a shortened route to the previous times we hand undertaken the same task...... along the Waterfront and through the town centre, stopping briefly for a few step up circuits, stair running and interval sprints.

Once again elephants were washed and buffed as we ran through the streets and as if it had been planned.......we finished cleaning the last elephant right outside the pub!

Happy Birthday Goodgym Ipswich!