Big whoops and well done to our team of lovely GoodGymers who did a sterling job on our group run last night!

We met as usual at St Matthew's Community Hall, where we chatted about the task, warmed up and updated on some exciting news...

OUR FIRST COACH RUN IN TRAFFORD HAS TAKEN PLACE!!!

Everyone on our Group Run team was so excited and pleased to hear this and this is just the beginning of helping older people to feel less isolated in Trafford and also to bring runners closer to their community whilst getting fit. It's what we're all about and we're looking forward to many more connections being made. If you would like to get verified to to Coach runs you will need to bring your ID (Driving Licence and Passport to Kate for checking on a Group run night. Please feel free to simply pop in to St Ms either before or after the run if you don't feel like joining in the run and task.

The second announcement was...

THE VIDEO FROM OUR EPIC LAUNCH IS LIVE!!!

It's an absolutely great video and there are loads of GoodGym faces popping up all over it...see if you can spot yourself here

Anyway, back to the task in hand. We were heading to Cheeky Cherubs to help with a project that had been on Sue's (the boss!) mind for some time but just hadn't got round to completing. Cue GoodGym Trafford and their enthusiasm for a challenge!

After warming up we set off at a fair clip ably backmarked by Jo and gave some of the team a bit of a tour of Urmston whilst on our way to the task. Sue met us there and gave us a tour of the quite frankly mind blowing facilities and explained about how the Centre is funded and run.

Once we had wended our way back downstairs where the most almighty kids fun party was going on, we went into the baby sensory room. Our task was to paint an underwater scene on one wall (complete with fish tank) ![193004]using sand, paint and our usual vim and vigour.

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Cue 45 minutes later and we'd finished the job and also managed to put together two baby bouncers without instructions too! Well done to Jan and Elaine for completing that Krypton Factor style challenge - now that's what I call a good night's work!

Pleased as punch with our handiwork.

GoodGym is such a wicked concept, thank you so much for your help!

Sue was made up with our efforts and we even got to have a boogie on our way out to the kids disco! We made our way back to base, stretched off, chatted about next week's task and checked our distances on Strava. We all agreed it was an absolutely lovely evening and we're looking forward to returning to Cheeky Cherubs very soon.

Big thanks to you all, you all make GoodGym Trafford a very special thing to be part of.

See you next time, Kate x