It was certainly a soggy and sad affair for our 16 Goodgym runners for part 2 out to Bathampton for the NOT SO... Dry arch growers this evening taking the 8k route along the kennet and Avon canal. Some of our runners will be saying Goodbye tonight as they graduate and move on along Life's rich path.

A very warm welcome tonight to Lara and Graeme showing they are made of Mighty stuff for their first Goodgym run with a good distance and hefty task ahead with the promise of heavy rain, they soon got stuck in and made light work of both and with a smile.

After a headcount and intro to everything good at Goodgym we headed out along the canal with a light refreshing rain to help us along our way and a chance for a re group in the shape of squats and walking lunges to get those legs nice and strong. we arrived at the task where our two lovely hosts Phil and Jan were to greet us. Steph dished out the gloves and Ali had time to change into his old shoes before the heavens opened on us, in fact it was the wettest run I've done since Westminster.

Barrows and spades galore with the team splitting into three groups Alex and Rosie starting at the far end of the Path and soon joined by the others as those barrows of bark came rolling along. Graeme taking the lead of BARROW BOYS and Hermione showing the lads what lasses are made of .... STRONG STUFF with the rest of Goodgym Bath shovelling the bark into those barrows managing to avoid covering each other in bark although it was very close at times.

Working like clockwork tonight with shuttle runs and shovelling fun along the way the team soon made light work of the task and finished the job in 25 minutes , just showing how much you can achieve in a short space of time. we even had time to leave the remaining bark chips in a tidy pile.

Time to pack up and grab a group photo along our finished path before saying Goodbye and heading back along the canal with a little bit of looping back for the energetic ones before arriving back at the leisure centre for a soggy stretch out.

Thank you all for coming tonight, you really smashed both run and task in very wet conditions. Best wishes to our students who made this their final Bath run, we couldn`t have got where we are today without you. Thanks Pascale for kindly back marking.