Skipping soggy Bank Holiday BBQs to deliver on good deeds instead, our magnificent 8 ran just over 4km to help out a children's centre in L8.

GoodGym stops for no-one; neither gail force winds nor bank holiday Mondays! A run at a decent pace saw our team arrive to the Greenhouse Project in good time. Based in an area that suffers from some of the highest rates of poverty in England, the project supports disadvantage children through after school clubs and nurseries, with some amazing results.

Faced with two classrooms that needed cleaning and painting before the start of the new school term, we split into 2 groups to try and cover more ground. But after ten minutes it became clear that we could get close to completing one room only if we all worked together. A fabulous production line of painters armed with brushes, rollers and masking tape ensued, and we almost got the room finished in the 40 minutes we spent on the task.

Shout outs this week go to GoodGym tourists Ernie and Chloe who were visiting us from GG Islington - come see us again soon. And a special mention for Karen who in her enthusiasm for covering the walls, also managed to cover herself in cream paint!

We took a different route back to base and an overly enthusiastic game of "Follow the leader" nearly ended in disaster. Luckily this fab team I'm blessed with pulled together and look after our injured skipper. If plenty of ice is applied to the swelling, the prognosis is good. Phew!

Brilliant work team - well done for being true bank holiday heroes :)

Next week we're back with Friends of Everton Park. You know the drill by now, it is a mostly flat and gentle run and a task that both look after us and always feels worthwhile, so get signing up and bring a friend too!

See you next time, Char <3

P.S. Kudos to John for the title pun!