31 amazing GoodGymers ran over 11km to have a board games night with residents of Redmayne View Care Home.

Jamie was on his 1st GoodGym encounter - what a distance to start on!

Thank you to Bill and Elizabeth for being back runners.

Well done to Neil and Millie for doing their 10th GoodGym good deeds.

On arrival the residents were spread across a few tables with various board games set out including: Buckaroo, Connect4, Kerplunk, Pull My Finger (don't ask haha) and various others.

Michelle cottoned on to Peeing Pup and subsequently started giving facials to everyone, she even got some in my eye.

When I asked Ivy if she wanted to pull my actual finger the told me off for being rude haha. She was also very competitive as when she lost at Buckaroo she threw the pieces across the table in sheer disappointment!

Stephen was in his element when one of the residents let him take her mobility scooter for a spin across the hall way - one thing ticked off his bucket list!

We had about 45 minutes there and we finished up with some soup and a roll. We couldn't stomach the cake so Bill, Robert and Hayley had the task of trying to carry them over 5.5km back to The Forum in one piece.

Next week we're packing fundraising hampers for Break Charity.

It was time for our quarterly visit to Eaton Park. This week we had a few cleaning tasks to do.

1) there was an old disused hut that needs to be brushed down and cleaned ready to be used as a cafe/coffee point in the summer 2) cleaning the benches around the mini railway line 3) cleaning some benches and welcome signs towards the play area

A big welcome to Maisie on her 1st GoodGym run.

Congratulations to Brad on completing his 25th good deed

After a warm-up (which was gate crashed by a member of the public - but to be fair she did some decent squats, same can't be said about her running haha), we embarked on the 3km trip to Eaton Park and thank you to Helen for being back runner.

The different tasks were then explained and the team split into groups, got themselves some gloves, buckets of warm water and clothes then headed across the park to crack on with making it look sparkling and appealing to users.

We won't mention when I tried to take a photo of the bench cleaning, that I didn't notice the slope and took a little tumble down it... shhh.

On arrival back at The Forum we sang happy birthday to Helen for Saturday and Catherine brought her older sister a cake... as well as goodies Helen brought so it was a win win situation at the end of the night!

Next week we're visiting Hayden Court.

A long wet and windy Monday wasn't going to put off 25 GoodGymers from getting fit by doing good. Luckily the weather cleared up by the time of the run and it was quite a mild evening.

A big welcome to 3 new runners in Terri, Andrew and Helen.

Well done to Sandra on taking part in her 25th good deed!

After catching up on the weekend's running where Sam did her 50th ParkRun at 32 weeks pregnant... she is now known as Wonder Woman, we had a warm-up before heading over to The Hamlet Charity Children's Centre.

Jayne and Angela greeted us and explained the jobs that needed doing, which included: sweeping leaves out the front, cleaning the floor in the back garden, putting together a flat packed easel, washing windows & washing walls.

The sweepers managed to collect 11 bin bags full of leaves, "wow" you must be thinking. Apparently the motive was the wonderful scent of decomposing leaves.

The team on the easel definitely had a task on their hands, the term 'flat packed' will never have the same meaning.

It was a great evening with a nice variety of tasks plus Darren discovered a new favourite chair (check out the photos).

After about 45 minutes of fun, it was time for the 'not so fun' bit some might say haha as it was fitness session time. A little warm up lap was followed by a sprint lap where everyone who was there nailed a great time, keeping a good steady pace. Then we jogged back to The Forum for a little circuit session which included running up steps, squats and burpees... at this point a few more said the 'not so fun' bit ;-) but those putting together the easel got out of all this as they stayed to finish the job off and met us back at The Forum just as we doing the stretches to finish up with.

A group of us went to the pub for some food and nice social chat, great way to end the evening.

Next week we're visiting Eaton Park.

We had the pleasure of ITV News filming us tonight ahead of a live piece being aired tomorrow evening at 6pm.

A big welcome to Sophie and Amanda who were taking part in their 1st GoodGym experience.

Thank you to Katy for being back runner and Emily for being walk leader.

The warm up felt a little different this week (as in I felt the pressure haha) as the cameraman was on us. It was very cold so we definitely needed the warm up to warm and mobilise our muscles and joints.

We then headed off to Adat Yeshua to paint a 2nd coat on the new foodbank walls, weed the outside area and do a litter pick nearby. I split the team into 3 roughly same sized groups and they went on to do their tasks.

The litter pickers made no hesitation and were off cleaning the local area. The weeders... well blink for a minute and the place was transformed and ready for bulbs to be set in the spring. The painters soon had their rollers out and a bit of improvisation (a broom handle) meant Helen could paint the ceilings although I think she had quite a bit of it over her face and in her hair.

On the way back we stopped off in Chapelfield Gardens for a sprint session - Brad thought he was coming home in 1st place before Kevin pipped him on the line, a great effort by everyone at the end of the night.

Next week, we're visiting Norwich Food Bank.

Our 1st longer run for a while and we went to visit Noel and his team at Friends of West Earlham Woods, where there's always a whole lot of litter to collect. It was just over 4km each way.

Robert and David were on their 1st GoodGym outings so a big welcome to you both.

Well done to Tasha who was participating in her 25th good deed!

Elizabeth, Bill and Amy C shared back runner duties this week.

After a warm up (which was very much needed after the temperature had dropped a few degrees yesterday) we set off to embark on our journey to West Earlham. On arrival Noel was distributing out the litter pickers, gloves and bin bags and the team went off in groups into the deep, dark woods.

At these tasks we always have a bit of a competition as to who can find the most exciting item. Tonight some of the items included: a zimmer fram, an electric fan and a giant Xmas candy cane (which Liam posed with very nicely).

After 30 mins we regrouped with all the bags of litter and just as we were about to set off, Amy had realised she'd lost her phone in the deep, dark woods... but we are GoodGym so straight away we all went to follow her foot steps to retrieve the item and within 5 minutes, eagle-eyed Rachel spotted it (she must eat her carrots!).

Another great task with a great group of people.

Next week, ITV Anglia News will be filming us at Adat Yeshua.

This morning was a one off Saturday Group Run and we visited EACH Charity Shop on Unthank Road. The jobs were to clear the sale items (and replace them with ladies bags and hats etc.), hang out some ladies clothes donations and sort through the book shelves to put them in category order.

Bill was Back-Runner and Sandra Walk-Leader :-)

Michelle brought her husband Martin along for his 1st GoodGym experience.

It was only about 1km each way so we headed through Chapelfield Gardens (and did some walking lunges through there!). Catherine met us at the task with her two little helpers.

The team of GoodGymers split into three groups for each of the tasks and smashed through 45 minutes of hard work.

Once we got back to The Forum, we had a stretch and then a few of us went for breakfast at The Bell. Perfect Saturday morning.

Monday evening we've got a Litter Pick @ West Earlham Woods.

We hit a new GoodGym Norwich turnout of 40 this evening!

1st Group Run of 2019 and what a start.

Lizzy J was completing her 10th good deed, Michelle was completing her 50th good deed and Catherine completed her 100th good deed last week when she visited her Coach - unbelievable achievement ladies.

6 new amazing runners joined us tonight in John, Angela, Sophie, Amy, Sarah and Oli.

Catherine was back runner and Sandra walk-leader.

A painting job was on the cards at Adat Yeshua, which is creating a new kitchen and food bank with one of their spare rooms.

Myself and the task owner weren't expecting so many people so on arrival I decided to split the group in 2. Half would paint while the other half had a fitness session and then they swapped over after 20 minutes. This could be a new tactic with so many people wanting to do good in Norwich.

For the fitness session we went over to Jenny Lind Park and it was split into Interval Pacing, Tag, Shuttle Relay and a Short Effort. It was good job we did this as the guys painting were smashing through and there was no way we'd fit 40 people in that room.

Sandra worked out what GoodGym is in Hebrew - check out the photo.

After both groups had a go at painting and completed a fitness session, we got together for a group photo and then headed to Chapelfield Gardens on the way back for a quick sprint session to top off a good all round running evening.

It was finished off with a good stretch at base and one of Darren's brownies to celebrate his successful London Marathon entry through the GoodGym ballot.

Remember we have a Group Run this Saturday as well as Monday - see details of all runs here.