Five a side tonight at Goodgym Bath for a 7k group run out to The Nest project which provide new and second hand good quality clothing and equipment for 0-5years completely free of charge and is available to anyone in BANES who needs it regardless of income faith or background.

A very warm welcome tonight to Jaxx who was along for her first run with Goodgym and although we seemed a little thin on the ground tonight, probably due to the Football and the fact that Glastonbury festival opens its gates in the morning.

We set off for the long but flat run out to our task with Beth kindly offering to lead on this one with Steph back marking for our small but perfectly formed group a chance for a regroup in the form of our favourite squats and a few traffic lights but a beautiful evening for this run with a chance for the odd stretch along the river.

The group soon arrived at our location to be welcomed by our lovely hosts Philippa and Joanna and after a debrief about The Nest project, Jo was quick to get the group organised sorting baby clothes into gender and age ready to be put into storage to make giving them out much easier. there were a lot of coos to be heard in the nest.

Vito soon found himself WINGMAN for the night although I think he was a bit optimistic as was Kenta who was a MINION miles away from that vest fitting him. Jaxx however was getting into the festive spirit even if a bit premature, whilst Beth was feeling peckish with her COOKIE MONSTER t-shirt. There was even a chance for the lads to have a little go with some NICE WHEELS after they had given them a clean up with a little service.

30 minutes later and with a table full of neatly folded clothes and nice clean wheels it was time to say goodbye to our hosts and head back along the river with a farewell to Kenta who was peeling off home to catch the final part of the Germany match, while the rest of the group made our way back towards the leisure centre arriving in the nick of time for a well deserved stretch. Thank you all for making tonight even though its wall to wall football at the moment and if you wish to be paired up remember to bring your ID along to the next group run.

The Nest project are looking for baby equipment in particular at the moment so if you can help get in touch or go along on a Friday between 10-2pm http://www.thenestproject.co.uk/

13 was definitely a lucky number for us tonight. After a dynamic warm-up our Goodgym runners had the best of the weather and got to appreciate a selection of Bath architectural landmarks whilst delivering fliers for the Julian House 'Barber of Seville' production to properties throughout the Circus and the Royal Crescent pausing to enjoy the views over a set of squats and lunges as we re-grouped.

Hopefully it was a fitting introduction to both Goodgym and Bath for Claire who came on her first group run tonight having arrived in the city a mere six weeks ago, it's a wonderful place to explore on foot so we look forward to showing off more sights on future runs. A big thank you to Bethan too for bringing Jason to join us, we soon showed him how warm running to get fit and do good can be that he took advantage of us passing his pad and dropped of his coat!

Pascale made her leader debut tonight under the supportive and watchful eye of Steph who didn't rest on her laurels but took up position of back marker and relished getting stuck in to the tasks in hand. After a bit of group guidance on directions en route the group arrived at our run destination of Vegmead, a guerilla gardening initiative which has transformed an underused flower bed in to a thriving and colourful community vegetable garden in Hedgemead Park. Following an introduction to Transition Bath by our fabulous hosts Virginia, Adam and Jodi they set out the list of tasks they wanted us to undertake so we quickly broke off in to groups and sprang in to action like a well oiled Goodgym doing good machine.

John and Joe gave it a good go (with a hoe, hoe, hoe!), Sam and Kenta got the tool shed sorted and then got stuck in to weeding with Rob and Rosie, Cosmo and Steph opted for a brisk walk and an upper body workout filling up and carrying the watering cans back up hill to us ready to replenish the water butt.

Bethan, Jason, Sarah and Claire really proved that many hands make light work as they installed the boundary fence around Vegmead. Adam told us of the massive difference that he had seen Goodgym runners make in other tasks we have been involved in around Bath and was chuffed at all we achieved through our joint efforts tonight.

Food Group Convenor Virginia was equally delighted and extended an open invitation for us all to join them for a social evening on Friday 24th June at 6:30pm at the Community Nuttery in Smallcombe (bring food & drink to share & to cook on the campfire if you like)

Time to pack up and grab a group photo against a beautiful backdrop before bidding our Goodgym goodbyes and taking the short cut back to base, pausing for some star-jumps and a little trip down memory lane as Steph pointed out the home that her family previously lived in. A final lap past the weir along the river completed our 4.4km run ending with a Rocky-esque romp up the steps arms outstretched and ready for the cool down, before bidding farewell and going our separate ways. (Which for Kenta and Sam was off to the pub to watch the Portugal vs Iceland game!)

Thank you all for coming tonight, have a fantastic week and for those who want to get involved with Goodgym Coach Runs and one-off Missions please make sure you bring along your ID and proof of residence documents to the next Group Run ready to be checked so that the DBS process can get underway.

Great run report Pascale and brilliant job as leader !!

A beautiful evening for a nice 7k run along the canal in Bath with 15 fabulous people out to Bathampton and our task location for Dryarchgrowers, a community agriculture group and the task tonight was to remove a 40m pathway used to access the vegetable plots each side.

A very warm welcome tonight to Vito and Zoe both new to Goodgym and boy did they pick a good night to come along with a great scenic run route and a meaty task in a short space of time.

A warm up and headcount outside with Ellen kindly back marking tonight, so we made our way with no time to waste as we had a lot of distance to cover this evening. A direct run to the canal was in order through Sydney gardens as we made our way along the canal avoiding the many cyclists and runners out and about.

We took advantage of regrouping with squats, looping back and star jumps outside a pub (now that shows willpower) before the final incline up to the task destination to meet our host Phil who was super organised and soon had us working hard. I feel this is JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG (thanks Sam, gold star for you)

Just 25 minutes to dedicate on the task, initially I thought it was going to be impossible but with a lot of hard work and organisation I was soon proved wrong as the team split into four groups tackling the path from either end lifting the membrane and shovelling the top layer into wheelbarrow's and running them across to the compost heap. Like a group of synchronized swimmers we worked in pure harmony, lifting shovelling and finally carrying the path like a Chinese dragon across to the compost heap, DONE IN THE NICK OF TIME !! PHEW !!

I think our host Phil was amazed that we had finished part one of the job so part 2 will follow next week to lay the new path... YAY !! please don`t forget to sign up for this one, many hands and all https://www.goodgym.org/group_runs/dry-arch-growers-part-2

We just had enough time to grab a group photo with our LETTUCE kindly given to us (organic and all) from our lovely hosts this evening, although I have to say we had some funny looks running back carrying a lettuce in hand. The route seemed shorter on the way back and we arrived at our destination with a minute to spare for a well earned stretch out and reminder to bring your ID if you wish to be paired with your very own coach.

Thanks so much for your hard work tonight and don't forget we have a QUIZ NIGHT SOCIAL on Thursday so wear your T-shirt sign up and join us https://www.goodgym.org/parties/cider-with-rosie-social

If your into trekking, Forever friends have an awesome trek coming up to Cambodia more details here http://www.foreverfriendsappeal.co.uk/events/cambodia-trek. I would love to do this.

Thanks again and I am truly cream crackered

Tonight's run looked like it was going to be a wet affair but thankfully the rain ebbed away giving our 10 Bath lovelies a sweet 5k run out to a residential home for Bath Mind providing support for people with long term mental health issues and with this being national mental health awareness week it was a pleasure to help out.

A very warm welcome tonight to Bethan who discovered us through Goodgym Plymouth it`s great we have such a close network at Goodgym. After a warm up outside the leisure centre with intro to the group and headcount and Ellen kindly back marking tonight. We made our way out towards our task location and took advantage of a re group with some leg strengthening squats ( not forgetting to pulse the movement....Oh Yeah!) Feel the burn. Wall press ups followed with some star jumps before arriving at our destination bang on time.

A very well organised host to meet us (apologies I forgot his name)and he soon had the group organised with Joseph Rachel Helen and Bethan tackled the gravel that needed clearing from the top path and Pascale and team taking charge of the lower path. Emily and Anne taking charge of digging over the veg patch with some help from Beth and Ellen and Rosie made light work of sweeping down the steps leading to the back garden after her heavy gym session before arriving tonight.

In total we devoted 40 minutes on tonight`s task. Filling bags with gravel and giving the path a good old sweep down and making that veg patch ready for replanting. We managed to grab a group photo and our lovely hosts tonight gave us a thank you card for our efforts... such a nice thought. They were blown away by how much we achieved and amazed with idea of Goodgym, so of course we invited them to join us one night soon.

Thankfully we didn't find another Bath Bomb from WW2.

Time to say goodbye with the promise to return very soon before we took to the riverside heading back to the leisure centre for a stretch out and reminder to bring your ID if you wish to be paired up.

Thanks guys for coming tonight and helping us do more Goodgym Goodness in Bath.

Apologise for upside down pictures and my Strava recording 18k as it didn`t finish the run but a nice PB pour moi !!

I am tired... its been a week seeing it`s only Tuesday :-)

We have a social planned for May 26th to say aurevoir to our super students details will be on our events