Autumn may have fallen in Bath but that didn't stop 10 fabulous runners from putting their best football feet forward for a 5k run out for a spot of leaflet dropping for Bath City football club ahead of their annual community day on 21st October. The club is community owned so don't miss out on this fun packed day for all the family.

Welcome to Rosie and Joe joining us for their first taste of Goodgym.

Three cheers to Mary and Rosie on completing their first marathon in Bournemouth on Sunday. Well done to Pascale on another marathon in the bag ahead of The Eden project Marathon this weekend... GO GIRL!!

These speedy guys soon had 200 leaflets posted to promote Bath City football clubs community day. This is going to be a fun packed day for all the family and will raise vital funds for the community led football club, make sure you spread the word and go along on the day.

Time for task two

With the leaflets well and truly posted we had time left to shift some bark chip at the foot of some community allotments on a very slippery grass pathway,

The team certainly worked hard tonight bagging up the bark chips and shifting them along a length of muddy ground at the bottom of the community allotments. A bit of OCD with the variation in bark shade along the stretch of path but all was made very clear when Katie and Rosie spilled the beans on newbie Joe bagging up the lighter bark because it weighed less...HA!! they certainly marked his card.

Great to hear everyone enjoying themselves whilst getting fit and doing good tonight helping out two great community led projects.

TIME UP

Run back to the leisure centre for a well earned stretch out and reminder to bring your documents along to your next group run and get mission verified.

Thanks to Emma for back marking and Joe for a Barking mad pun

Well done you crazy bunch

A short run 1.5 k run in Bath for 12 fabulously fit and funky people. This evenings task took a slight turn but in a good direction to Parade Gardens, a truly beautiful Park and a focal point for Baths many tourists situated next to Pultney Weir and the task itself to paint between the stone columns.

Big Shout Out to the Two Claire's

joining us for their first taste of Goodgym Bath. I do hope both enjoyed themselves, I know we loved having them along tonight.

Second Shout out to Mary

She's completed 6 Good deeds and ran a whopping 103k so far this month, whilst training for her first marathon.

The group opted for the short rather than shortest route out this evening but only as long as they could enjoy the shortest of the routes back after the task.

Paint !! We love to paint

Brushes, tiny rollers and paint at the ready and everyone to took great care painting inside the archways and making sure not to get any paint on the Bath Stone columns. We soon had it licked as far as we could reach, Super Steve and Sam cutting a fine line at the top.. Well done guys!!

Lights camera action from Lydia, squatting and shining our swanky floodlights.

We managed to get all three panels done and even had time for a selection of group photos.

Didn't They Do Well

The route back was the shortest of the short but it made a nice change from our normal hilly locations and gave us opportunity to enjoy some Goodgym banter.

An AWESOME BUNCH, I think you'd agree. Though they did try to zip me shut in my protective paper suit.

Tonight's 6k run for legs 11 runners was all about Flyering for various walks around Bath from Bathscape walking festival taking place throughout September to a circular walk of Bath for Julian house and some sugar smart leaflets thrown in for good measure.

GOOD HEALTHY STUFF

word was out that STORM AILEEN was set to join us for this group run but the only lovely ladies we were letting in this evening was

CARYL and KELLY

Caryl plays rugby for Bristol and Wales and Kelly a former Bristol player ... Epic stuff, so WELCOME to Goodgym Bath ladies.

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to MARY hitting the BIG 50 (i don't mean age) she earned her Black Tshirt ...whoop!!

Well done to everyone who raced at the weekend, some great achievements for the GG race team and Bath.

A gentle jog out to warm up on the way out as the rain and wind made its appearance , the only other off putting thing might have been the 118 steps up to Alexandra park to the view point for a birds eye view of our beautiful city, i think everyone enjoyed a breather.

No time to stop though!! Aileen was fast approaching and if we didn't move swiftly it was going to be a washout in Bath.

A divided group on the street covering the left and right, however Oli was accused of defecting at some point. 157m of elevation just about sums up the effort put in this evening by everyone, dodging snappy letter boxes and driving rain weaving our way up and down the heights of the not so aptly named BEAR FLAT..... didn't feel very flat for the 40 minutes of delivering task.

Thankfully, what goes up must come down and the run back to the leisure centre was much appreciated amongst the group, although we did enjoy some single leg squats,lunges and walking lunges during the evening.

Thanks to Jackson for this evenings fabulous pun and Mary for backmarking.

A reminder that Nicolas leaving party is Sept 28th, so let me know if your coming.

We also have our 2nd Birthday Celebrations on October https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/goodgym-bath-is-turning-two

Apologies for lack of photos but the rain was relentless!!

Tonight we welcomed Ben to the group for his first Goodgym experience and Andy, a good gym veteran of a whopping 46 Good Deeds who was visiting us whilst on a work trip to Brighton. We also welcomed back Rose who joined us for the first time since our epic launch back in July. A big well done to Rose who, during the run, told me about her triathlon at Southwater over the weekend. Awesome effort!

I shared the news during the speech, that earlier in the day I’d walked past the BHT task we did a few weeks ago in Oriental place and I was delighted to see they now have a planter full of flowers, so I think our tidying efforts there kick started a new found pride in their outdoor space!

After the speech and the warmup we headed up the big Dyke Road Hill to tonight’s task at Exeter Street Hall. Thanks to Helena for leading the speedier group and to Beth for back marking. And it was great to have Tess back after a few weeks off and she did a fine job of leading the moderate paced group (now christened The Mods!) with myself back marking.

Dave met us at Exeter Street Hall and told us about how the local community pulled together to raise the funds to buy the hall and keep it as a valuable community resource. They have recently completed some building work to improve the hall’s accessibility and our task tonight was to have a general clean and tidy up before they reopen. We set to work vacuuming floors and curtains, dusting ledges, getting sticky stuff off tables, washing down walls and painting new door frames. A special mention to Frances and Rachel who tackled the newly accessible loft area which had some particularly dusty beams. I was informed that the dust up that was actually from the Victorian era! Ew!!

We did a great job and Dave and team were very appreciative of our efforts which will help them get the hall reopened and back in use for later this week.

A much easier downhill run home and a quick fitness session on the Old Steine where we focused on some one leg strength and stability moves to help keep us ‘strong and stable’ during our runs!

See you on Saturday for our first monthly parkrun outing to Preston Park and next week where we will be returning to The Bevy for some gardening or a shorter option to One Church where we will be nailing the railings! And after we will be staying behind for a drink for our monthy social.

A change of plan to the scheduled task this evening for 16 intrepid runners in Bath but of course that would also mean the addition of a hill or two to the 6k run to DONKEY LANE community garden .

A few announcements before the off with a warm welcome to another Goodgym tourist from GG Greenwich the lovely Amy....whoop!!!

Bath Heroes this month

Mary 8 Good deeds

Alison 188.9k

Remember everyone get signed up on Strava through your Goodgym profile and all your training runs will be logged, you also get to support your fellow runners/vice Versa. Could be a tiebreaker in the making regards hitting the next BIG 50!! Joe at 48 and Mary at 47.

welcome to Caitlin (my daughter) for her first taste of Goodgym fitness and no I didn't force her.

The first part of our run out was nice and flat, that was until we arrived at Hedgemead Park when it became apparent the

only was is up baby, for you and me now

I'm not too hard on them though as they'd already enjoyed a couple of hill sprints to warm up, plus had a breather at the top of the many steps with an opportunity to

squat it like it's Hot or until they drop

Sue was eagerly awaiting the group at the end of perfect view with her tools, our task to help weed to help with the maintenance of this rather large area.

The task for 35 mins

Clearing the Pathways through the herb and veggie area,. Cut back a rather large Kale plant, although this got rather out of hand with poor Jo trying to keep Joe and Sam on task but Sam was literally engulfed in Kale...Ha!! Pretty maids in a row working on the garden paths doing a fabulous job. Steve, Rob and the two Emma's tackled the stingers on the other side of the footpath allowing the young trees some breathing space.

Amy confessed to enjoying the hills with Holly, Megan and Caitlin taking the herbs in hand. Pascale had a lovely bunch of Kale to enjoy in her breakfast smoothie, that might make up for the extra mileage she did tonight.

Time up!!

Group photo and our very own Mexican led wave by Dora to top off the evening.

Thankfully a nice downhill finish back to the leisure centre for a few stretches.

Thanks to Emma for back marking and Joe for our fabulous pun tonight.

Reminder that it's monthly **QUIZ SOCIAL on Thursday at The Boater at 7.30pm, please feel free to come along and bring a little raffle prize to show our support to Rob who will be climbing Kilimanjaro with his brother and is self funding, so the money he raises will go to the charity. They will be supporting Against Malaria Foundation, who ‘fund anti-malaria nets, specifically long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), and work with distribution partners to ensure they are used’ (https://www.againstmalaria.com/WhyMalaria.aspx). Feel free to share their giving page Here is the link for the fundraising page! https://www.againstmalaria.com/Fundraiser.aspx?FundraiserID=7688

hope to see you at Thursdays quiz.