We were so egg-cited to get back to Richmond Music Trust that 12 of us turned up to paint on Easter Sunday and we all had a cracking time! This was the treble (base) , the 3rd act of our painting task and we just rolled with it.

We got to work finishing off the final coats of paint so that the walls were a crisp bright white as well as cleaning and moving the shelving units back so that the music room could start to look like it's old self. It was an egg-traordinary big room but with such a symphony of painters and keen bunnies, we were finished in less than an hour

Painting on Easter Sunday? We just rolled with it!
Great to help out @RMT_richmond pic.twitter.com/QJH46Lv26G

— GoodGym Richmond (@GGRichmon) April 21, 2019

Aileen was a fantastic task owner once more , putting in many painting hours. Richmond Music Trust is a wonderful organisation that provides music lessons for the children in the community as well as music therapy.

A huge well done to everyone , especially to our Run Trainer Mark , James , Catherine and Gillian on completing their first Community Mission and a big thank you to Lenka for choosing to celebrate your birthday with us

Happy Easter everyone - check out this brilliant Easter song - https://youtu.be/sOVFn2oZXWE

The task that left us pa(i)nting for more…

Our second Richmond Green warm up of the year found us gamely trying to master more of Mark’s challenging stepping-while-running sequences (and generally failing miserably). Beginning to wonder if we shouldn’t ask Jenna to steal his collection of Monty Python so he can’t watch any more ministry of silly walks sketches…

Then a new training exercise, in which we split into groups and ran a circuit of the Green challenging each other to set a new faster pace by taking the lead in turns – a bit like cyclists in the velodrome. It definitely worked and many of us got back to the start point feeling a bit less excited about the 4km run ahead!

Speed work at GG Richmond last night #running #drill #fitness #speedwork #PB #richmond #runninggroup #goodgym #getfitdoinggood #volunteering pic.twitter.com/f4XULiaE2t

— GoodGym Richmond (@GGRichmon) 9 April 2019

Off we went though, heading out into Twickers and as far as another green, where we peeled off to find the Richmond Music Trust where a little spot of painting was the order of the evening. A little spot… more like a huge room with brilliant bright blue walls! The place had been beautifully prepared by the Saturday warm-up missioners (thanks guys!) so we got stuck in straight away trays of white paint, working in ones, twos and threes to tackle different parts of the room.

It was a “roller” coaster of an evening, and we certainly did our best to give the task the “brush” off… but in the end we were defeated by the vast expanses of sky blue. As always though, we made a decent paint-spattered fist of it, so was not a 'White Wash' at all and as with many unfinished tasks there were many appeals to go back and finish the job.

All in all, another fun and frolicsome Monday evening with a strong run back we had to roll up with the Puns (and of course that part where everyone wants to write the run report). Finally warm welcomes this time to Sally and Arben on their first runs and looking forward to seeing you again soon!

The Richmond Music Trust offer a wide range of musical services to the community for so many abilities. It's great to be able to help support such wonderful works through our good efforts in any way we can even if it's 'Our very best Monet… for nothing' when it comes to painting we definitely get 'Our kicks for free' too! So stay tuned as there is talk of a return visit in a community mission capacity to get another coat on (So VERSE 3... or a CHORUS to be written maybe?)

Next week, Adventure waits for us - See you then!

On Monday GoodGym Richmond will be painting at Richmond Music Trust but before we roll up our sleeves , and put on some old running leggings we needed to get everything prepared for our performance.

So today, 7 runners met just off Twickenham Green, we ran, walked and cycled to come together in harmony to do good. We met the lovely Aileen who was to give us our instructions and also help us out with the prepping of the room. Our first task was to move everything away from the walls that we would be painting. This included lots and lots of carefully organised sheet music, as well as chairs, a bookcase, a piano and a xylophone. We then got to work masking all of the windows, skirting boards and door frames before protecting the carpet from any possible paint splatter on Monday - this was team work at it's best!

To me, to you #communitymission #goodgym #richmond #richmondmusictrust #fitness #runnig #doinggood #prepping pic.twitter.com/oLyw6fdg2a

— GoodGym Richmond (@GGRichmon) April 6, 2019

This was a jam packed Community Mission and with so many hands we really did make light work and it means that now everything is ready for us to turn up on Monday and pick up a brush.

Who thought a Community Mission could be such fun! #richmond #goodgym #communitymission #volunteering #fun #running #teamwork #prepping #painting pic.twitter.com/pAJ12HGqNH

— GoodGym Richmond (@GGRichmon) April 6, 2019

All that was left was to imagine a real life version of cluedo and try and work out the culprit in the strange case of the murder of the GoodGym tourist (see photo)

It was a GoodGym runner, with the scissors in the music room

We bid farewell to Aileen and headed out, recycling some cardboard as we went before going our separate ways to enjoy the rest of the weekend

See you all on Monday for Act Two....sign up here