It was a hot evening for a run but we still got loads of keen runners showing up!

Our mission was to run down the side of the mighty river Avon and pick up the litter that gets left by the tide.

It started off well - it was a flat run, quite long but uneventful and very pleasant. Then we found a tent on fire! We ran past it, given we had a different mission, however back marker Ben and also Molly decided to help a couple of passers by with getting the fire brigade to put it out.

Everyone else made it to the task in one piece although Debbie was stung by a wasp on the way too. We met up with Mark from Surfers Against Sewage and set to the massive task!

Ben and Molly caught up with us once the fire was out, and because of the length of the run, we sent a slower group back before the main group so in theory we'd meet up at the end...

After regrouping, we had to walk with our bags of rubbish to the nearest road - it was quite a way, so took a while, and then Dave led most of the runners back whilst I tried to pack 20 pairs of gloves in my rucksack - they came out but didn't want to go back in!

Ben kindly gave me a hand and then we set off together to try and catch the rest of the gang, but we lost them at a critical point. Eek!

Luckily Dave did a great job and got everyone back to the start where the slower group had been enjoying a silent disco.

What a run!

Big welcome to Frank, joining us for the first time, and congratulations to our latest centurion, Caroline for making it to 100 runs!

Our run was small but perfectly formed tonight. We met up as usual at Vivo Sports Club, 26 strong in number, including newbies Chloe, Denzel and Hoodi (yes, really). Big welcome guys!

We only ran 1km but almost all of it was up, up and more up. Fraser, who is both part of GoodGym and the Friends of Brandon Hill was our task master for the night; we were given the mission to strip a lot of ivy from the walls at the bottom of the park.

There was such a lot, but we made short work of it of ivy and worked our way up the side of the park too, where a massive toad was found nestled in the ivy. He was given a new home in the near by shrubbery.

As we had loads of time to help the Friends of Brandon Hill, we headed up the hill to the base of an old Civil War defensive wall. Rocks and boulders from the wall have been falling off for years, and it means that the grass at the base of the wall cannot be mown; thanks to the 40 hands of GoodGym, we picked up as many rocks as possible and made a pile at the foot of the wall.

As we headed back to Vivo, we came across a large amount of broken polystyrene that needed picking up, so we whizzed around to pick as much up as possible, leaving the park a little cleaner.

Back close to Vivo, we traveled the last few meters in a way that would help make us better runners - walking lunges and then crab squats. Not a long set of work but useful to help our muscles cope with the forces and stresses that they have to face on our runs!

After a lovely stretch, we moseyed back to Vivo, but not before a few announcements; we've got a mission this weekend, so if you've been DBS checked, you can come along and help Ms M with her garden! Check out the Events part of the website for more info!

Lastly, do make sure I can read your email addresses, otherwise you're not going to get credit for your runs!