A terrific 20 said "I ain't afraid of no Dennis" and ran through a blustery evening to help a fab community learning centre.

Two storms in two weeks, yet the tough (and friendly) team at GoodGym Liverpool just keeps running and is even growing! The run up to Kennsington wasn't nearly as cold or as windy as anticipated and the team even made short work of that long slope they're always so fond of. 2.7km later and we arrived at Kennsington Community Learning Centre.

As usual, we were greeted warmly with drinks and biscuits before Centre Manager Suz put us to work. The team was split over various tasks including cleaning suspect stains and grime off all of the computer room chairs (gloves a must!) While a sub team was busy shifting and lifting boxes, files and laptops and moving a heavy filing cabinet.

Shout out to newbies Isobel and Aidan who easily kept pace and really got stuck in at the task. We'd love to run with you both again soon.

A big welcome back and we're so glad you're safe and well to our wonderful Yan who was away for a month and then in self-imposed house quarantine for 2 weeks. Needless to say, she was as happy to be out running as we were to see her!

Making light work of the task, we had time to pose for some "Feel the love" photos before setting off into a head wind back to base. Setting a strong pace to ensure everyone was warm enough, we made great time back into the city and to our Hope Street base.

Fantastic work everyone and well done for braving the wind, cold and dark. You are all heroes!

Next week we're back at the Bombed Out Church so please dress for the weather and bring gloves.

Don't forget there's still time to sign-up for our Wild Welsh Weekender with GoodGym Cardiff. And you can see everything we've got coming up (including a Community Mission this weekend) online here.

After the wild days of the January Challenge (smashed it, well done team) a super 17 showed up for the first Group Run of February.

Running through wild winds, rain and hail, these super heroes attracted more than a few seconds glances as we headed right through the city centre. We made good time and were greeted warmly by Warehouse Manager Jo and her boys with a stack of crates ready for sorting. The Foodbank received loads of extra donations in December and our task was to help sort the items. Each item was sorted into boxes according to its best before date and type.

After a few minutes of getting used to where each food type was located, the team speeded through a stack of crates, with another pile added with just ten minutes to go. With our backs to the clock, all of the crates were sorted before the time came to head back to base. Brilliant work team!

Big shout out to newbies Farnaz, Georgia and Lucy who all got really stuck in at the task and easily kept pace too. We'd love to see you again soon.

After the task there wasn't much time for a fitness session, but we used the warehouse car park to get everyone's heart beats nice and high with a 3-minute game of tig. But before the 3 minutes were up, the amazing IT team of Baptiste, Will and Effie managed to tig everyone!

The return journey was made extra exciting by traffic lights, hills and hail. But everyone dug deep and we made it back to base a little after 8pm. Well done team!

Next week we're in the city centre once again, sorting donations at Scope. Don't forget to sign-up here.

PS. Holiday alert! If you'd like to join the Liverpool X Cardiff Welsh Weekender make sure you sign-up here PLUS complete the booking form and pay the deposit by Wednesday 12 February. If you'd like to contribute to the Friendship Fund you can do so here, and if you'd benefit from some financial support have a quiet word with me in confidence.