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/

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