A wet and miserable Bank Holiday Monday couldn't deter 13 Ipswich Goodgymers, including Jo on her first visit, from assembling ready to #dogoodgetfit.

Our task tonight was arrange with RiverCare and involved litter picking along waterfront directly in front of our meeting point at The University of Suffolk. The aim being to keep the river side clear from litter and waste to avoid it going into the water.

As the the task was so close and the rain was.....raining we decide to carry out the task straight away and follow on with our run afterwards.

Armed with litter pickers (that double up as pretend guns or guitars!) We split into two groups and started at opposite ends of the area we wanted to cover this evening, the aim being to meet in the middle in about 30 minutes.

We were surprised to see just how much litter and particularly cans, plastic packaging and cigarette butts there were discarded around the area.. Unfortunately the persistent rain made it difficult to pick up smaller items and lots of very soggy plastic.

Between us we collected around 10 bags of waste - a small, but none the less significant, impact on the area.

Once we had returned to base to store the litterpickers and gloves we headed off to the nearby Alexandra Park, only to find the gates locked - probably because of impending darkness - it didn't matter too much as everyone really loved the up hill run to get there!

Plan B was quickly thought up and we made tracks back to the waterfront and used the quayside for a continuous interval session of effort and recovery followed by some core and balance drills before stretching ..... and still the rain came down.

Happy Easter from Goodgym Ipswich