Hi All,

First of all a massive hello and welcome to Hannah and Julie on their first ever Goodgym runs with us. Especially on such a cold night when i wouldn't put it against you to stay home in the warm, you decided to come out and try something new. Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and hope to see you again soon.

As i said, it was a particularly cold night but we met in the now re-opened ARU gym for a catch up and chat before heading into the night.

Tonights task was at our good friends InterAct , where they had some indoor tasks for us .. ( YAY!! INDOORS )

After a warm up we journeyed alone the high street and then ran along the river until we reached InterAct and Susie waiting for us. We huddled inside and warmed up as Susie explained to us about what InterAct does and how we and groups like us help them achieve the things that are vital to them.

Tonight she had 2 jobs for us, first was to clean out two fridges and the other was to move some radio equipment out of a box room and do a stock take.

As per usual , no sooner had Susie explained the task then everyone had jumped to it. Catherine Jenny Rachel and Joseph had gloves on and sponges in hands and ready to start cleaning. The rest of us moved upstairs and after some hide and seek from Laurie we set up a chain gang headed by Joel and quickly moved things out of the box room and into the games room. In fact we did such a good job and were finished so quick that Susie had said that she eventually wanted it moved to the building next door. So we formed a new chain gang and moved all of it down stairs . Then all took something over to the moulsham mill and up to the 3rd floor. Something that for one person would have taken most of the day, and thats what you bring guys. You help people like Susie be able to focus on the things they need to focus on and get all these little jobs done and out of the way so a big Thank you ** and **WELL DONE from myself and Susie.

Unfortunately this ment that the fartlek session i had planned would happen tonight ( don't worry , it will happen in the future ...i promise )

After the always welcome biscuits and drinks we posed for a group photo and set off back to base saying goodbye to Fay and James along the way.

we arrived back and stretched off and discussed the next social . it will be on the 8th Feb at 19:30 at the new Buffet in the Bond Street shopping area of Chelmsford.

Again, a big thank you and well done to all who came tonight. Its great knowing that on a dark cold January evening we can get 14 people to spend their time helping others and have some fun along the way.

As always #RunHappy

Rich