In honour of Tav's new game, two truths and a lie, each paragraph of this report will contain at least two truths and one lie.

A 2022 record of eleven GoodGymmers signed up for tonight's task! We were hoping to potentially finish the painting this evening, we have done a great job so far and made no mess whatsoever.

Ten of us set off from the Old Factory after a very professional introduction from our resident redhead Laurie, ordinarily this would be the highlight of the welcoming but today we had the new area activator in town, Tav! Great to meet you Tav and very excited for you to get stuck in. Rich also revealed he was pregnant.

We meandered down the narrow high street to Mencap where we met Fay for her first GG of the year. We unlocked the building and went inside. The only painting which remains is very high up and there is only one ladder so we split into two groups, one went for a nice 3-4k run up near the college and did some lamppost sprints, while the other yellowed up the hallway. With grace, elegance and poise, Andy and myself developed a marvelous system and managed to complete the area by the door with a very awkwardly positioned cupboard getting in my way. I demonstrated my planking ability with aplomb and even through in some one handed and clap push-ups. We played two truths and a lie with Tav, no one believing he turns 40 later this month, shockingly it turned out he can't run a sub-18 minute parkrun. I guess he is no Joe. We got most of the painting done, there is just some cutting in remaining so we will have to see if we will be back or not.

We headed off back to base for some stretches and to talk about next week's run to Broomfield allotments where Laurie definitely won't get attacked and bitten by insects. We said our goodbyes and Russell agreed to buy me dinner. All in all a successful evening.

Happy running!