It was wet and windy today but we still had a fab group of hardy GoodGymers join us for tonight's run, including two hardy post-marathoners (well done Darren and Chris!), two post-half marathoners (well done Richard and Jade!) and five new people - welcome Kate, Stephanie, Mark, Noah and Claire!

Once we got warmed up, the walking group set off and the rest of us split into two groups. Patrick led one group to help Hotwells and Redcliffe Development Group close-by in Redcliffe. There, the group had two main tasks: clearing the front area of the nursery and delivering some leaflets locally. They donned their head-torches and got to work sweeping, weeding and shifting wheelbarrows to clear up the area, while the rest of the group got creative with working out how to distribute leaflets surrounded by private flats.

The rest of us headed to the Southville Centre where we met Hugh who was optimistic in setting us to work on outdoor painting despite the rain showers. His optimism was deserved as the team worked hard and got the pagoda and the a whole load of the rest of the outdoor wood painted ready for winter. Meanwhile, a mini indoor crew did touch-ups in the toilets which we painted a few months ago and increased the waterproofing behind the sinks.

We'd have loved to stay longer, but we pagoda go

With our paint pots empty, we did a high five chain out of The Southville Centre and ran back to Queen Square with a stop for sprint relays on the way. A quick stretch off and it was time to get warm and dry!

What do you get if you (zebra)cross GoodGymers with a leaflet? Black, white and re(a)d all over!

And with that 'pun', we set the tone for this evening's tales of odd puns, odd games and a shoeless GoodGymer in Clifton... (I would like to blame me being sleep-deprived, but I think we might just be this odd).

It was great to welcome so many new people on this damp, windy night: thanks for joining us Sarah, Orphee, Eric, Edita, Elena and Caitlin!

After an impressive marathon-in-a-cape effort by Liam on Saturday, he joined Melanie, Maria, Roz and Lisa on a walking group litter-pick of the local area, and managed to get back in time for tea! Great work walkers.

The rest of us had a quick maritime lesson to warm up (mainly for me) then headed up Constitution Hill (which handily had a bench at the top for a cheeky rest) to Clifton, where we were going to be distributing leaflets for Penny Brohn's Stomp walk next weekend. We set up a base camp and our four teams set off with 250 leaflets each and 25 minutes to distribute them, get a team photo and come up with their best pun.

Team A (or 'The A Team') set the pace and returned home in just 20 minutes, with all leaflets successfully delivered.

Getting Brohnus points

Team D stormed home soon after, and although they hadn't grabbed the winning points for returning back first, their impressive pun and team pic had them hot on the heels of The A Team.

Team C cut in with 2 minutes to spare and spent the next two minutes crafting the impressive opening joke.

STOMP right now, thank you very much, you need some leaflets in your letterbox

The group waited with anticipation for Team B to make it back before the 7.30pm deadline, but as the clock ticked on, there was no sign of Darren and his team. 34 seconds after the cut-off for losing all potential points, they sprinted in, and got a bonus point after all for their impressive pun and sprint finishes.

With all runners back, two Abbey Road pics and a tonne of puns, it was time to head back down the hill to the harbourside, where we stopped for some partner sprints and then cooled down before wishing the racers for this weekend good luck and sending a group off to warm-up with pies for this month's GoodGym Eats.