Great turnout for tonights task - with 4 regulars absent due to other engagements and the ladies from the US unexpectedly finding themselves in the middle of a house move we could easily have been 20 strong tonight,

The numbers allowed me to split off a sub team of Jim, Carlos, Elaine and Stu and as a result we got a bonus delivery done in the busy town section of the marathon route.

The majority headed off up to New Walk to meet Mel with the leaflets.

We welcomed both Irene and Sharon to their very first group run and in keeping with the ethos of the rest of the group got stuck straight into the task of delivering leaflets to a maze of streets off of New Walk.

The thing I have noticed about the Leicester team is everyone really gets on and is happy to work with whoever. Rachel paired up with Bex and between them attended to the whole of London Rd. Jen, Leigh and Nic formed a team of 3 to attack lower New Walk, Belvoir St Rutland St and Wellington St.

It was a logistical nightmare and I had no idea how it was going to pan out but I learnt that I should never underestimate the resourcefulness of our volunteers.

With only a small bit of waiting for our long distance sub team to finish we all rendezvoused at the New Walk Museum for some well earned cakes, biscuits and juice courtesy of Mel as usual.

I had planned an evil hill session but the interests of time and health and safety (too many Deliveroo cyclists illegally using New Walk) I decided against - after all most had already climbed Mt New Walk twice already so I figured we had all had a good workout.

Nearly 600 leaflets delivered to an area of about a square mile - a fantastic effort by the whole team - believe me when I say that as a marshal section leader for Leicester Marathon for at least 10 years this was vital information you were posting - well done and thanks

A busy night in Leicester as England were playing an international football game at home. Jim found an alternative route along the great central way to avoid the hoards of fans. This was a slightly longer route but a really good workout due to some hills. Mel and Jeanette, still with Great North miles in their legs and Michaela who still has an injury, joined the task at Saffron Acres. Bex joined us for her second task and it was great to have Elaine joining us too. The task was to clear brambles from the edge of the orchard and we had been invited to help ourselves to a few apples. Dave was first to sample and said they were delicious, Jen followed suit taking a few for an apple crumble! Unfortunately the only thing that Frank took away from the task was a few bites from the bugs. The team were soon hard at work cutting, chopping and removing the pesky brambles. With refreshments served, the run back along the great central way commenced before it got dark. Another successful task completed.

Well folks, an exciting night for GoodGym as the BBC Television crew were shadowing the session and litter picking task. Dave led a short warm up and welcomed new runner Bex. It was also great to have Leigh, Lee and Louise back with the gang after a time away. Lindsay led the group on a 1.5 mile jog along the river with Jimmy as the back marker. When the group arrived at Bede Park, Mel, Lee and Louise had prepared the litter pickers and bin bags for us. With the presence of the camera crew we had attracted attention from the locals who were on the park. One chap asked if he could help and was soon at work looking for litter, on his departure he shook hands with Dave and said we were doing a good job. The BBC filmed the litter picking task and followed the GG runners around the park. Nic, Frank, Jim and Dave were then interviewed about the benefits of GG, the tasks and their involvement. After light refreshments the fitness task consisted of circuits - hops, flying 20s tree sits and use of the outdoor gym. Find of the night was an NHS issue childs crutch which we shall duly return to the Leicester Royal Infirmary. Finally the jog back to DMU for the cool down,again filmed by the crew. Keep a lookout on the Leicester GG facebook page for details of the broadcast time and date! Thanks all for a great turnout tonight.