A cold and wet day of marshalling for the Good Gymers helping out at the inaugural Norfolk Marathon didn't dampen the spirits for an excellent event.

Good Gymers were largely in seperate places but travelled together so they could go on some rides in the park before the race commenced.

It remained wet and windy throughout the day but the marathoners were in good spirits and were very happy and thankful for the support and directions along the course.

A humungous shout out to Hitch and the EPIC Norfolk team for organising this event, it was seen on the faces of so many runners how much it meant to them to take part and the impact it has on fundraising for so many charities makes events like this ever so important in any community, here's to many more years of the Norfolk Marathon!

Tonight 9 GoodGymers ran or cycled 5km to Burges Road Community Garden to help support a new local green space.

This local green space has been neglected and misused for many years, and will require lots of local support to help turn it into a community garden over the next 3 years.

When we arrived we met Lucy, one of the local members of Green Hearts volunteering group, who gave us instructions for tonights task.

We were armed with forks, rakes, and litter pickers to dig out old roots, pull up weeds and unearth any unnatural objects... ranging from a cuddly toy to a fiat hub cap.

The most interesting finds were 2 little frogs, who one day might become residents in the future garden pond!

After 50 minutes of sweat and many rubbish bags filled, we put down our tools ready to return for another session next week.

The evening was still light so we took the leafy route back into the city running along Marriott's Way.

We had our first trip of the year in 2024 to Redmayne View.

It was great to see the tenants again, and lovely that they remember us and look forward to seeing us each time.

On this occasion we had a quiz night. 50 questions asked by moi, split into 5 rounds of 10.

I must say, I was rather impressed with some of the knowledge in the room, especially around One Direction haha.

I was so engrossed in reading the quiz questions, that I forgot to take any photos, so an old one is uploaded.

Tonight 12 GoodGymers & 1 dog ran 5km to help clean up the Lakenham Way.

When we arrived Bek handed us each litter pickers and bin liners, and directed us in pairs to the areas most in need of a tidy up.

Amongst the finds this week were a discarded umbrella, a bike tire and a used homework book!

After 45 mins we had filled 9 bin bags ready to be collected, before we made our way back to the Forum.

Shout out to Elizabeth who celebrated her big birthday with her 150th Parkrun last week, and also Alina who will be running her 200th Parkrun this weekend!

It was a great task this evening as we visited Somerleyton Gardens again, this time to lay some new paths with wood bark (and no, thats not Woody pretending to be a dog).

Half of the gang were digging up the grass for a new section of path while the other half of the gang were pulling up grass between wild flowers, where the rest of the bark (woof woof) would be laid.

Each time we visit we make a great impact on Somerleyton Gardens, I need to find some old photos of our first ever visit to do some comparisons.

I love the group photo underneath the tree full of blossom.