New faces at the Strand - Rice to Meet You: Biryani on the Strand. 4 Goodgymers(2 in red and 2 in black) made their way to a busy Strand new Charings Cross. Van unloaded, tables setup, drinks and crisps out ready to be handed out and the most important dish to be handed out: vegetable biryani(freshly cooked). Serving Up Kindness, One Biryani at a Time and in no time the big pot was empty and all the food was handed out. But then Jas brought something extra to go with the rice, crisps and water - brought fresh fruit and biscuits. Then it was time to clean and fold the tables and reload the van. Great work team - Biryani Relief: Powered by GoodGym and Gurseva

Top of Miss N's list this week was "brown bread"...when I asked her to explain, she directed me to (another) Turkish shop/restaurant on Church Street that bakes its own flat circular bread...and if I got to Al Madina I'd gone too far...I assured her I'd hunt down her treasure, starting with the bread, and really hoped I wouldn't miss the shop.

Little did I know that the bread really was baked on the premises, starting (obviously) with copious amounts of small hand shaped dough balls baked inside a very hot oven by one very skilful baker. A few minutes later, I had the bread, and soon after everything else on Miss N's list neatly fell into place too.

At last, after several weeks of searching (high and low), the world's politest supermarket stocked the particular brand of Gazpacho that Mrs S had been asking for - with this in the basket, I ticked everything off her list for the first time since the heatwave began (or so it seems)...she was delighted, as was I...who knew cold blended tomatoes could provoke such a euphoric reaction!

This was a bittersweet run as it was the last LSE summer school run. We had 10 students show up for the final run, with the majority being recurring runners.

As always, we met outside The World Turned Upside Down globe and warmed up. We took the same route as last week where we ran through Waterloo Bridge, then through Southbank to London Bridge. There was no beginner runners in this group, which meant we were able to comfortably pick up the pace. But nothing too crazy, I still wanted everyone together.

Once we reached Strand, I had everyone get together for a group photo. From there we made our way back to LSE, and I let everyone run as fast as they wanted near the end as I know some of the students wanted to try running faster. I took the team through some cool down stretches, then we all went for a drink at the bar nearby before calling it a day.

That's the end of the LSE Summer School Run Club for now, but hopefully we get to do this again next year.

The GoodGym crew laced up and ran towards kindness, teaming up with Under One Sky for a mission that truly put the good in GoodGym.

We met at Gail’s on Buckingham Palace Road just before 18:30, collected their unsold baked goods, and powered our good deeds forward by running them over to Victoria Station. There, we handed everything to Skyline, who distributed the food to people sleeping rough.

A simple run, a shared effort, and a meaningful impact, exactly what GoodGym is all about.

Mrs S was feeling a little warm this afternoon - with no breeze and a small fan in her kitchen, the ongoing hot spell is tiring her out. To this end she was determined that I get her a large tub of ice cream, and when I asked if she had any particular flavour in mind, she replied "Nope, plain vanilla is good, as I'll tart it up with loads of other stuff..." - noting Mrs S's culinary skills, I don't doubt this would end up as being quite some creation...