SCOPEing out the next star baker!

12 runners met to drop charity bags and volunteering leaflets to the houses near to SCOPE charity shop in Acton!

We had two new GoodGymers with us last night, big welcome to Hannah and Jelena who both got straight into the GoodGym vibe and brought cake and biscuits along to their first run with us! Every first Tuesday of the month we have our GoodGym Ealing social and head to a nearby pub after the run and task and this week in honour of The Great British Bake Off being back on our screens we had a cook off of our own and encouraged everyone to bring down a treat for the group to try!

With this in mind we were all keen to get going and get back for those tasty treats so after a quick name check and whip around of favourite cakes (well what other question could we have this week?!) we were off! Thank you to Chris who was backmarking for us this week as he was in need of a recovery pace after his amazing half marathon PB on Sunday!

We’ve got this one in the bag!

With a big bag of donation collection sacks to deliver and a handful of leaflets about how you can get involved with volunteering at SCOPE we headed east towards Acton. Upon arrival in the vicinity of the shop we split into pairs each taking a road and delivering our bundles as quickly as possible!

In no time at all we were done and met back up for a jog up to Ealing common for a fitness session to really earn those cakes!

A core partnership!

We did a mix of partner core exercises with lots of planking, sit ups and burpees. Everyone did really well even if we did have a couple of fallers during the back to back wall sit, it's a toughie! All suitably puffed out we headed back to base for a few stretches before collecting up our cakes and heading to the watering hole!

And now for the moment we've all been waiting for... Who would be star baker?!

• Steph made a delicious vegan blueberry and banana loaf which she thought everyone wouldn't like but we all thought was delicious!
• Jelena brought lots of cookies along which I'm sure were finished up in offices around London this morning!
• Tash bought a lovely chocolate cake, lovingly hand finished with smarties
• I made vegan chocolate and beetroot cupcakes (which were much nicer once we scrapped off the excess frosting!)
• Hannah made a lovely peach and apricot bakewell tart cake
• Lauriane didn't make the group run as she was resting after her first half marathon on Sunday but she made a lovely french chocolate concrete cake
• And finally although we're all winners Jenni made an all round favourite of carrot cake and I think takes the crown this time round!

Happy 50th good deed to Alex!

Finally just to finish by saying congratualtions to Alex who completed her 50th good deed on Saturday and it was lovely to celebrate with her surrounded by cake!