Under a big, bright full moon 17 Goodgymers gathered to get fit by doing good in the Hanover & Elm Grove ward.

Before heading off we welcomed Daisy for her first Brighton Goodgym run and congratulated Helena, Roy & Tabitha on their new parkrun PBs. A hatrick of personal bests, must be something in the water!

Just a short 1.5 kilometres to the start tonight where we were met by Cllr David Gibson & Simon who set us to work on removing yet more graffiti in the area, this time from the large communal street bins and junction boxes. Now no-one minds a bit of carefully crafted street art but this is not what we’re talking about here! This is some pretty basic, scribbling and definitely does not create the impression of a well looked after neighbourhood. But Goodgym to the rescue! Armed with spray cans, face masks, paint thinners and cloths we set to work on wiping off and painting over the offending scribbles. Meanwhile the rest of the group headed off to clear the streets of litter and after half an hour the neighbourhood was much improved thanks to your sterling efforts.

Just time for a few intervals of the Level to ensure that you got your dose of getting fit as well as doing good. Interval running is a great way of pushing your running on to the next level (excuse the pun!), as the faster running, interspersed with rest periods challenges your body to work harder and adapt to the increase stress so making you fitter! They are tough but nothing beats that feeling when they’re done!

So we headed back to base leaving Hanover looking considerably smarter and you all feeling a little fitter. Good luck to all who are running the Brighton Half Marathon on Sunday. do come and give us a cheer, it really does help us go faster!

And thanks to Tabitha for tonight's pun!

The BIG NEWS of the evening is that party poppers were popped for the brilliant Tim, who completed his 50th run last night. Give that man a cheer - he sure deserves it!

This evening we had two lovely runs - a small group led by Lucy and Nicky went 1km to Brixton Orchard - where a spare spot of land on Brixton Hill has been turned into a lovely, well, an orchard! There was a lot of woodchip mulch that needed spreading across the site and this crack team of 8 worked hard to get it all done.

I sure am going to miss Clapham Common! Especially the workout Katie makes us do on the benches! Said Issy.

The rest of us headed 2.5km back to Clapham Common for our final session of the year. The final strips have been dug and soil turned over - all ready for wildflowers to be planted. We can't wait to see what this looks like next summer. GoodGym have visited this site a number of times since March and have been a key part of the effort to create a tranquil, bee-friendly area on the Common. Hooray! After some lovely strength work, we all ran back to base for stretches.

What bakes! Said everyone.

On return to base we were treated to FOUR different bakes from Nicky, Issy, Sarah and a surprise chocolate fudge from GG Camden visitor Liz. YUM! After dining out on the sweet stuff, what more could we want than a social night at local pizza place 500 Degrees? Our backwards meal was highly recommended and people tucked into some delicious oven-fired delights. Some people had the classic Margarita. Freyja added olives to hers - an Olivita! George C had the terrible FUNGHI but he seemed to like it. Nelly had a vegan tomato and no cheese pizza. Elise accidentally ordered a white pizza so took some of Nelly's tomato base! Many of us enjoyed their home made ZINGY lemonade! It really kicked off. Thanks Steve for organising and thanks Lambeth for a great evening of tasking and feasting.

We had loads of lovely new runners this evening, giving it a decidedly 'back to school' feel, just without the new pencil cases. If only.

There were two run options, the first group were led by JKB up to the community growing project at Agnes Riley Gardens. he said:

We navigated the dense and cumbersome mesh, mainly there to keep birds out, in order to water KEY VEGETABLES. We trimmed back rose bushes to make them less hazardous, but the thorns proved tricky. Navigating the bush in the dark was not so easy so it's time for a JKB TIP which is BRING HEADTORCHES. Its getting dark!

The rest of us were led to the Portico Gallery in West Norwood by George, who was celebrating his 100th run. After the 4km mainly uphill climb we reached our destination and began sorting gazebo sides into dirty and need cleaning or OK. These are used for the monthly West Norwood Feast, which takes over the town in the summer months.

On running home, we all enjoyed some banana bread from Lavinia as her #GBBO2018 offering and then we went to the pub for some food and a drink. Lovely stuff.