This week's group run took us from the town centre, along the busway to Kingsway Recreation ground and the 61 Football Club. Club secretary Richard was waiting there to issue the evenings tasks:

• taking down the plastic ceiling light panels and giving them a scrub down. They'd got a bit grubby and stained from old roof leaks.
• clearing out the storage unit, vaccuming and reorganising all the bits nicely back inside.
• painting the entrance lobby the club's baby blue colour.

We got to work straight away having completed completed the 3.5k run there, did a great job of all the tasks and got to enjoy a selection of fun-sized chocolate and orange squash generously provided by Richard to refuel us before the return back back into town.

There was a good turn out from GoodGym to join the People's Park Litter Pick this morning, and despite the recent good weather the park wasn't too bad for litter. With the sun shining through the clouds, it was a lovely way to spend an hour so at the start of the weekend. With such a big group it was easy to get the park cleaned up, and by pairing up we were able to sort the litter from recyclables. We are always on the look out for unusual items, and GoodGymer Petros was pleased to find a petrol strimmer that had been discarded under one of the trees.
Well done team, we left the park looking prim (or strim) and proper, and clear of "party balloons" and sharps, tidy and safe for families to relax in over the weekend.

A pun‑stoppable GoodGym Luton crew took on Old Bedford Road tonight, splitting into a speedy running team and a steady walking team to deliver road‑closure notices for Love Luton RunFest. The runners shot off like a first‑class delivery service, racing all the way to the far end before working backwards, while the walkers address‑ed the route from the town centre upwards. House by house, door by door, we letter‑ally posted notices 8n a stamp‑ede, creating a perfect meet‑in‑the‑middle moment where the two teams collided in postal‑union. Royal Mail would be mail‑ancholy they didn’t have speedy mailers like us. A proper GoodGym delivery that proved once again: when Luton needs its notices dropped, we always go the extra mail.

We were so quick we even had time to slip off to the pub for a celebratory drink on a job well done!

We had a sunny Sunday morning up at the top of the hill this month as we assisted the Friends of Dallow Downs and Winsdon Hill with the monthly litterpick. Pawel joined us too for his first Goodgym session, welcome Pawel!

The spot we were giving our time to this month was beside a footpath that had attracted a lot of casual litter and a bit of fly tipping.

The team of eight collected loads of bags and several large items including a full reclining sofa but there's plenty more to do so we'll be back at this spot again next month!