Thank you so much to everyone who came along to cheer today for the amazing runners doing such an iconic achievement.

More importantly we celebrate all of the amazing goodgymmers who undertook the marathon, it is an incredible feat to start one let alone finish one and you should all be so proud of yourselves!

Bit shout-out to Bethan Critchley jumping in at Mile 12 as a supporter helping runners around the course! What a superstar you are!

I've already listed the cheer party for next year. You can sign up here who knows, if you enter the ballot for next year perhaps it'll be you we are cheering on ;)

This was my second time helping Mrs E so I knew the task at hand. I was only able to take down three rubbish bags before the black bin outside was full. But every bit makes a difference to Mrs E's situation. I chatted to Mrs E for a while and she was very grateful for the help. It was a quick job and I was soon back on my bike heading home. I didn't take any photos so here's a picture of GoodGym Hounslow instead!

Bramble bashing is a classic GoodGym task but these GoodGymmers were due a surprise upon arrival with the sheer scale of the bramble coverage in these communal gardens. The warm up had been a 20 minute cycle for Emily and an hour long walk for Anne, so we were ready to get stuck in. We met Ms T who had organised tools to be borrowed from the local community centre, along with some giant bags to fill. With the sun shining we got down to business - hacking. We hacked away for a solid 90 minutes, whilst chatting away, and found out that the gardens had once had a lovely lawn. Ms T had tried to keep on top of it but it's a huge task for just one person as none of the neighbours are green fingered and over the years the brambles and weeds took hold. We managed to fill two big bags and clear a decent amount. Ms T was very grateful but there's plenty more to do so watch this space for future listings!

Last night we had an epic task full of fun, progress and hard work, but before we go into that, we must say an huge, massive, colossal WELL DONE to everybody who went to Paris for the marathon this weekend. There were PBs galore, and some great running in what sounds like tough conditions. Congratulations to all the runners - Matt, Eloise, Alan, Lucy and Jonny - and also to the supporters who did an amazing job cheering and keeping tired spirits high.

With a weekend of those proportions, it was no surprise that a small group headed off from the Town Hall to meet a larger group directly at the task location. We have been to Cavendish school many times over the years, but a treat was awaiting us when we met Andrew, who has taken over the project. After hours of battling the weeds and clearing leaves, we found that a mini digger had been deployed to create an ampitheatre, the overgrown area had been cleared, and a couple of ducks had even taken up residence on the pond.

Our job for the evening was to transport lots of logs to make a seating area for the children, to spread mulch over the newly cleared spaces, and to move cuttings into the skip. We jumped into action. While the mulch shovelers got a great work out, there was some excellent artistic direction going on with the log layout, and Gus and Louise tested their balancing skills on the wheelbarrow ramp in very impressive fashion!

An earlier poll had decided that weary legs trumped fitness, so we extended the task a little. With the job done (apologies for forgetting the 'before' shot!), we took the opportunity to take some fun log-based group shots, and then split up into three groups - running, walking and cycling - to head back to base for stretches, pub, cake and in some cases, more running.

Don't forget that tonight is the Goodgym monthy social in Brixton. It's a great chance to meet GGers from different areas and catch up on all the good stuff that's been happening.

We also have a mission to help clear up a green space in Gunnersbury which needs a few more pairs of helping hands, not to mention a GG highlight, supporting the WLQP put on its 10km walk in June.