Tonight we visited the Sainsbury's by Warren Street Station to pack up their food collections for the amazing charity Rhythms of Life, who feed and educate the homeless. We also managed to run about 6km and get in lots of sprints, squats and lunges in the process.

Tonight we had a whopping five new runners - Bryony, Annie, Hannah, Sarah and Amy - these people all decided for the first time to use their run tonight to do some good, so I think they deserve a cheer, don't you?! We told them all about missions and coach runs which are great ways to get involved in the community on a more personal level, and really see the difference you can make to someone's life first hand.

We also found out that GoodGym have some Big Half entries for just £10! GoodGym are also putting on some Big Half specific starter sessions where you can get help with your training and advice on your running technique (plus you get to do a good deed too!) - you can see if any fit with your schedule here.

After this big intro we had to get started with our evening run sharpish, so we headed out onto the terrace for a warm up overlooking the Thames, before heading North through central London on a 3km run. At every other set of traffic lights we stopped to do some squats and lunges, and even had an elderly man join us for our squat jumps.

The task: We arrived at Sainsbury's with time to spare, so while we waited for them to get the boxes ready for us to pack the food into, we did a speedy fitness session right outside. We worked on our legs, our glutes and also managed to sneak in a little arm exercise (a muscle group that runners often forget about). With the ever increasing strange looks from customers getting a bit overbearing we made our way inside to pack the food collections into boxes, ready for the charity to pick up in the morning. Once in boxes, and while we waited for the manager to show us where to put them, we took over the pasta aisle with some very well formed planking action - great work on the fitness for this run, team!

On the run back we practiced some sprinting techniques, focussing on backwards arm drive and positioning ourselves upright.

Tonight was one of the strangest evenings of our lives, but it was certainly entertaining - see you next week for some more running and doing good.

We started our evening GoodGym run slightly differently to most - with a fire alarm! Luckily for us it was not caused by a real fire and we were let back into the building just in time to drop off our bags and set off. In our warm up we had some quick introductions to find out what everyones favourite film to watch at Christmas is, with a couple of very un-christmassy films featuring, before setting out on our run to help the Royal British Legion with decanting their Poppy Appeal boxes. We also welcomed Emily and Natalie to the crew - give them a cheer for coming to their first ever group run!

After a 1.5km run there (featuring a small hill!), we were greeted by Jemma, who got us all signed in and showed us what to do.

The task: The poppy boxes that we filled a few weeks ago had all been returned after a very successful Poppy Appeal and were ready to be decanted and returned to their warehouse. The team split into two and each tackled a pile of boxes in separate rooms - it was a race to see who could decant the most in just 35 minutes - plus Jemma told us there was a chocolate bar in one of them, so the hunt was on! We needed to separate everything into their own bags and boxes - badges, poppies, reflectors etc. Somehow both teams managed to come out even and we sorted through 60 boxes between us all! Did anyone find the chocolate bar?!

Once finished we made our way to St Pauls Churchyard for a tough fitness session to work on the power in our legs. This week we did a set each of leapfrog burpees, squats, lunges and high knees, followed by a short rest and then did the whole thing again!

We made it back to King's by 7.15pm for some stretches.

It was wonderful running with you all - see you next week, when we will hopefully be delivering some flyers to promote the Christmas activities at Aldgate Community Centre.

PS. Don't forget about the GoodGym Christmas Party, Mission (Im)possible, and the King's Neon Run - tonight!