There's nothing better than chasing away that Monday feeling than coming along to a GoodGym session - you'll never regret starting the week with some activity that leaves you buzzing and is also very rewarding!

Last night a dozen of us were up for just that, and we started off the evening with a warm up, before naming our favourite green spaces in London. It was little surprise perhaps that Battersea Park came out top, but special mentions go to Wandsworth common, Hyde Park, Fulham Palace and of course, our GoodGym garden!

We set off for Doddington and our task for the evening. It is always a pleasure when we climb that metal staircase to see how the garden is changing and developing all the time. Last night the transformation was particularly evident as this community space had been given loads of fabulous furniture and other bits and pieces from the Chelsea Flower show.

Our first job was a particularly precarious one. We were trusted to move an incredibly heavy - and even more expensive (several thousand pounds...!) table into position. Our first attempt wasn't successful so we drafted in more GGers which did the job. We were also told the chairs were designed and donated by Jay Blades of Repair Shop fame, which is pretty exciting!

Our next task was to transport and spread two tonnes of top soil. Now, we're always up for a challenge, and yesterday was no exception. We only had a series of trugs to be able to do it, which added that extra element of fun. Bonus upper body workout!

After all that lifting, it was only right we worked our lower body as well, so we went downstairs for our legs blast. Six intense minutes and loads of different variations later and we were done. Great work everybody!

Next week we're back at our own GoodGym garden - come and check out how we're doing!

After such a long spell of hot water, our local trees are in desperate need of some extra love - and that's where GoodGym comes in!

We met last night at our usual spot, and it was lovely to see some new as well as returning faces. We started off with a little bit of a challenge with our warm up, testing our coordination and reactions, and it soon became clear everybody was on fire!

Our job for the evening was at Bramford community garden, so after introductions and a lovely chat about all the great things we did over the weekend (including parties on boats, family time, BBs and catching up with friends - all the fun!) we set off for Wandsworth Town.

Halfway through the run we had a little pit stop to have a photo at a previous task where we have even been namechecked on the plaque - if you're passing Bramlands Close by Clapham Junction check it out!

After 2.5km we arrived to find Sha, who manages the garden, waiting for us with several cannisters and instructions about which trees needed the most attention. Over the next half an hour we crossed over the road to Maccy D's, which had generously allowed us to pilfer their water supply, and back over to the garden to give the thirsty plants a good drenching. Well done team, you will have saved several leafy lives! We also got in a good litter pick, focusing on plastic bottles and those annoying cig butts.

Next week it's bank holiday Monday, and we will be having a group run but it will be slightly earlier on. You can sign up for Monday fun right here. Until then, have a lovely week!

Our Wandsworth group run last night took place on the last day of January, which meant not only saying goodbye to perhaps the month of the year that drags on the longest, but it was also the very last chance to rack up some good deeds and kilometres for the January challenge. Across the GoodGym groups we were 146 good deeds short of reaching that magic 4000 target and with just 150 people signed up for runs and missions, it was going to be tight. Happily, together we smashed it! We exceeded the 4000 good deed target by a massive 102, and you played a big part in that - congratulations!

It was lovely to welcome Kieran to his first Wandsworth run, and also to meet GG HQ's Theresa at the task - give them a cheer!

First we did a warm up and our question of the week was - are you a tea, coffee, both or other person? This week the vote could not be split, although there was one extra vote for tea - or tequila!

We set off for Bramford Gardens near Wandsworth Town, with a little bit of an addition to the route as I got a bit distracted...sorry about that! We soon arrived, however, to find Shah and Chi waiting for us. Shah single handedly manages the garden voluntarily, so she always happy to have a few pairs of helping hands.

The jobs included going to collect an abandoned pallet she had spotted nearby for the garden, litter picking (especially those horrible cig butts that take several decades to decompose and end up in our waterways) and cutting away the brambles. We quickly dispersed, and after half an hour of picking, snipping and clearing, the garden looked much tidier.

All that was left was our fitness session, and this week we trialled a new coin flip based game where we used fate to decided whether we had the easy option - a conditioning exercise - or the tough one - cardio. After one too many tails, which meant the easy option, I did start to wonder if the coin was weighted, or that there was some sort of GG trickery afoot, but that was soon put right with a few heads appearing. You managed to escape the burpees though - until next week?!

Well done to Sophie for hitting her own personal target of 100km in January on the run last night - way to go! (I hope those extra few hundred metres I added on to the run helped!)

Next Monday we're off for our second session at the Battersea scout hut to hopefully finish off clearing their outside area, and as always we'll throw in a little fitness session. You can sign up for more GG fun here. Until then, happy running everyone!

A beautiful Saturday morning saw a large contingent of runners descend on Fulham Palace to help rake away some cut up bramble and Ivy, ready for another tidy before spring kicks into high gear.

We welcomed several new faces to Goodgym and several tourists from out and around, it was lovely to see you all and hope to see you all again soon.

Pretty sure today was the first day I'd actually seen the sun and not just overcast clouds? Or was that just me?