Well on June 30th 2018 many things were happening it was National Paddy Day of Nepal, Edmonton Royals beat Toronto Nationals by 8 wickets in the 20Twenty and the Nation sat down to watch Nick Knowles hosts the quiz for people who can't resist a list in another cracking episode of Who Dares Wins. Meanwhile in leafy Hampstead Heath Park dog walkers, parents and local residents were making reports of strange behaviour, incidents included lots of cheering, signs of red thunder, folks running with eggs on spoons and a sea of flags. Not only was the behaviour incredibly positive they were also plying spectators with these delicious homemade cakes, what these folks were witnessing was Olympic fever GoodGym style. So as reported, June 30th 2018 was the 2nd ever GoodGym Olympics. The day brought together 24 different GoodGym area, ranging from Lambeth, the South West to Colchester. The events on offer were a range of events varied from the egg and spoon, 400m to the elimination race. The events were varied but the competition was not and every race brought a bigger and bigger sea of cheers, particular highlights for me was the epic finish of the elimination mile between George Bright and Richard Dowling, Folks flipping pancakes, listening to our two wonderful commentators, the GoodGym relay madness, and human tunnel finish that welcomed the final 5,000m runners brought a tear to my eye that did. Not only were the runners being judged but we also had a torch parade before to show off each boroughs creative sides and although it was a fierce competition. All in all there were 18 different events which each borough their own brilliant moments. This year to even the field I placed the areas in two different leagues due to levels of runners from each area. So up for grabs was the Hunter-Sidhu Shield and the Kerry-Barnard Cup named after our two fantastic commentators, John Hunter and James Kerry-Barnard.

I could write about this for hours however I think picture would do a far better so I will leave some of Tom Hunters and Sarah Rajabalee fanatic shots up and will post a link to more when they come available.

These events don’t work without a band of helpers and I have to say a massive thanks to all the all members of taskforce and GoodGym who have gave up their time to volunteer, help time and marshal on the day and general mean that I didn’t have to do too much, it was amazing there are just too many of you to write down but again thank you it was really a truly lovely and special day, thank you all and here’s to next year. If you have any feedback please let me know on tomb@goodgym.org. I will be putting together a committee of people to help out and organise next years, if you would like to be considered please drop me a email too.

Nice one, Tom

Race Results please click here on the link below. Please note we did not record heat times and some events do not have times or positions as these got put away during the tidy up. Please accept my apologies if this affects you.

Here are the rest of the results we https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WR3tnGIEXq6ylA-JhZEduRuGKiW5SgD4alhfHJqJFWY/edit#gid=0

Here were the final results

Kerry-Barnard Cup

AREA	PLACE
Lambeth	1st
Wandsworth	2nd
Camden	3rd
Hackney	4th
Lewisham	5th
Islington	6th

Hunter-Sidhu Shield

AREA	PLACE
Greenwich	1st
Brighton	2nd
Hammersmith and Fulham	3rd
Colchester	4th
Southwark	5th
Barnet	6th
Hounslow	7th
Tower Hamlets	8th
Haringey	9th
Croydon	10th
Bristol	11th
Brent	12th
Newham	13th
King's College London	14th
Redbridge	15th
Westminster	16th
Waltham Forest	17th
Ealing	18th

Torch winners: Big shout out to team Islington for their Stella effort combining biscuits with a fantastic touch. Highly commended goes to Tower Hamlets, Bath and Brent. Well done everyone.

For our final King's Group Run in the current format, we had a cracking number of new runners join us. Give Charlotte, Corinne, and Kat a cheer for using their run to do good for the first time.

We were heading to Food For All to help with their food preparations as they create meals for those who need it - the homeless, students, families with low incomes and more. Before we headed off though, we did a quick warm up (it was already HOT outside), and introductions where we found out what everybody's favourite vegetable is. Between us we could cook up a storm as we all liked completely different veggies.

With Danny backmarking we made our way up to Holborn to meet somebody from the Food For All Team. He showed us to their kitchen and storage area, where we would be hard at work for the next 40 mins.

Feeling Vine

Camilla, Rob and Danny got stuck into opening cans of tomatoes, so the volunteers who make food for thousands of people each week could focus on making delicious meals. Whilst everybody else flatpacked all the cardboard boxes that all the donated food comes in. We had the challenge of filling one large pot of tomatoes, and flatpacking the huge piles of cardboard boxes in just 40 mins. As we were feeling so vine, we easily got it all done in the time frame, and left with a big sense of satisfaction.

For our run back we headed down to the river to do some speed work, focusing on driving with our arms and posture. We even managed to fit in a quick core session in Temple Gardens before making our way back for some stretches.

Upcoming events we heard about:

• GG Olympics - come along to cheer everyone taking part.

• British 10km Aid Station volunteering with a free entry into another Virgin Sport race - sign up here

• The June Long Run in Tower Hamlets this weekend - find out more here

There will be changes to the weekly King's group runs. We are now going to work with departments, societes, sports clubs and halls of residence to schedule additional runs accross our campuses, on a variety of days and at different times that suit them. You'll still be able to sign up to these runs, as they will be listed on the GoodGym website, however they will be under Southwark, Lambeth and Westminster areas, depending on which campus is being used as the start location.

If you're a member of GoodGym KCL please can you change your home area. Simply enter your postcode here and select the most convenient.

Thanks to Danny and Camilla for some of the photos!