🏃‍♀️✂️ GOODGYM LAMBETH RUN REPORT ✂️🏃‍♂️

Mission: Operation Hedge Fund 🌿💰 Location: Holy Trinity Task Owner: Nicole (making her official GG debut - hedging her bets on us!)

This week our magnificent crew ran to Holy Trinity where Nicole needed some serious hedge-ucation! The mission? Chop and lop those overgrown hedges down to size so no sneaky wrong'uns could lurk behind them. We weren't hedging our bets - we went all in! 💪🏼

Armed with loppers, choppers, and a trusty broom, we channelled our inner Edward Scissorhands and got stuck in. Let's just say our topiary skills were... a cut above? 🧹✂️ (Okay, maybe we're better at running than gardening, but we gave it a good trim!)

Tonight's Royal Rumble: 👑🎤 The conversation took a regal turn as we discovered our group is basically the Buckingham Palace of running clubs! We've got lineage going back to William the Conqueror, connections to Edward VIII, AND someone related to Kylie (we're assuming Minogue, not Jenner, but we should be so lucky!). Forget the Crown - we're living our own Netflix series!

Special Shout-Outs: 🌟 🎉 HUGE welcome to Nicole who flipped from task owner to official GoodGymer - talk about hedge-ing your bets on the right crowd! You absolutely smashed it!

👏 Our regular legends were out in force: Jo, Michael, Tilly, and Patrick - you're all absolute diamonds! 💎

🎂 And a MASSIVE thank you to Marks & Spensers via AA Yianny for the sweet treats to celebrate getting another year wiser (and clearly more generous)! Age is just a number, but cake is FOREVER. 🤗

Final verdict: Another hedge-cellent night of fitness, friendship, and foliage management! We came, we saw, we pruned! 🌿✨

Same time next week? We'll be there - you can hedge on it! 😉

#GoodGym #LambethLegends #HedgeHeroes #CommunityLove #FitnessAndGoodDeeds

🏃‍♀️💪 GoodGym Lambeth Run Report 🏃‍♂️💪

This week, our magnificent crew of do-gooders traded their usual running routes for a different kind of marathon - the Great Garage Clear-Out of 2025! 📦🏚️

We descended upon Myatts Fields to help Kim with a mission that would make Marie Kondo sweat: shifting a lifetime's worth of treasures (and let's be honest, some questionable "I'll definitely use this someday" items) from her Hackney collection out into the daylight for inventory! ☀️

The Task-master Lineup:

🌟 Fabian - Our brilliant newbie made their debut and swept us off our feet (literally - they were on broom duty)! Welcome to the gang, Fabian - you really cleaned up on your first mission! 🧹✨

🦸‍♂️ The Usual Suspects: Ben, Michael, Dan, Paul, and Patrick brought their A-game, grabbing, sorting, and stacking like a well-oiled (albeit slightly dusty) machine!

🍰 Adam - Our knight in shining apron stepped up when tragedy struck the Bake Off tent (no baker = no bakes 😱). This absolute legend whipped up a gluten-free fruit cake AND brought Tupperware for transport. Adam, you really take the biscuit! 🎂👑

Mission Highlights: - ✅ Sorted everything into neat categories (playing real-life Tetris with decades of memories!) - ✅ Gave the garage a thorough sweep (though we're pretty sure the dust declared victory and staged a comeback) 🧹💨 - ✅ Proved that many hands make light work (even when that work involves heavy boxes!)

Another cracking evening of fitness, teamwork, and community spirit! Who knew cardio could involve this much carrying? 💪😄

Same time next week, GoodGym heroes? 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️

Getting fit, doing good, and occasionally getting dusty ✨

GoodGym Lambeth Run Report 🏃‍♀️✨

Mission: Operation Deep Clean at Max Roach Park

This week, our magnificent mob of do-gooders descended upon Max Roach Park for what can only be described as a rubbish time (in the best possible way)! 🗑️

Tom from Lambeth Council gave us our marching orders: wage war on litter with the fanciest grabbers this side of the Thames. We’re talking haute couture litter pickers, darling! 💅

The Great Divide

Our troops split into two elite squads:

Squad 1: The Litter Legends 🦸‍♂️
Armed with our premium picking equipment, we swept through the park like a well-oiled cleaning machine. No crisp packet was safe. No stray cup escaped our grasp. We came, we saw, we picked it up.

Squad 2: The Bottle Top Battalion 🍾
Meanwhile, the bench crew got down and dirty (literally), performing emergency surgery on the ground to extract embedded bottle tops. Talk about getting to the root of the problem! Their determination was truly cap-tivating. 💪🏼

Our Cast of Cleanup Crusaders

Shout out to our usual suspects who showed up ready to make Max Roach Park sparkle:

🌟 Andrej, Dan, Tilly, Michael, Eric, and Jo 🌟

Special mention to Jo, whose homemade flapjacks provided the perfect fuel for our litter-fighting endeavors. Nothing says “community spirit” quite like baked goods that actually stick to your ribs after picking up rubbish! 🍪🤗

The Verdict

Another week, another park saved from the scourge of litter. We came for the fitness, stayed for the bins, and left with that warm fuzzy feeling that only comes from making your community a cleaner place (and maybe from Jo’s flapjacks).

Until next week, keep running, keep doing good, and remember: every piece of litter picked is one step closer to a trashy-free Lambeth!

Total Trash Talk: MAXIMUM 📈
Good Deeds Done: COUNTLESS ✅
Puns Made: TOO MANY 😄

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Keep calm and carry on picking! See you next week, legends! 🎉

🏃‍♀️💚

Mission: Brixton Windmill Allotments Support

This week our fantastic crew of do-gooders traded their usual pavement pounding for some serious dirt work at Brixton Windmill Allotments! 🌾

The Mission Brief 📋

Our wonderful community member Annick needed a helping hand (or seven!) with some essential gardening tasks. We were ready to get our hands dirty - literally!

What We Got Up To 💪

• Manure Madness: We shovelled mountains of the good stuff into wheelbarrows. It was a crappy job, but someone had to do it! 💩
• Spreading the Love: Distributed said manure across the planting patches and bathtub garden - talk about fertilizing friendships! 🌱
• Apple-solutely Essential Work: Collected apples for both composting and juicing. We really apple-ied ourselves to the task! 🍎

Star Performers ⭐

We were absolutely thrilled to welcome Andrej to his very first GoodGym session - what a way to break yourself in! Welcome to the family! 🎉

Huge shoutout to Anna who arrived looking the business in her official GG running jacket - she was definitely dressed for success! 🏃‍♀️✨

And of course, our regular dream team was out in full force: Katie, Ben, and Michael - you legends never fail to turnip when we need you! 🥕

The Verdict 🏆

Another ground-breaking session in the books! We left Annick’s allotment looking berry good indeed. Until next time, keep on running and doing good!

Keep calm and GoodGym on! 💚🏃‍♂️

I was one of four volunteers including three GoodGymmers who visited the Vauxhall Garden Community Centre to help with the Thursday preparation of food items that will be distributed at their Friday foodbank.

Before the main delivery arrived we start to cut up and bag the large delivery of bread that had been delivered.

The main delivery then followed. Amongst the deliveries which included of carrots, cabbages, limes, corn cobs, a large quantity of doughnuts, the foodbank received a box of cereal branded from the Netflix programme Squid Games.

We successfully completed the task in preparation for the foodbank.