What a night! GoodGym Lambeth were back out in force for one of our favourite combos: a proper graft followed by a proper social.

The dream team of Fi, Ben, Katie, Tilly, Michael, Jo, task owner Nicole, and the brilliant Naomi from HTC assembled, ready to take on whatever the evening threw at them. 💪🏼

(A special shoutout to Adam, who had to pull out with an injury before the fun began — wishing you a speedy recovery, mate! We’ll keep a weed-pulling glove warm for you. 🧤)

The Task: Holy Weed-moley 🌱😤 Tonight’s mission took us to the vicarage, where the garden had clearly been taking its vows a little too seriously — specifically the vow of uncontrolled growth. We’re talking weeds. Weeds upon weeds. A veritable congregation of weeds. If weeds could form a church, this would’ve been their cathedral. 🌿⛪

Our lot got stuck in with the kind of righteous enthusiasm that frankly the clergy would approve of. Pulling, digging, bagging — the whole holy trinity of garden clearance. By the time we were done, the vicar could actually see the garden again. We didn’t quite part the sea of greenery, but we gave it a very good go. Check out the pics for proof! ❤️📸

The Social: What Do You Meme? (More Like What Do You SCREAM) 😱🤩 Post-weeding, the team descended on the Tulse Hill Hotel for the monthly social, where What Do You Meme? was unleashed upon an unsuspecting group of tired volunteers. Reader, it did not stay innocent for long.

Michael appeared to have some kind of mystical connection to the card deck, pulling out banger after banger like a comedy magician. 🪄 Tilly, meanwhile, finally — finally — broke her duck and claimed a well-deserved round win (the crowd went appropriately wild 🎉). Nicole made a late surge to the finish with all the energy of someone who’d spent the evening battling overgrown weeds and still had gas in the tank.

As for the female sanitary products, we have agreed collectively to never speak of this again.... An absolutely brilliant evening all round. Weeds vanquished, memes survived, community strengthened. This is what GoodGym Lambeth is all about. 🏃‍♀️💚

See you next time — and Adam, get well soon! 🙏​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ You had to be there. On reflection, perhaps it’s better that you weren’t. 🫣

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What a Tuesday evening! While the rest of London was busy grinding to a halt (tube strikes, police incidents, and the general chaos of just existing in this city 😅), our GoodGym Lambeth legends were already pivoting like pros — heading straight to the task like the well-oiled volunteer machines they are. 💪🏼

And what a team showed up! The brilliant Fi, Adam, Ben, and Katie were out in force, but the real plot twist of the evening? A surprise appearance from the one, the only, the magnificent Nicole 🍾🎉 — or possibly her AI body double (we’re choosing to believe it was the real deal 🤖👀).

The mission? Heading to Brixton Library to join the wonderful Annick, her friend Anouck, and the Friends of Brixton Library for an evening of weeding, watering, DIY and general sprucing up of the outdoor spaces. Think of it as a glow-up, but for a library. 💅🌱

Armed with trowels, determination and an impressive collective tolerance for getting their hands dirty, the team got stuck in — pulling up weeds, giving the plants a much-needed drink 💧 and making the whole space look lovely since being absolutely overdue for some love. (See what we did there? It’s a library. 📖 We’ll see ourselves out.)

The results? Stunning. The vibes? Immaculate. The puns? Clearly unstoppable.

Check out the pics — the space looked absolutely incredible by the end, and it’s all thanks to this lot ❤️😱🤩

Big love to Annick, Anouck and the Friends of Brixton Library for having us — we had the best time and can’t wait to come back! 🙌

Until next time, Lambeth! 🏃💚​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

🌿😅 Our mission, should we choose to accept it (we did, obviously — we’re GoodGym): help the wonderful Annick at the Brixton Waterworks allotments tackle a carpet situation.

*Shoutout to Adam for weaving his magic and nailing this week's pun title!

Yes. Carpet. In the soil. Apparently the weed barrier of choice for a certain era of allotment gardening was “just bury some carpet and hope for the best.” 😂 Well, that carpet’s time was UP.

The team got stuck in — pulling, heaving, rolling, folding, and wheelbarrowing that ancient carpet to its temporary resting place like the absolute legends we are. ❤️ It was gritty, it was grimy, it was extremely satisfying. The carpets may be old and worn, but our team? Totally on the right thread. 🧵😏

We split into two crack squads: the running crew — AA, Katie (an ICONIC comeback after injury, we literally cannot 👏), and Michael (“just a casual 16km at the weekend, no biggie” 😤🔥) — and the walkers/cyclists Tilly, Ben, Nehal, Marie-Noelle and Adam, who were honestly bringing the vibes on wheels and heels. 🚴‍♀️🚶‍♂️

Annick was thrilled, the allotment is one step closer to full bloom, and we went home absolutely filthy and absolutely proud. 😱🤩

See you next week at The Landor — first round of brags about your weekend mileage is on you, Michael. 🏅🍻

Run, do good, repeat. 💚​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Another Tuesday, another band of Lambeth legends proving that the only thing we love more than a good run is getting so mulch done for the community. 💪🏼✨

Our superstar squad rolled out from Papa's in fine form — AA, Michael, Dan & Jo lacing up and hitting the tarmac on foot, while Fi, Katie, Nehal and Adam rolled deep on wheels and wellies (well, approximately). The vibes? Immaculate. The chat? Flowing faster than we were. 🍾😂

Our mission this evening took us to the wonderful Agnes Riley Gardens, where the brilliant Jo from Friends of Agnes Riley and Tom from Lambeth Parks had a job for us: spread woodchip along the hedges to give the freshly planted whips the best possible start to the new season. 🌱 Think of it as tucking the baby trees in for spring. Cosy! 🤗

And did we chip in? Oh, we chipped in HARD. The team shovelled, narrowed and spread that woodchip with the kind of efficiency that would make a professional landscaper weep with pride — job done in no time, leaving us the very important task of... standing around a pond staring at newts. 🦎❤️ And honestly? Absolutely worth it. The pond was JUMPING (well, crawling, they're newts) with wildlife and we are not ashamed to say we were absolutely giddy about it.

🌟 SPECIAL SHOUTOUT 🌟

A massive welcome to Nehal, who joined us for her very first Group Run tonight! Having already dipped her toes in with Community Missions alongside Katie, Nehal is clearly committed to the GoodGym life — and we are SO here for it. Welcome to the madness, we love having newt members of the team. 😱🤩

Until next time, Lambeth — keep running, keep giving, and for the love of all things good, keep spreading the chip. 🌿🏃‍♀️💚

GoodGym Lambeth Run Report 🏃‍♀️💨 Four the Love of the Planet! 🌍

Well, well, well… what do we have here? Not ONE, not TWO, not THREE, but FOUR shiny new faces joining the GoodGym Lambeth crew this week! 🎉

That’s right — we didn’t just pick up litter, we picked up people too. Welcome to the fold, Treena, Paul, Dann & Kirsty, who clearly decided that finishing a long shift at work just wasn’t quite enough suffering for one day. Respect. 💪🏼🍾

The Task: Not a Twozy. Not Even a Threezy… Wait, Actually Yes a Threezy. 🗑️ This week’s mission was an absolute trash of a good time (in the best possible way).

We went full triple-threat with: 🗺️ GoodGym classic litter picking 🌊 Planet Patrol 🧴 The Big Plastic Count The goal? Grab as much recycling and plastic as humanly possible and give our community a well-deserved glow-up. And boy, did we deliver.

Several black bags filled to the brim and safely recycled — that’s not just good deeds, that’s re-MARK-able work. You could say we really bagged this one. 😱🤩

The planet is cleaner, our legs are tired, and our hearts are full. See you next week — and Treena, Paul, Dann & Kirsty, you’ve got no excuses now. You already know we’re worth the post-work schlep! 😊❤️

Keep running. Keep doing good. Try not to step in anything suspicious. 🫡​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​