We headed out in dry, crisp conditions to help Tom from Lambeth Parks finish what we started at St Matthew's Peace Garden. Peace, quiet and a LOT of weeds. 🌱

The task was simple: edging, scraping and bagging up the grass and weeds from the paving. This time we had ALL the tools, including half moon edgers, shovels and brooms, while Adam turned up tooled up with hand edging tools. 🛠️ Absolute edge lord. 🥳

Ben, Katie, Tilly, Jo, Adam, Rich and Nicole (who may or may not have joined the task on her broom and made it a full bouquet of volunteers 💐) really did dig deep, and we left the paving looking so sharp it could cut. Nothing was left to chance, or to moss. 😱

A lovely evening for a run, with fun friends to share it with. Tilly brought baked goods to console our AA, who lost his namesake in Bake Off. Incredible as ever, Tilly, you absolute whisk-taker. 🧁 Another great task well done! 🧰❤️

It was also the end of month social, and we put our pub quiz winnings (a voucher, no less) to good use with a karaoke night. 🎤 RJ made his debut in his shiny new GG shirt, looking fresh off the press and ready to belt out a few tunes. 👕✨ What happens at karaoke stays at karaoke… 😉 but wonderful scenes were had. 🤩🍾

Until next time, GoodGym Lambeth: thyme to go and lawn-ch ourselves into the next task! 💪🏼

We headed out in a light drizzle with our friends from Holy Trinity, and it turned into one of our longer runs as darkness fell. 🌆 Nobody was dampened (spirits, that is). 💦

Tonight was prep for our screening of the People's Emergency Briefing in a few weeks' time. We pounded the pavements and flyered the neighbourhood to get locals excited and signed up. Honestly, we really did leaflet it all out there! 🥳📄

Tonight's flyers-in-chief: Ben, Tilly, Jo, RJ, Fi, Adam and Nicole 🏃‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️💪🏼

A lovely evening for a run, fun friends to share it with, and Tilly's baking (incredible as ever 🍰) gave us a post-run treat to cake home... Another great task well done! 🧰❤️

See you at the next one (it's the social btw!). Bring a brolly... or just embrace the drizzle! ☔

Another week, another crew of Lambeth legends lacing up for good! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ We set off from Papa's and ran to Windmill Gardens, where the weeds had clearly been plotting a takeover. 🌿😱

Our heroes Ben, Michael, Jo (who led the session ❤) Dan, Fi, Tilly (who baked!), Rich, RJ and Adam rolled up their sleeves and got stuck in. 💪🏼 There was weeding (we really got to the root of the problem 🪴), manual work (we nailed it 🔨), and general sprucing (we left the place looking trashy in the best possible way 🗑️✨).

Special shoutout to Dan, who dug so deep we think he found Australia. 🦘 Fi and Jo tackled the tasks like they owed them money 💸, and Ben, Michael and Adam had to share a teeny tiny pumpkin which didn't turn into a carriage. 🧰

Hats off to the whole team for being absolutely un-fork-gettable. 🍴🌻 Waterworks allotments is looking thyme-lessly gorgeous, and the community will love it! ❤️

Same time next week? We'll be there, ready to turnip and make a difference! 🥕😉

#GoodGymLambeth #FitnessWithAPurpose 🥰

We kicked things off last night with a warm-up and our Quiz Qu of the Week: Which country is wider than the Moon? Russia certainly threw us off the scent, but three of you cracked it! 🌍 Well done! Apologies that I forget to mention at the time, but a huge shout-out goes to Pritesh for running the Royal Parks Half Marathon yesterday – fantastic effort! 🏃‍♂️👏

We also welcomed Molly who joined us for their very first GoodGym session. 👋 Great to have you with us!

Then it was time to head out into the darkness and make our way to Paradise Community Garden, a special green space that provides a haven for wildlife and a green oasis for the local community. Community gardens like this are vital for supporting biodiversity, creating habitats for wildlife and giving people a place to connect with nature.

Unfortunately our original task to shovel manure had to be postponed as access issues meant it hadn't been delivered. Luckily, there were still two tasks to keep us busy – chopping up firewood and painting the shed. But first, we had to navigate our way through the frogs! 🐸 We've never seen so many - they were everywhere, creating, as Joput it,'a carpet of frogs', so careful footwork was essential. We did our best to avoid stepping on our tiny amphibian friends and keep this happy, healthy ecosystem thriving.

Once we'd safely negotiated the frog-filled terrain, we found our way to the firepit and split into two teams.

🎨 Team Shed Painting took on the challenge of finding the right colour for the job. Getting the shade just right was all part of the challenge, as was the dark surroundings. Nevertheless, they persevered and a beautiful newly painted shed was soon underway.

🪵 Team Firewood tackled the sawing, which came with its own challenge: mastering the two-handed saw. With a bit of practice, the team perfected their techniques with various implements around the site, keeping a safe distance from one another. All fingers and toes remained intact – result! Great work, everyone. 💪

As the rain started to set in and we'd already had a good workout, we decided to give the fitness session a miss this time and head back for some well-earned stretches. We took care to avoid the wildlife on the way, although the snails unfortunately didn't all make it through unscathed. 🐌 Let's just say it wasn't a completely casualty-free journey!

A huge well done to everyone for being adaptable, getting stuck into the tasks and helping look after this lovely community space.

Next week: We're heading back to St Mary's to give the outside of Battersea's oldest church a good blitz. 🧹 We hope to see you all there!

Until then, happy running, and thanks for being brilliant, GoodGym Wandsworth! ❤️