The last group run of the year was the first group run for Ezrik,Atsiba and Teklay. Welcome to the team guys!

This week's task took us to Azalea where Tracey awaited us with a heavyweight assignment:

Step 1: Detatch and remove the two tumble dryers attached to the top of the washing machines.

Step 2: Move the washing machines down the stairs and outside for waste collection.

Step 3: Bring in and install the new washing machines, replace the tumble dryers.

Side-tasks included moving several radiator covers from the top floor, down three flights of stairs to the basement and detatching a faulty TV from it's wall bracket.

After plenty of up-and-down and heave- ho-ing we got everything in its place and said farewell and Merry Christmas to Tracey as we headed out for a gentle run through the town centre on a tree tour to take in all the festive lights.

Finally, to round off the night, and the year of Group Runs, we headed to the Bricklayer's Arms for some drink and a toast to another good year of GoodGym Luton!

This week group run saw a fab team of four runners heading out to the 61 Football Club where a deep clean of the changing rooms awaited us.

It's been a muddy few weekends out on the pitch recently so the changing rooms had got in quite a state. We set about giving the away side's room a good scrub down, getting the streaks of mud off the walls and floors. We also gave the shower a deep scrub and all the floors a good mopping.

Cliff issued us with cups of strong squash and cookies to fuel our return journey back into town!

The destination for this week's group run was the Shri Guru Ravidass Gurdwara, only a few hundred metres from our start point, so we took the runners on a small loop out to Brantwood park for a quick lap of the park to add some distance before returning to the Gurdwara.

On arrival, we split up to tackle a deep clean of the common areas of the temple and the kitchen. With about 40 minutes of scrubbing, mopping, wiping and vaccuming we put the freshness back to the prayer room, the dining hall and the kitchen.

Heading back out into the night after a task well done, we squeezed in another short run through the town centre to enjoy the Christmas lights and festive atmosphere before heading home.

A GoodGym super team of 6 gave up their time to litter pick on this sunny sunday morning. Joining forces with the ‘Friends of Dallow Downs and Winsdon Hill’ community group, we worked together for an hour and a half to clear the area of as much rubbish as we could bag up. Unusual finds this morning included an abandoned fridge freezer full of murky swamp water, a huge flatscreen tv, parts of a bed and many of the usual. Beer cans, drinks bottles, plastic and remnants of food packaging. Clearing this litter away will make a huge difference to the local park users and wildlife. Great work, team!!!