This past Sunday saw teams compete in the inaugural GoodGym Scavenger Race. GoodGymers raced miles (some more than others) across West London to find all the clues that would lead them to the final location and GoodGym glory!

We started off by meeting at a park in Hammersmith to form teams, and at 11am it was time for the off. The instruction sheets had been handed out, so with everyone ripping open their envelopes, the different strategies emerged. Some teams were straight out of the blocks to the first location, while others took a more methodical approach, plotting all the points out on a map first. There may have been some teams who didn't quite get round the reading the whole document first...which may explain the varying distances run between all the groups!

Clues included blue plaques, chalk letters hidden under benches, statues of local heroes, colourful doors - and even a mellow yellow mystery man by a bridge giving out clues....

Special shout outs go to Steph and Paul for the cracking photos (and for showing us all how races should be done by stopping for a pint half way through!), to Michelle and Dave for covering an epic distance, to Remy and Chris for doing it all with a four legged friend, to Dylan for turning the race into an international competition with his friend, to Tish and Lucy for beating the organisers back to the final location, and finally to Catherine, Jonny and John for winning the event outright!

We finished off with a prize giving, drinks and food at a beautiful spot by the river. Thanks for all the fun and enthusiasm everyone. Apologies to those who covered more miles than they anticipated! Same time next year?

It was busy, busy, busy right from the off at GoodGym last night, so let's start off with a bit of a roundup...

Firstly a huge, GoodGymmy happy birthday with a crown on top to our lovely Michelle. Hope you have the best day - we'll let you off the squats (for this week only!).

Congratulations to Alan who is the newest and shiniest member of our elite taskforce!

On Saturday, do you fancy a parkrun/gardening double? Then join Jonny in Fulham for just the thing!

Sunday is the day of our very first West London scavenger race! Meet at Furnival Gardens at 10:45 for an 11am start. Challenge yourself to cover the distance picking up clues to your final destination - racing against other GGers! This will be a lighthearted, fun event which you can run, walk or cycle and will test both your legs and brains! Join us at the end for some refreshments and possibly a prize or two. Sign up here.

After going through all the fun stuff that is happening, we headed over to Chiswick House for our regular visit to lend a hand in the gardens. This week we were met by Connor who took us to the sheds and introduced us to the biggest pile of wood chips we had ever seen. Our task for the evening was to shift the pile over to another area in the grounds to be raked out.

We got straight to work filling buckets which we soon found out were light enough, but generated some serious heat! While we accompanied the trailer to the site, Lucy and Kymm got busy pulling weeds and Michelle had her rake ready.

After 45 minutes of hard work we were ready for a nice, gentle mobility for runners session , so made our way to the green outside the beautiful Orangery. We worked though lots of different moves that opened our hip flexors, increased the range of motion of other joints, reduced stiffness and strengthened muscles. Thanks to Emily for demonstrating the perfect pigeon!

Next week we're lending a hand at Strand on the Green school, hope to see you there for more fun and fitness!

(ps if you'd ever like a group fitness session focused on something specific such as form, speed, mobility, strength or a certain muscle group just drop me a message and I'll make it happen!)