Despite a scorching evening, five GoodGymers made it out for an evening run and a spot of doing good.

We welcomed Amanda to the crew - so everyone please give her a cheer! She chose a long run and a hot evening as her way into using her runs to do good, great work.

With a long run ahead of us we set off quickly and spoke about our favourite ice creams en route - I hope you're all enjoying one on your way home. After passing through the city we made it to Providence Row - a lovely charity that help the homeless with learning new skills (such as art, cookery and music lessons!). Our task this week was to clean the art room floor, which after years of use by community groups and the several PR art and music groups, was covered in paint and other marks.

Armed with our brooms, mops and scrubbing sponges we got straight to work and 30 minutes flew by. There were still a few marks left that were a bit too tough for us to remove, but overall the floor was clean and sparkling!

For our run home we had two options: get the tube and get back on time, or do a lovely Thames path run back with a slightly late arrival time. We stopped at tower hill so those who wanted to get the tube could do so, and the rest of us ploughed on down the Thames.

Racking up 8km on a very hot evening is a great feat - so fab work everybody!

See you next week for more doing good, and hopefully a slightly shorter run!