Yesterday was World Mental Health Day and we runners know the benefit of running on our mental health. Last night was our #runandtalk session, a campaign to improve mental health through running in England, but our GoodGym group is here for every single run we do together to listen, talk and share.

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Jessica, Liz and Jazmin all came for their very first GoodGym run - lovely to have you join the group! Give them a cheer, Hounslow.

Look out for the great GoodGym Tooting Common takeover. It's going to be massive (we hope), it's on 17th November and you can choose your role. Sign up here to get involved and let's turn Tooting Common red!

A huge congratulations to Remy who smashed her first (but not her last) marathon at the weekend. Brilliant running!

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We had a new task tonight at Maryville Care Home, a residential home for the elderly in Brentford. It was a little longer run, at 7.5 k in total, so we set off as a group at a steady pace, and eventually found ourselves in a misty dark corner of the beautifully names The Butts. Eventually we found the home, and after a few attempts to get in, found ourselves being greeted by the wonderful Sister Clare, a true tour de force.

She gave us a potted history of the home, and with her trusty notepad, wrote down a list of jobs for us to tackle on our next visits. However, there didn't seem to be an awful lot to do this week, so after a tour of the place we met a few of the residents. While Oliver was a huge hit with one lady, Carolina made friends with the one and only Pam, who shortly after launched an escape attempt. Next time we'll be washing wheelchairs and painting, but it was great for the sisters to meet us and see what we were all about!

After our weekly minute's plank, we set off on the run back to the Town Hall, and finished off the night with a good stretch. Next week we're back at Ealing Road Church to paint the railings we sanded down a few weeks ago, sign up here to give your Wednesday night run purpose.