We ran around 7km to sweep leaves and eat toffees in a community garden in Thornton Heath Rec

Nippy and a bit breezy tonight but good running weather all the same. Thirteen brave runners headed out tonight on a longer run than expected after a last minute change to the task but nobody was daunted and there were the normal smiles all round. So we headed off to our warm-up spot outside Tesco's where we received many 'admiring' glances as we high kneed, butt kicked and side stepped - although there was almost a pile up when I didn't explain well enough what I meant by change direction! Luckily they are all nimble and avoided each other! Once we were all warmed up we split into in two groups with Amatare and Ellie leading the first group and I followed closely behind with my chattier group.

Once we arrived at Thornton Heath Rec Atul explained that he's changed the task slightly as he was worried that there wasn't enough good lighting for us to dig a trench in the dark with pick axes - probably a good decision - so we cleared 3 huge bags of fallen leaves in record time spurred on by the two boxes of toffees brought by Atul. Next week however there will be better lighting and we will get to (carefully) wield the picks in small groups.

A big GoodGym Croydon welcome to two new runners Roy and Annegret who got stuck right in to the task and the run so hope to see you both back soon and also welcome back to Jen who has come back faster than ever after injury.

As I mentioned, next Tuesday we will be heading back to Thornton Heath Rec and combining it with delivering leaflets and collection bags for Croydon's Bring and Take event in March. And of course don't forget it's the last Tuesday of the month AND Croydon's 100th good deed since we started so a perfect excuse for a BoxPark social.