London town was looking vivacious, radiant and under dressed yesterday evening, the hoards took to the park and the fair weather runners danced with aerobic hustle down the canal. Simultaneously GoodGym Newham was assembling a mighty hit squad of nineteen, driven by altruistic intentions and a catch up with their team-mates.

We welcomed Christiaan to his second session, hope you enjoyed it mate. Also gave a respectful applause to young Scott, who smashed a sub 4hr marathon, paced like a pro in Paris, well in dude. Our weekly random question this "what's your favourite city?" a bit of stale question, sorry, one you might ask on a first date to fill that awkward silence. Fortunately the answers were better than the question, Marakech, Tokyo, Lisbon, Rome, Florence, Barcelona, Granada Amsterdam, Istanbul, Vigo, Manchester and Seville to name a few. Somewhat of a European preference to our clan.

A plethora of tasks met us at the school. Shifting boxes up and down stairs, moving a massive unwieldy table across the school, jet washing and scrubbing the outdoor patio, de-constructing raised beds, shifting soil and clearing out the nursery pre-demolition. Lucky we came in numbers yesterday, there's no way we would've got through that otherwise.

To finish off our slot, we simply glided on back down a sunset canal - I mean, what's not to like about that? Thanks again for your graft, Headteacher Paul loves it and is always full of praise.

ps. Good luck to our aerobic monster and fundraising powerhouse, Brad. London Marathon awaits him this Sunday, he's done the hard miles, now the main event awaits. I'm equally impressed and proud at how he's approached this, from the training to the quiz night and video promos. You've really owned the process. Let's have it!

See you beauts next week, sign up here for our task. I'm just finalising it at the moment, so details to come.

Make those weekend runs count guys, summer may finally be here, as good a time as ever to be fit.

Cheers

B