Not even a sunny bank holiday could stop 14 community heroes from doing something positive for their community - and knocking out a nice 4 km run in the process!

Fresh from a long weekend of fun, we all met outside the BAC for a quick rundown of the week's news:

It's the GoodGym monthly social! This Thursday - and this time Southwark are hosting. [Have a look at the sign up page for all the juicy details] (https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/gg-social-on-tour-southwark

Fancy a nice long training run with company followed by something to eat? Then look no further! On Saturday 18th May it's the monthly GoodGym long run. With options of distance and pace, everybody is welcome. Here's the sign up page with all the info you need.

It was the second week of a massive ongoing task last night. We've already been down to the Doddington estate in Battersea to start a job of transforming a community garden that has been shut for a number of years, and so we were eager to get back to the task!

It was a 2km run down to the Venue to meet Hadas, who runs a number of community organisations in the area. She had our tools waiting for us, so after picking up a selection of useful bits and pieces, we all walked over to the garden to get stuck in. It was action stations immediately, with people sweeping, weeding, litter picking, chopping down ivy, rolling up turf and cutting back brambles. There was so much to do, and it is very satisfying to see how, week by week, it is all coming together and will soon be a lovely place for the whole local community. We were even helped along by a new furry GG mascot who put our own energy levels to shame - check out the pics!

We were getting so much done that we didn't notice time flying by, and by the time we had packed up and returned the tools we found we didn't have time for the fitness games that had been planned. But don't worry - they'll keep for another week! Instead we decided on a quick plank competition which saw no fewer than five ab-tastic GGers reach that two minute mark - even with some, ahem, 'assistance' from Emily! She was allowed to do whatever she pleased last night though, as it was her two year GoodGymiversary! Two whole years of getting fit and doing good, nice one Emily!

We finished off our 2km run back to base with a hill sprint and some stretches and that was job done for the night. Well done everybody for some real bank holiday community spirit. Next week we're off to the Kambala estate to do some planting and other jobs and a good solid fitness session to make up for the shorter run. Here's your sign up page - see you there! Until then, run happy everyone.