Tonight we gathered inside to escape the dark skies but almost lost 2 goodgymers in the process who thought we had already headed to the task.

Do not fear Dave and Fionn you haven't missed the "escalated" warm up! What fun we had, twisting, lunging, copy catting - how does Mark think of all this stuff!

Stravas at the ready we set off to the Wayside Gardens in Surbiton. We made speedy work of the run due to chatting on the way in the name of the #runandtalk campaign.

Our task tonight was a community one assisting I.D Verde on the Wayside flower beds. There was even a treasure hunt too waiting for us when we got there ...well a tool hunt! The run was swift and at the Wayside the drop had been made as promised. We were ready for action in no time.

Met by the lovely Councillor Hilary and her husband Dave we got to work pulling up weeds, litter picking and getting rid of Bindweed. Oh that Bindweed, we never thought it could have grown so long. Tangled, choking and completely hiding a lot of the other fauna along the Wayside but man was it satisfying to clear it from the hedges. Hilary lead by great example, a woman on a mission, she went at it and we all followed revealing many a plant or shrub that had otherwise been hidden. Why we could even see as far back as a wall that we did not even realise was there as the weed had such a presence.

Sooooooo satisfying #goodgym #volunteering #bindweed #waysidegardens #surbiton #kingston #tuesdays #runclub pic.twitter.com/r5SLV9WxR2

— GoodGym Kingston-upon-Thames (@GoodGymKingston) 9 October 2018

Further up the the beds were being cleared of dandelions, nettles and ....ermmm (Oh I should know these off by heart now. I need your laminated weed chart Samia! )well let's just say others and the result was simply amazing.

Bravo us! Even without brooms we left it looking a clean sweep and all runners and officials made it out of the Jungle where 3 builders merchants bags of weeds are waiting for ID Verde to collect tomorrow!

It's good to #runandtalk, also mentioned was the Richmond Half Marathon. Well done Kate for achieving 50 runs as of yesterday. Great back marking Madurai

Next week, project ShedX , it will be dark!