With Christmas parties in full swing we had a smaller group this evening but as ever they were nothing less than fabulous. We started with the lovely news that Sarah and James K-B had finally had a healthy little boy - hooray!

We had two tasks to get done - the first was led by Victoria and Lucy to the nearby Moorlands Estate. Here's their report:

Five runners made their way to Moorlands, via a slight detour. Karen and her sister were very pleased to see us and shared many a tip about Merseyside/ Liverpool, (as that’s where they hail from). We sorted ourselves into teams of wheelbarrowing and spreading woodchip along the paths between the community allotments they have created. We made a big dent in the pile of woodchip they had had delivered and Karen was delighted with the result. Big shout out to new runners Simon and Beth who got stuck in straight away. Simon was keen to pose with a spade for the group photo, so is a perfect fit for GoodGym!

The rest of us headed back to firm fave Clapham Common to round off our very productive year there by spreading soil onto the humps created by all of the turf that we removed when we were digging the wildflower strips. After covering these with soil, they are being planted up for further flowers and to add another dimension to this space.

We could never have got so much done this year without you! Said David

We know! We have worked really hard at the common this year and one group even removed another load of turf to get even more wildflowers planted. Amazing!

The run back and stretches were followed by disappointment that there was no cake after our epic run of Bake Off goods finally came to an end last week. See you for the last run of the year next week Lambeth!

For the KCL This Girl Can week, we had a 4.5km women-only run to the Fawcett Society to help them after their AGM, and to sort out donations they had collected for another charity, Red Box Project.

We started our evening with a warm up and everyone declaring what they liked most about being a woman. With answers ranging from "having a great reason to curl up on the sofa and eat ice cream" to "being strong and powerful" to "absolutely everything", we set off in good spirits along the river down to Vauxhall. We met Ben from the Fawcett Society, the UK's leading charity campaigning for gender equality and women's rights. He told us a bit about their charity, and also about their work with the Red Box Project.

After our introduction he took us up to their office where they had boxes of equipment leftover from their AGM that needed moving down to the basement (the perfect task for our strong women!), sanitary products that needed sorting so they could be sent to the Red Box Project for distribution to schools, and some other bits leftover from their AGM that needed sorting through. We quickly got to work and were finished with the tasks in no time - many hands make light work!

We took a few flyers about the Fawcett Society with us, and on our way back we stopped off at the busy Southbank Christmas Market and spread the word about all the great things the charity are campaigning for, handing out flyers to the public. Our evening wasn't done there though! The task might have been completed, but we still had a fitness session to get done. We did a quick leg blast, complete with jumping squats, power lunges and frog jumps, followed by some planking on the Southbank whilst admiring the Christmas lights.

The Fawcett Society have some London Landmarks Half-marathon places left, so if you'd like to do some fundraising for them, then get in touch and I will put you in contact with Ben!

This was a great celebration of women in sport, and supporting some fantastic charities in the process!