6 women, 3.2km run, skirting boards / radiators / doors painted and a boxercise mini class all in 90 minutes.

Talk about getting things done!

With an all female ensemble (hello to Jessfor the first time), we set off the 1 mile run to Copleston Centre Church to meet Vicar Paul and Catherine who had some glossing for us to do.

Gloss paint: Shaken or stirred?

We shook two and stirred one FYI. Didn't really see any difference but we will let you know. The centre has a cafe where they host meals for refugee organisations and for homeless people and it's gotten used and well loved over the years. After 45 minutes, we'd covered skirting boards, 2 radiators and 2 door frames and it looked like new!

With the knowledge that Jo might use the hill we had run up as a training aid for the journey home, jelly babies were shared around and what followed was reminiscent of a GG Islington debate. Is there a difference in flavour of the various coloured jelly babies? Differing opinions meant we had to test it out... Luckily, the boxercise class next door hadn't filled up to witness this joy. The answer... Not clean cut as only 2 out of 6 of us got our jelly baby colour correct. (You can cheer Beth and Ruth for this unique talent).

After mentally prepping for hill running, the boxercise class leader threw a curve ball in the shape of pads and gloves and invited us to join their class.

6 jab cross combos with shuttle runs in between for 15 minutes is a lot harder than you'd think. After a few rounds of 'start with your left hand,' we'd sorted our co-ordination out and we're loving it. Both Becky and Chiara were particularly strong boxercise fans.

More than a little warmed up and rid of any midweek stress, we ambled back down the hill to Old Spike, glowing and glossed.

Just in case you hadn't noticed... you can click on each runner's name and cheer them on! Or even add them to your team so you can cheer on all of their achievements (without being too creepy, please).

14 dedicated GoodGym folk hit the streets, took on the task and the monthly time trial.

humongous well done to that ever so dedicated goodgymer Sarah Moore for completing her 100th good deed

First up was a newcomer Kathryn who came along with Ben. Bonus points to Ben for recruiting his colleague. Then came a steady trickle of do gooders. We were super happy to welcome a few more newcomers too. Huge shouts out to Suzanna and Mark. Bonus points for Hayley who brought her husband Adam along. Oh and a mahoosive welcome back to Ali. Been a while – great to have you back on board. And last but not least a humongous well done to that ever so dedicated goodgymer Sarah Moore for completing her 100th good deed. Completing this evenings good deed would actually see her complete her 104th as she’s been do gooding every day throughout January. Great work Sarah. Keep on keeping on. Once all had arrived we joked about how buff Beth looked in her buff before heading outside to get warmed up with a game of tag along with some high knees and hustles.

Jumping Jack Frosts

Warm up and briefing done we hit the streets in search of this week's light at The Lordship Recreational Ground where we’d be helping clear a section of the grounds of litter and some glass. On arrival we grabbed brooms, a litter picker and dustpan from the nice and warm plant room then split off into groups to comb the area like a group of forensic scientists. At first we were hard pushed to find much litter at all but slowly it began to show itself and a few of the team managed to work out the most common place to find it – benches. We were all planning to meet at the bike park where I was told there was some glass that needed our attention. After stopping off at one of the many bridges leading into the recs meadow, to grab some rubbish from the streams bank, it all got a little Billy Goat Gruff (rough) in terms of the cold so we decided to keep moving toward the bike park where we were planning to get some Jumping Jack Frosts in.

we decided to ride our imaginary bikes along the bike track

At the bike park we decided to ride our imaginary bikes along the bike track and look for more litter as we did so. This warmed us up a little. We then headed over to the bike/skate ramp area to seek out this glass. Fortunately for the users of this area, but unfortunately for us, there was no glass to be found. It seemed someone had beaten us to it. Time was starting to run out so after clearing the last bit of litter we headed back to the pump room where it was very warm then heading back out to do the time trial which got everyone warm and ready for the run back to HQ. We split into little groups en route back to ensure all could run comfortably and get a good work out. As we hit the home straight I prompted everyone to take part in the sprint finish and people dug deep for the last push home. Warm down, high fives, banter and Chicken Town followed.

541 m Time Trial: (hopefully everyone remembered their correct numbers this time=))

Mark 1:31:26 Dashing Dave 1:44:32 Ali 1:50:19 Ben 2:00:03 Adam 2:04:28 Andreana 2:19:16 Kathlyn 2:42:13 Suzy 2:57:09 Ellie 3:01:42 Jenny 3:08:36 Beth 3:09:01 Sarah 3:17:05 Hayley 3:20:08

(Remember guys this was not a race against the other it was a race against yourself)

Thanks to Dashing Dave for uploading the pics and sorting the pun.

Until next time folks – stay good, keep fit and look out for the light!

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31 people planted 12 plants, bagged 4 sacks of leaves, tidied 3 flower beds of rubbish, spread one small sack of compost and spent an indeterminate amount of time squatting, lunging and hopping about.

It's December. Brilliant. Month of parties, neon, tinsel and general 'downing of tools'. We never really down tools, largely because we don't have any, and because someone is relying on our help.

Locally Sourced

We ran to help our old friend Jon on the Drummond Estate in Somers Town. Jon is a local resident who for the last 3 years, has taken it upon himself to improve the communal areas on the estate. He has started a gardening club and has engaged with us in an effort to spruce up the area. He has made a huge improvement. When we first visited Jon the overgrown hedgerows were filled with a myriad of fizzy drinks cans, crisps wrappers and discarded fag buts. Its now home to thriving plants, rock circles and porcelain gnomes.

Local Pride

We did 3 quick jobs. We potted some new plants, we cleared a courtyard of leaves and we helped spread compost on 3 beds (after we had cleared them of rubbish of course!). It is amazing how people seem to be taking more care of the area under Jon's direction. The amount of rubbish we found was minimal- people are now filling the bins with their fag butts and whacking their cans in the recycling. Jon has a lot to be proud of!

Regents Run

We raced through the jobs, so we decided to do a few rounds of exercises in the court yard. We didn't fancy sitting on the cold concrete so did lots of squats, balances and hops. All of which tired us out for the long run to come. We all ran to Regents Park where we split into 2 groups. Those who just wanted to run home (4k total) and those who fancied something a bit longer. They dashed off round the inner circle led by Paul B, and tried to catch the rest of us up on the way home.

We all got back to the centre safely (nice one Paul), for a quick stretch followed by a pub visit for some to celebrate Lucia's birthday. Wahey! Nice one everyone