It was one of biggest tasks yet in Wandsworth last night, plus a nice hefty run thrown in for good measure. Nice one, team!

It didn't put you off though, and a huge 38 runners were up for the challenge, including a whole gang of lovely new faces. GoodGym, please give a massive welcome to (deep breath) Nicolette, Gabriella, Alicia, Frankie, Jamie, Laura, Jack and C Bayley! Great to have you along for the run.

There was also a round of applause for all the runners who helped out at the Peckham parkrun takeover at the weekend, and to those of you who went to race in the New Forest. What a busy weekend of running.

Before we started our run, there were highs - happy birthday to our lovely Alyx, hurrah! - and lows - goodbye to Chris who is leaving us for Bristol. Good Luck!

We raced through our warm up last night, finishing off with a rousing rendition of happy birthday while we did jumping jacks, and a quick poll to find out everybody's favourite tree - with 'Christmas tree' topping the list!

We had a 5k run ahead of us, so set off at a steady pace in the direction of Southfields and our task for the evening. With a few squat stops, and a quick break to pose for some photos from a pub window (!), we arrived to find a group of volunteers from Green the Grid, an organisation which aims to plant 200 tree bases in Wandsworth in a bid to encourage wildlife, improve air quality, prevent flooding and improve wellbeing among residents.

Branching off

As well as laying on a selection of healthy snacks and refreshments, the volunteers were also super organised, and we immediately split into four groups complete with tools, buckets and a leader. Our job was to dig over 100 tree bases and remove rubble, which proved to be a pretty great upper body workout. Half an hour of hard work later, we met up again at our starting point, had a quick debate on the best kind of biscuit (inconclusive) and set off back to the BAC. Well done team, that is the osrt of job we can make a huge dent in within a short window of time, but it would have taken a small group of volunteers days to do

Now the route down there was pretty much downhill, so we knew what was ahead of us. Gritting our teeth we attacked the deceptively long hill, and made good time on the way back, finishing off the night with some stretches. We were suitable refreshed after the run with some freebies from Chi who brought us back a whole bag of coconut water courtesy of Pure Lime at Carnival! Thanks Chi, that was the perfect thirst quencher.

Next week we've got two massive tasks to do - half of us will be going on a short run to a cancer support centre in Battersea, while the other half will be going to help with preparation for a community festival in Tooting. It's going to be a busy one, sign up here!

The sun was out, the beer gardens were buzzing, bank holiday was in full swing. But that didn't stop 20 wonderful runners joining forces in Wandsworth to do some good.

Ladies and gents of Goodgym, please give a massive cheer to Chris, Jaillin, Demelza, Adam and Tim who all came for their first ever group run tonight. Great to have you join us!

And while you're in a celebratory mood, why not say well done to Morag and Beth who both smashed an extremely hilly and scorchingly hot Crystal Palace 10k on Sunday, and to Alyx who has had two consecutive weeks of 5k PBs - way to go ladies!

It was a beautiful evening for a run last night, so we kicked off with a warm up testing our fast feet and coordination skills all while doing a poll to find out the best pizza topping. Wandsworth has fancy taste, with goat's cheese, caramelised onions, artichoke and all the vegetables proving popular. Of course we had no choice but to penalise the Hawaiian voters with a few jumping jacks.

Our task last night was at the Venue, a community centre in Battersea which hosts surplus food events, has a kitchen for making food for the homeless and loads of other great things aimed at bringing local people together. It was a short run of 2k down to the centre, so we arrived in no time at all to find Hadas, who runs the place, waiting for us with cleaning equipment.

There were loads of jobs to do, including sorting the kitchen, toilets, windows and outside area, as well as an epic hoovering job which Frances bravely took on. It's a big place which Hadas alone manages, so she relies on volunteers to keep it clean and running smoothly, and 40 minutes later the place was sparkling thanks to some GoodGym muscle! Great job everyone.

We stepped outside for our fitness session, kicking off with a quick round of burpees. Then came the quad-busting squat song where we all felt the burn, before a quick round of squatshot, which saw Team Up victorious. Half way home we stopped briefly for three rounds of core triathlon, before tackling that last hill.

Well done team, what a way to spend a bank holiday. Next week we've got a fantastic task setting up a community cafe, so sign up here to good and get fit.