Meanwhile in Westminster the sun was shining and it was HOT. Our task for the day? To run down to the oasis centre and save the wilting flowers, fruit and veg by pouring water alllllll over them.

Now as this task was only a mile away I decided to plan an extended route and give the people what they requested. A nice run in the sun.

After a low down of what makes GG great, a health and safety brief and some announcements we were off. 2 miles of joy through all the back streets we could find only hitting human traffic just before arriving at this pretty oasis in the middle of central London.

With 2 simple requests, firstly water the plants, secondly DO NOT FALL in the POOL lol, we were off. 15 minutes later the water had brought everything back to life and we ghosted out in the same way we ghosted in.

Now why run strait back when you can continue to explore. 2 miles and a lot of sweat later for a stretch and smile.

Thanks for joining us, catch you all next week.

Meanwhile in Westminster 13 brave souls headed north for the evening in a bid to prevent a beautiful community gardens flowers and plants from slipping into a state of dryness and slowly but surely wilting away.

Today we headed over to the Oasis green gym. A community garden set up and run completely by local volunteers. Prior to Susannah and her team kick starting this initiative with a community grant there were no trees or flowers, plants, fruit or veg to speak of.

Since they have taken over the space they have put together a number of planters filled with all kinds of goodness inclusive of my favourite snack SPINACH.

Any how as this task was only a mile away from us we flew there at pace, weaving our way as normal through the back streets to avoid traffic lights and congestion popping out nicely in covent garden.

On arrival we greeted by a few members of staff who guided us through to the plants.

A quick health and safety briefing about NOT FALLING IN THE SWIMMING POOL followed by a lovely briefing from our host about the history of the garden and correct watering technique. Watering cans and hoses and were handed out and we were off.

Obviously regardless of how much there was to water with a team of 13 it was finiiiito in 15 minutes flat.

Group picture, some sad goodbyes and we were off. Now the question was posed, do you want a hard and fast 1 mile back or do you want a steady 2miler back. SO me being that guy we ran 1.5miles hard and fast and jogged the other half mile back to base with GIANT smiles on our faces.

Thanks for your time folks.... Hopefully we will see yalllll next week.

Wow, an amazing 31 Goodgymers met on a cold February evening to tackle two tasks and run 5km.

Good news all around, well done Jess Cowan for her 1hr 44 Richmond Half Marathon at the weekend and Francis Powrie for heading 50 good deeds!

After an active and well observed warm up we headed to our tasks.

Alara Run Report:

Group 1 led by Paul and backmarked by Frances headed to Alara which is a wholefoods project which makes lovely products, including muesli and granola! They also manage and maintain Kings Cross Orchard Project. Our tasks were simply splitting into three groups and weeding around the various orchards to keep them protected, we filled 10 buckets full of weeds.

Mmmmm Yacon!

Due to our hard work we were very happy to collect a box of Yacon Granola each. Yacon is a species of perennial daisy traditionally grown in the northern and central Andes from Colombia to northern Argentina for its crisp, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots. Alara grows the only Yacon plants in the UK - wow! With our boxes in hand we headed off to meet Becky's group.

Skip Garden Run Report written by Emily Morrissey (first time at GoodGym):

Group 2 led by Becky, and supported by Meredith and Jess headed on a short and steady run to the Skip Garden (which is a community garden with a twist - it's moveable... This sustainable urban garden really is a charming oasis with wild flowers, vegetables and herbs, beehives and chicken coops.)

Wood x Fire = Pizza

We were welcomed, shown around and introduced to all the fantastic work that takes place there. The team was then presented with a huge amount of freshly cut firewood (used for the pizza oven, fire pit and the tipi stove!) which needed moving to a more convenient location. Two groups loaded and pushed the trolleys and one group re-stacked the wood, lasting about 20 minutes.

Progressive Running

After smashing both tasks we met at Granary Square to do some progressive running. Splitting into two groups the aim was to progressively get faster on each corner of the square, this training is regularly used by Kenyan Runners to develop their pacing.

Lucia (LG) Gobbi looked very involved - just look at her face - see photo above.

Just look at that face!

Everyone did 2 laps and 6 more brave soles did a 3rd lap - corrrrrr nice one!

We all jogged back to Somers Town together and had a nice stretch before heading to the pub and/or home.

Next Saturday we are off to Kentish Town City Farm, it's a starter session but everyone is welcome.

In April we are heading to Regents Park 10k - join us!

See you next week.