Loads to celebrate last night, not least lots of great new faces joining us for their first run! Please give a big GoodGym cheer to:

• Vanessa, Tina and Alice

As always, we got the weekly news done before we set off for our evening task:

• We have a community mission coming up this weekend helping put away chairs and equipment after the community day in Tooting where all profits go to St George's hospital. Sign up here to help out.

• But the best news of the night came in the shape of a double 100 milestone - that's right, we have not one but two new GoodGym centurions! After clocking up 100 good deeds, many community organisations helped, and a huge number of kilometres run, it was three cheers for the lovely Helen and Emily. Give them a high five when you see them next for all the amazing effort and commitment they've put in!

Summer runnin', happened so fast

After all that great news, a warm up and a poll where we discussed our favourite things about London (the parks, food, pubs and people came out on top!) we headed down to the Venue Community Centre.

The Venue is a busy centre managed by Hadas which is home to amazing organisations like Waste Not Want Not - the first project in Battersea which collects surplus food from nearby markets and distributes it through the local area - and many other community projects such as intergenerational art and support for children and parents.

So after a 2km run down there we arrived to find Hadas with a list of jobs including composting boxes of unusable lettuces, sanding benches, litter picking the outside area, clearing the overgrown plants and transporting compost to the roof garden.

Getting stuck straight in, there was lots to talk about while we worked. The brilliant weekend GoodGymers had enjoyed at Love Trails and Night of the 10000m PBs, how brilliant the flash new litter pickers are that even manage to do cig butts and cocktail sticks, and why cherries are the most expensive soft fruit (something to do with them having to be dried if they get wet on the tree? This is being verified for next week's run!). We even had the newly patented 'lettuce train' - thanks to Viv for her bright idea to get the heavy boxes up to the roof garden!

After 45 minutes of hard work we waved goodbye to Hadas and set off for a local green space to do our fitness session, which this week focussed on alternating core conditioning with exercises to get our heart rates up. That way we got a tough all over workout, whilst getting some strength work in too. Nice work team, especially Emily who soldiered on with a helium balloon tied to her waist, and all of the rest of you who had a very vocal and very young audience 'supporting' you!

You all faced the hill head on on the way back, with every single one of you running all the way to the top, which was fantastic. Next week we're back for more fun and fitness. Go on, get yourself signed up!

27 runners, 6 km, one massive skip full of junk - all for an incredible charity!

Lovely to see some new faces tonight - welcome to the group AJ, Timothy, Hamish and Jules! Give them all a big GG cheer.

We WILL be running next Monday as normal, but we won't have anywhere to store our bags as the BAC will be shut. So leave the bags at home next Monday and sign up for some Easter fun right here!

GoodGym will be doing a takeover at Fulham Palace parkrun on Saturday 29th June to celebrate their 300th run. There are loads of pacing and volunteering slots to fill, so sign up here for all the details and to choose your role!

Tonight's task was at Oasis play, an incredible hidden space that provides innovative and inclusive outdoor play and learning opportunities that enable disabled and non-disabled children and young people to lead happy, fulfilled lives and play positive roles in the community. The place is huge, and managed by a voluntary management committee. So, after a warm up where we discussed our favourite condiments ( sweet chilli came out top, with ketchup lagging surprisingly low with only three votes) we set off for the organisation.

David, who manages the site, was waiting for us there with a few jobs. The biggest was clearing an area of rubbish that needed moving so that a huge mural can be painted on the wall behind it all. So after managing to dismantle the fences we got straight to it, working together to clear and shift - team work makes the dream work!

Meanwhile, a smaller team had gone to the other site to help move more junk, and weeds and nettles were being cleared as well. It was amazing how much you guys got done in a short amount of time, in between playing on the swings, trampoline and spotting frogs and foxes! David was really pleased and said that the kids were going to be really excited when they saw it the next day, so a huge well done.

With the GoT deadline looming, we only had a short fitness session in the park next door, but it was still a tough one. Alternating three sets of core exercises and then sprints, we knocked out twists, dead bugs, plank walk-outs and much more, before heading back to the BAC for stretches - thank you Sophie!

We also enjoyed some fabulous cake courtesy of Sophie and Luke - thank you guys so much for the treats and of course the excellent singing too!

Sadly the kitchen was closed, so we have rescheduled our monthly post-run social to Monday 29th April - check out the sign up page for all the details.

Have a lovely week gang - run happy!

• Thanks to Beth for this week's pun! ;)