14 GoodGymers ran 7k around Central London to do as much good as we could.

After our task had cancelled w had to make the most of the warm evening so embarked on something a little different!!

After welcoming to the fold our amazing GoodGym first timers we went through the Good List!!.

On the list we were challenged to do as many of the following as we could in 90 action packed Westminster minutes!!

~1 piece of rubbish per k run ~Speak to 2 homeless people ~Help 1 out of towner with local knowledge. ~Make someone smile ~High five/ fist bump 10 people ~100 lunges ~50 press ups ~50 squats ~5 minutes of planks

We set off with purpose racking up high fives straight out the store on our sightseeing tour around town. After a nice warm up we got to Green Park where we mobilised then lower body and core stabilised with a eclectic range of lunges, planks and skips not to mention a few press ups!

With our body turned we went to help out some out of towners outside Buckingham Palace by Creating a GG photo both, then taking pictures for everyone who wanted, plus some helpful London walking directions!! Creating a lot of smiling happy faces!!

Rounding into St James Park we got little picking clearing up the streets nicely. After a little debate about the Churchill War rooms we replaced the now silent Big Ben Bells with some singing and a big Bong!!

Heading into the River Thames we litter picked, created a finishing line ribbon that turned into a limbo pole, and powered through to Embankment where we hammered out a the second half of the physical challenge, planking, squatting, and press upping the reps away!

A burst along the Strand, Trafalgar Square and dropping some serious pace is up St James's brought us back to base having completed our task to spread the GoodGym love and get fit in the process!!

After a lover key drama 7 of us headed out to Chipotle for a very well deserved refuel and said a sad Goodbye to Ruth and Felicity as they head off on there next adventures!! Thank you both for your energy and enthusiasm every Wednesday!!

I am away next week, Damien will be leading the charge to One Big Family homeless charity!

See you in a couple

Smooth Running

Joel

6 battle hardened GoodGymers ran 7k to One Big Family in Victoria to prepare food for the homeless food run tonight!

On a day when the rains came to town in a big way and street swimming was a more common sight than running. We danced around and thundered through the many puddles on the 3.5k route through Mayfair, St James's, Victoria and onto the Ebury Estate youth Club where we met Mike and the team.

After washing up we donned plastic gloves and got to work, we had Francis and Chris on the sandwich production line, buttering, cheese sprinkling and ham placing in unison!! Natalie and Sophie were bagging slicing and dicing some delicious looking fruit pies which Martin and I were on doughnut and pastry duties pairing and bagging the treats at a speedy rate!

40 minutes of furious action and a sprint finish on the Sandwich production line with a few extra hands we completed the task ready for the 6 loafs of sandwiches, and 120 treat options to be distributed by Harley on the One Big Family delivery bike to the local homeless community on Wednesday evening.

A wetter and wilder 3.5k taking in a little cross country running in Green Park brought us back to base a lot soggy but having made a huge difference to the homeless community in Westminster!!

Thank you so much for braving the conditions!! Hope to see you all again next week!!

Smooth Running

Joel