Nine runners ran 2km to help clean up the kitchen at Perfectly Edible UK

Setting off for a GoodGym run in the daylight, what an absolute delight! And it was a good job we had a little daylight to run in as we had a pre-task task to complete en route to Perfectly Edible. Next week GoodGym will be launching their 49th and 50th area as Coventry and Solihull join the good-deed party! Two new Midlands events so perhaps an opportunity to go on a little GoodGym tour one week for us, particularly with Solihull running on a different night of the week to us. To mark the half century GoodGym HQ asked each area to come up with a photo displaying their own GoodGym launch number with Leicester being number 36 of the 50 to begin. Several ideas were thrown around including using sparklers, climbing walls and running shoes to create the 36. The Snutch's came up with the marvellous idea of turning ourselves into the shapes of the roman numeral XXXVI. To add a little flavour of Leicester to the snap we scooted over to Kate Street where the wonderful mural marking Leicester City's title triumph proudly sits and we used this as the backdrop for our XXXVI display.

Photoshoot complete, we completed the short journey over to the West End Neighbourhood Centre to help out Perfectly Edible UK (formerly The Real Junk Food Project.) Perfectly Edible's mission is to rescue and redistribute food that would otherwise go to waste to people who need it most. Their projects include cafe events where you can dine on a three course meal for £3 and a pay what you can afford market stall. Today they had been catering for the Adult Learner Awards and needed a little help getting the kitchen sorted afterwards and we were only too happy to help!

The GoodGym team got stuck straight in, washing up, cleaning down surfaces, giving the oven a thorough clean and mopping and hoovering the floor. Before we knew it the kitchen was gleaming and good to go for Perfectly Edible's next event.

We then found a quiet (ish) cul de sac to do some quick drills and sprints before an extended loop around the block on our run back to base.

I'm off to create our newly requested complaints/feedback hotline where anticipated moans and groans will include:

• the weather
• cleaning tasks being too dirty
• Huw not doing enough work during the task
• find appropriate areas for fitness sessions

A premium rate phoneline will soon be installed to field all constructive feedback with profits going to good causes in the local area!

Don't forget our Braunstone parkrun volunteering this Saturday, good-deeding galore, you can pick up a parkrun run credit, parkrun volunteer credit and GoodGym community mission credit all in one morning!

Great work tonight everyone.

HD GoodGym XXXVI