What a gorgeous autumn morning to lend a hand at Morden parkrun! Two of our finest volunteers kicked things off bright and early with course setup, making sure the routes were clear and ready before switching gears to marshal and take on the all-important parkwalker role.

A special shoutout goes to Jon, who traded his usual running shoes for a volunteer vest for his very first time volunteering - a massive congratulations on an awesome debut! It was a brilliant, sunny start to the weekend, proving once again that helping out on the course is just as rewarding as crossing the finish line.

Hauled a massive collection of books from Mr J to drop to charity. It seems this was only Chapter One - Mr J revealed there's another stash waiting to be bagged up, so bookmark this space to head back for the sequel!

Another great cleaning session clearing up after the lunch service at the homeless drop in centre run by Faith in Action.

Our trusty trio of Jade, Chris and Zahrah (big welcome back from your travels!) soon got stuck in to the table wiping, chair stacking, surface sanitising and floor mopping.

We soon had it under control, leaving no signs that a wonderful lunch had just been served to a host of hungry people.

What a treat it was to be back at Canon's House. Every time I'm there the sun shines and today was no exception! Sarah and I gathered the tools and then Jade (who was coming from another Good Gym task) and I set to work. We litter picked and weeded until it was looking spick and span! We will be back soon!

The Wimbledon Foundation kindly invited GoodGym to its Get Set, Get Active and Get Set, Go Further event at the AELTC. We had the chance to take part in a tennis clinic (I think we'll stick to the group runs for our exercise!) as well as enjoy a tour of Centre Court, while meeting representatives from other charities across the borough. While everyone enjoyed being put through their paces by the pros, the highlight was undoubtedly learning more about all the incredible people and organisations who see the difference being active can make in people's lives. Plus, we learnt a few facts about Wimbledon along the way. Any guesses how many blades of grass make up Centre Court??

A team of GoodGymers headed to John Innes Park today expecting to tackle the tricky job of digging out some bamboo. A change of plan meant a slightly less exhausting hour as we instead got stuck into weeding flower beds, which were in need of a good tidy-up.

It just goes to show that at GoodGym, you have to be ready to go with the grow!

From alkanet to dandelions, and a few things we couldn't identify, the team dug in to help get the flower beds looking much neater, helping to make John Innes Park bloom a little brighter.