Despite the extreme heat, we still had a amazing turn out this week. We had 18 runners come through.

This week we done things differently. We still met outside The World Turned Upside Down globe and warmed up, but we took a different route. Rather then running towards Green Park, we instead ran through Waterloo Bridge. Normally the bridge is pretty spacious, but a lot of people used it as a viewing point for the eclipse that day, meaning we had to struggle through the crowd for a bit.

From there, we went down the stairs and ran through Southbank to London Bridge. This route is a favorite for runners in London due to the space, the amazing view of the Thames, and beautiful buildings such as the OXO Tower and the Tate Modern. It's probably one of the easiest yet most scenic routes to run through in Central. Once we reached London Bridge, I had the team take a quick break before we set off again. We ran to Blackfriars Station then up through New Bridge Street. Rather then showing the students tourist attractions, I took them through places in Central regular Londoners would go through.

Once we reached Strand, I had everyone wait just to make sure the less experienced runners could catch up as I wanted us to finish together. From there we made our way back to LSE, then I took the team through some cool down stretches before we parted ways. Another successful run.

It's amazing to see the size of these sessions grow. We had a whooping 20 runners, that's our biggest group this year.

As usual, we all meet outside of The World Turned Upside Down globe and powered through the busy streets till we reached Green Park. We had a mix of runners, first timers, casual runners, consistent racers and even marathon runners. Once we reached Buckingham Palace, I got the team to stand in front of the gates for a nice group photo which they all wanted me to airdrop later (I did).

From there we ran down The Mall, the iconic running spot where the finish line is for the London Marathon. Many were starstruck as we ran down. Some were desperate to run London Marathon eventually whilst others were considering marathons more local to them like Rome.

Once we reached Westminster, it was smooth sailing from there. Because of the space, I used that as a opportunity to drop to the back to check on the beginners before speeding back to the front. I done this a couple time as I wanted to make sure everyone finished.

When we reached the hill in Strand, I had everyone wait at the top as I knew this would be tough for some of the runners, but everyone powered through and made it up the hill with no problem. From there we made our way back to LSE, then I took the team through some cool down stretches before we parted ways. Another successful run.

A later than usual shop for Mr R, but he was well prepared as ever, albeit his front door was playing up as it seemed the prolonged dry spell has affected it in some way. Fortunately the shopping itself didn't require any application of extra force, and apart from some absent shallots, the basket was soon filled and I was back at his door ready to give it an extra push once he'd unlocked it...

Back near Charing Cross to help Gurseva serve a lovely vegetable Biryani to the homeless.Busy day again and loads of rice to be served and the team rice-d to the occasion. Tea and coffee was provided too with some slightly melted belgian chocolates. We had some cold drinks in the cooler box as a very hot day again : appreciated by the customers.In 40 minutes the massive pot of vegetable biryani was given away.

As I stood in the longish queue at the Church St Market Tesco, the cashier asked if anyone had clubcard - the lady in front of me offered hers, and the cashier scanned it under the beam and the man paying at the counter saved £5 on his purchases. The same thing happened for the next lady, and again the lady with the clubcard saved her £2. I mentioned to her she should be on commission for all the savings she was making for her fellow shoppers - she just smiled.

It was a demonstration of unexpected human generosity and full marks to the cashier for realising each of the shoppers could make a saving if they used a clubcard (even though they didn't have one) - the best of shopping related humanity in action...

When I got back from today's painless shop for Mrs S at the world's politest supermarket, her therapists were treating her in the living room - Mrs S was delighted to be surrounded by her various "helpers" on a Friday morning, and in turn her therapists were keen to hear about GoodGym and the scope of "services" that we offer, and how they could get in contact. A beneficial morning all round then for everyone in the room.