Last night in Wandsworth we said balls to the World Cup and England's first game, choosing instead to devote our time to helping out a community garden. What a lovely bunch of Monday marvels.

We even had a few great new runners for their very first GG experience - please give an huge cheer for Phil, Lucy, Arabella and Sarah. Welcome to the gang!

Yesterday a number of GoodGym runners took on the Adidas City Run to see how far they could run in an hour, with some excellent results. There were also huge PBs all round from Chris, Paul and Chi over the past week - fine work, gentlemen.

From Russia with (gardening) glove

After a quick warm up to get our muscles ready for the run ahead, we did a poll to find out our least loved food or drink. Liquorice and aniseed related horror such as ouzo topped the list, with fennel, cucumber and tomatoes, marzipan, and surprisingly, quavers, all making an appearance.

It was only a short run down to the community garden, so we mixed it up with a few conditioning exercises along the way, keeping the group together. Once we arrived at Doddington & Rollo Rooftop garden, a once derelict space on top of an old carpark that has been transformed into a blooming community garden, we found the volunteers waiting for us with a list of tasks.

It's a chard job, but somebody's got to do it

While the first group got stuck straight in with digging over the compost beds, one lucky lot got to pull up a load of chard and strip the plants of their delicious leaves - eating a fair bit along the way! There was also weeding to be done, and shifting heavy bags of compost, as well a plenty of digging. After half an hour of the usual winning combination of GG muscle and good cheer, we were done. Our reward was fresh fruit and herbs which we got to take away with us. Score!

It got a bit Messi

After a little jog over to Battersea Park, it was time for our fitness session, which started off with a plank challenge to the tune of ChaCha Slide. Don't be fooled by the perky lyrics, this wasn't an easy exercise, with several minutes of mountain climbers, plank holds and squat thrusts.

If that wasn't enough, it was on to a parlauf. In pairs we mixed up sprints and jogs in a competition to see who could complete the highest number of loops. This was tough, with only a short recovery time available between hard running, but it's a really good way to get a bit of speed work thrown into your workout.

We took the run home at a steady pace, tackling that last hill with some real power. A nice stretch later and we were done for the night. Well done team! Next week we're off to another different community garden where we'll have a list of jobs to cross off. Would be great to see you there! Sign up here for more Monday fun.

All across London last night the beer gardens were heaving, barbeques were being lit and naps were being taken as the bank holiday drew to a close. But not in Wandsworth, where, despite the gorgeous weather, 28 runners dedicated the evening to doing good and getting fit. What a brilliant bunch.

We had the pleasure of welcoming several lovely new faces to the group. Give a big cheer to Emily, Clare, Holly, Jenn, Paul and Emily.

While you're in a cheering mood, why don't you nip over to David's page, where you'll find out about the fourteen good deeds he's done this month, and have a gander at Chris' epic strava profile which shows he has smashed out no less than a huge 268 kilometres this month. Brilliant stuff!

After we met at the BAC and found out what we all like to do on a bank holiday (napping, running, eating, beer), we marched down to the Latchmere pub who were kindly looking after our bags tonight as our usual start location was closed for the holidays. We then popped over the road to our task at St Stephen's church.

Our job tonight was a big 'un. While one group started weeding down one side of the building, another team began tackling the forest of weeds on the other side. Check out the photos for one of the most impressive before and after shots ever. Another few runners took to the loos to do a spot of painting, while a couple more of us ascended ladders to clear the blocked gutters. Within half an hour the difference was more than noticeable, and the church wardens were really pleased with the jobs that would have taken them a long time to get done. As a bonus, we were serenaded with Paul Simon's greatest hits from the lovely chap next door.

Job done, we put ourselves in the very capable hands of ace new Woking trainer Nick who came to visit us and put us through our paces in a tough fitness session. With a set of pyramid drills that featured jump squats, burpees, and reverse crunches all interspersed with sprints, our heart rates were soon up. We ended the fitness section with some core work, and a run back to the pub. Thanks Nick!

We finished up hot, sweaty and having done some real good for the community. All that was left to finish the night was a bank holiday social. Well done team! Next week Nick will again be leading us through the run, don't miss out by signing up here.