This week GG Haringey came together to do some unexpected good. Well the good was always expected, but not the good we did.

Last night was supposed to be a night of planting food at the Green, I thought. So we warmed up, ran over, excited for all the planting, only to find the gate locked and not a person in sight. Turns out I'd written the the task in the wrong date.

I stood there trying to hatch Plan B while the group held a wall sit in wait.

Ollie suggested calling Laura over at Friends of Tottenham Green. She was sitting down to her dinner, but she came out to meet us anyway.

On the run back we stopped at our cycle path for sprints and knee drive drills, to buy Laura some time to get to the Green. We worked through a few reps of mixed effort sprints, focusing on picking those knees up and pushing off your back foot.

When we got to the Green, Laura was just a few seconds behind us. Perfect timing. She was real excited that we could get another cheeky session in and we split into two teams: the rakers and the pickers. Dave took one team to the other side of the garden fence to rake up the fallen leaves and save the grass, while Abi took the others to litter pick the hedge around the leisure center.

We then put away our tools, said our goodbyes and made our way over to the town hall (maybe?) for a few games of tag and stuck in the mud. Because playing children's games is the best way to build sprint work into a workout without anybody noticing.

This week 8 powerful GoodGym-ers ran 2km (and a bit) to dig a trench at the Bowling Green for the electricity cables they're installing to power the stage they're building.

Everything about this project makes me so excited. Leyla and the team have got so much done since our last visit and it was so nice to know we were really helping create something wonderful.

But let's not get ahead of ourselves. We started with a warm up out front of the leisure center, where I discovered none of you can sit at the bottom of a squat comfortably. Your homework was to sit in that bottom position for two minutes a day – make sure you practice!

Abi, on her 25th Good Deed, was our trusty back-marker for the evening, as we made our way the 1km to the bowling green.

As always, we paused at the top of the cycle path for a quick sprint, before heading to the green.

Leyla and the team were all very excited to see us, and Leyla gave us a quick tour of the progress before setting us our task. We had to dig a trench deep enough and long enough for the electricity cables to pass through. Someone wanted to charge them over £60 per meter to dig it, so we were glad we could help!

I actually thought we'd be planting stuff, so when I was giving my health and safety chat at the start I mentioned pick axes and then retracted it. Turns out we had two pick axes to work with!

We were joined by a few other bowling green volunteers, who helped us dig and clear leaves. Em turned out to be particularly great at the digging, clearing the deepest bit the fastest. Joe was on a roll, until he came across a hidden cable deep in the soil which meant we had to stop to avoid accidental electrocution. No GG fatalities yes.

It was soon time to pack up and head home. But not before tasting some of the most delicious oranges Leyla had brought us from the Turkish shop (via Spain), which we all very much enjoyed.

On the way back we stopped at the cycle path again for more sprints - this time with a focus on form. We were working on knee drive and power generation, getting the gang used to pushing off that back leg rather than reaching forwards with the front one. Everybody felt faster and bouncier and Cathy told me she actually felt like a gazelle, so I think the technique work has started to pay off.

We finished up with a quick conditioning circuit, before running back to base for stretches and high fives.

PS that photo of a bit of green in a pot is of my birthday strawberries growing!

This week 12 GoodGym-ers ran 3km to turn turf and flyer drop.

We were joined by two GG newbies: Ky and Rebecca – give 'em a cheer!

This week we had a double task: helping Cafe Connect at the Bowling Green and flyering for Crutch Haringey's job fair. Our Crutch flyers went missing last week, so we delivered them this week instead on route to the bowling green.

We split into two teams, with Dave taking one group of flyerers one way and me taking the other another.

We met at the green, where the new flood lights turned on automatically as we walked in. Leila was there to meet us and very excitedly showed us around; there was lots of work done since we were last there.

She had lots to tell us about the bowling green's journey so far and where it was going, then she lead us outside to where we'd be turning turf. The group got to work, tools in hand, turning the grass ready for planting. Leila and her team were super excited and impressed that we managed to turn the whole section – as it means they'll be able to plant food on Saturday. They have regular Saturday gardening sessions, so we'll sort out some missions to go and help!

One of the exciting things Leila told us was that Beaver Town made beer using fruit from their allotment! You can find out more about that here.

Francis, Abi and Dave had a particularly great turning technique, thanks to there not being enough forks, which left them using the spades instead. Turns out spades turn better.

As we approached the finish line with our turf turning, Dave and Francis took some flyers to hit the last couple of streets in the block, while everyone else finished up.

Before we knew it time was up and our task was finished. We packed up our tools and heading in to say our goodbyes and wash our hands. Leila had some of the most delicious oranges cut up for us to enjoy and some lemon and mint water.

After this quick snack break it was time to head back. We said our goodbyes and made our way to the green cycle path were we sprinted with all our might to the other end. Some speedy leg work here.

We then made our way to Tottenham Green where we worked on our running technique. Tonight's focus was knee drive and active ankles. We've been focusing on this a lot lately to train and get the pattern to make it's mark in everybody's minds. We've got many years of running a different way to overwrite, so it's going to take a lot of repetition. Everybody agreed that it was a bit weird but also quite obvious how you could ran faster and easier this way and Abi requested we do more of the conditioning.

With a quick sprint finish to the end, Joe our speediest of finishers, it was time for our cool down stretches. We went inside for these, seeing as it was so cold.

Everybody then headed to Loven Presents for monthly pizza.

*This week's title comes from Dave. *