As the nights draw in and the evenings get chillier, there's nothing that gets that warm glow going better than a GoodGym run!

Welcome to the group, Becca, Clare, Jessie and Nelson!

Well done to all the racers at the weekend - as well as the Richmond half, there were some great parkrun performances. Don't forget cross country season has well and truly kicked off so if you're looking for some muddy but rewarding runs then why not give it a go?

This Friday is the unofficial ten year birthday party and it's also social sec Pritesh's last time organising it, so come along for a good old knees up. It's a great chance to meet up with people from lots of different areas and to catch up with what's been going on in the world of GG.

Our task last night was for the new Brownies organisation at Battersea's Katherine Low Settlement - a brilliant place which houses lots of groups who support vulnerable young and older people locally, in particular refugees and those living in restricted circumstances. The ethos behind the new group Brownies is about introducing girls to a world of new opportunities and challenges, as well as trying new things that teach girls about themselves and their community in a safe place.

So after a 2km run down to KLS we were met by Zoe and a new member of the Brownies (complete with uniform) who gave us a short talk on what they were all about, and handed over 350 leaflets ready for us to distribute.

We have delivering leaflets down to a fine art now, which means that we can distribute a huge number in just half an hour, which is really helpful for community projects that are often strapped for resources. Setting off in single file, we got going dodging old pumpkins, barking dogs and no junk mail signs! Before long, the word had well and truly been spread and we headed off to the park for our fitness session accompanied by Morag and Frances singing all the Brownie and Girl Guide songs and even reciting Brownie promise!

It was a full body work out, which on top of a 6km run was a big ask, but with different stations featuring planks, sprints, frogs, press ups and more, we worked almost every muscle going. Great work!

Just a short jog back saw us finish off the night with some stretches and a cool down. Sign up here for more running to support the local community next week!

Last night 31 runners shifted and spread several dozen bags of compost, sorted and composted the contents of a community kitchen and smashed a very tough fitness session - just another Monday night in Wandsworth then!

Welcome to the group, (David, Alice and Sara - great to have you run with us!

It's an exciting week for GoodGym. Not only do we find out

• who got a London marathon place in the ballot?

but it's also

• The monthly GoodGym social this Thursday. It starts at 6:30 at the Islington Townhouse and is the perfect chance to meet people from other GoodGym area and hear about what everyone has been up to.

• Well done to Oliver who earned himself a massive half marathon PB last week!

Fancy a long training run this Sunday?

• Then check out this 16k training run along the Thames - everybody welcome.

After a quick warm up and a headcount with possibly the dullest transport related question (sorry guys - will up my game next week!), we headed off for Battersea and our task for the evening.

The Venue is a community centre run by Hadas, who manages food waste programs, food for the homeless and lots of other community events. There's so much going on that Hadas could do with hand from us, and there were lots of jobs to get on with it.

One group headed into the kitchen to sort out the food that couldn't be used and took it for composting, before giving the space a good clean. Meanwhile the rest of the group were outside shifting huge bags of soil onto the beds around the centre, before turning their hand to recycling and sorting crates. What a lot of jobs got done!

After saying our goodbyes we headed off to lovely Battersea Park to do our fitness session, which after a fairly short run was a biggie. We alternated sprints with a choice of three levels of intensity - squat jumps, press ups or burpees going up in number each time. Well done on a supreme effort!

We took the run back at a good steady pace and finished off the night with some good stretches and a cool down. Same again next week?. Until then, have a happy week of running!

In a day that started off with blue skies and high hopes, and ended with a complete soaking, it is great to be reminded of just how far people will go to support their local community. The heavens opened just as we were starting our warm up last night, and the heavy rain didn't stop . It didn't stop when we ran down to the community garden, or when we worked cutting back and shifting pallets for half an hour, or when we ran back to base...or even when we finished the night with hill sprints! Yet all that time there were smiles and laughing at soggy trainers, and splashing about and a some good natured complaining - all in the name of doing good for others. GoodGymers - you're brilliant!

Welcome to your first run Charlie and Emily who came for their first group run. Give them a cheer!

Don't forget that...

• There is a community mission coming up for Wandsworth Foodbank Thursday - this vital organisation needs a hand with their annual stock take. Expect lots of heavy lifting, sorting food and other important jobs, and as this is a community mission, you don't need to be DBS checked for this one.

• Clapham Common parkrun is cancelled this weekend so if you're hoping to run your closest options are Tooting, Fulham Palace, Brockwell and Wimbledon.

After a high intensity warm up and a quick discussion on the best things in our life (family, cheese, our beds, the Japanese rugby team), we set off at a quick trot towards Doddington community roofgarden, a local space which has been transformed to be used by people living in the area who might not have access to a garden to grow fruit, veg and flowers and run entirely by volunteers.

Hilaire, the lady who manages the garden, met us with a highly organised list of jobs on the blackboard, loads of tools and the conclusion that 'we were all mad'. Probably!

Jobs ranged from weeding and moving pallets, to more technical jobs such as cutting back loquat and fig trees and vines. We learned what all these things meant before we were let loose with loppers - every day's a school day! The rain was still not showing any signs of letting up so we cut the session a little short and opted to run back to the BAC and do a little bit of fitness there. Partnering up, we tackled three hill sprints mixed with some conditioning exercises, and everybody did a thoroughly good job in the best of the British weather. Let's hope Paul was joking when he told us we could expect snow in two weeks' time!

We finished off the night with some stretches, and headed back into the warm. Well done on putting in the effort on such a miserable night gang - next week I'm sure it will be back to sunshine and rainbows over the BAC. Sign up here for more Monday fun.

Whether it was your first group run last night or you've been part of the GG family for a long time, this one is for you -

HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY GOODGYM!

In those years you have all been part of creating a huge movement for good and in doing so you have run a mind-blowing

2.5 million kilometres!

Say whaaat?! That's incredible. Last night's 7kms run by 32 of us is the start of the next decade of doing good and getting fitter, and I'm looking forward to being part of that with you.

To kick off our special birthday run we had a few announcements:

• We welcomed Diego and Daniel to their first group run - give them a cheer!

• As part of our special birthday week, this weekend it is #SuperSaturday where we attempt to put on the greatest number of community missions than ever before across the UK. In Wandsworth we have a great one helping out with a spot of yurt washing at a local community garden at 10:30 on Saturday morning. Sign up here - be lovely to see you there! Remember, community missions are open to everybody, you don't need to be DBS checked.

• It was also a special milestone for Stephanie who last night hit 50 good deeds - what a brilliant thing to do. Next time you see her in her new black tshirt give her a massive high five! Congratulations Stephanie.

We had a very appropriate task for our birthday run last night - helping to assemble and check cots for the amazing Little Village charity in Balham.

This organisation provides for free good quality baby clothes and equipment, donated by local people to families that need them. It's like a foodbank, but for clothes, toys and equipment for babies and children and they're committed to alleviating material poverty in London. They believe no child in the capital grows up without these essential items and promote sustainable living. What an amazing project!

We did a quick warm up back in our usual spot which BAC had kindly repaved and leveled over just for us to use at our group runs (kind of) and did a poll to see how we all like to spend our birthdays. Eating cake was top, along with friends and drinks, brunch, bed, days of work and, of course, GoodGym!

After just over 3km of running we arrived at Little Village to find an amazingly organised Jo there waiting for us complete with flow charts and a list of jobs! It meant we could get straight in with the task, so dividing up into groups we started

• Assembling and checking cribs

• Checking travel cots

• Helping in the stock room

This was one of the tasks where we had to use brain power as well as our muscles, but after about 40 minutes of work there was a wide range of different cots to show for our efforts, many travel cribs had been checked and even a spot of sweeping had been done. Great effort everybody. We were so engrossed with the task that it sadly (?) meant we had to forgo our fitness session, but with a 3km run back we still got in a good workout. Double session next week!

Speaking of next week, we have not one but two tasks on offer. Check this out, choose your preferred task and sign up! Both are shorter runs, so plenty of time for that fitness session...

Great work last night gang and many happy returns GoodGym. Thanks for every run you've done to make our city a better, kinder, fitter place.