Weather it’s rain, sleet or snow, Goodgym Wandsworth will always shine in the show. A big shoutout to the Team who made it because yesterdays weather should never be underestimated. It was a a humble size group according the to Wandsworths numbers best but I am was confident that we was might enough to put the job to rest.

7pm came and we all looked nervously outside to see if the rain will ever subside. Luckily it did, and with a quick warm up with a little introduction to everyone’s job, we set off quick.

Over hearing some people speaking sounds like the introducing everyone and the jobs they are into became a nice little greeting. We took the scenic route to the site but Beth told me there is a shortcut and we got there avoiding all matters of traffic lights.

The first task involved some muscle work with moving the compost from one site to about 100 meters away into the garden. Some opted for the teamwork option while others showed their confidence by carrying it themselves. Beth had an interesting bear hug tug technique that got her through to the finish lines. As it was still raining, I suggested the group to try and keep running so they don’t get to cold.

Once that task was completed, we crystal mazed it to the other end of the garden to hear what else Helare had in store for us. The group got split up into teams. We had one team cleaning the green house. They were enthusiastic and very efficient. They green house looked dirt free afterwards from what I could see. Another group was making a path with some soggy chip wood. As it was cold I can see they were doing it in haste, they had no time to waste because they wanted to find heat in that place. The final group was on bathtub duty. They had to move the bath tub from one place to another. As easy as that sounded. They had to take the soil from the bath tub before its new home was founded.

With all the task done we headed back the way Beth suggested, we got much quicker and was ready to feel rested. But before I let the group go, I had to do the final tradition and putting them through a abs workout that will have them near submission.

The group deserved the treats that were laid out, the help they gave today definitely helped the estate out.

Don’t forget to look out for news on the Goodgym Games, The free Hackney 5k and The Spartan Races.

• Welcome to your first group run Graeme and Amber, great to have you join us!

• A big well done to Frances for doing a sunny weekend of trail races in Ibiza!

• Don't forget it's the GoodGym Christmas party this Friday, and we also have our own Wandsworth Christmas social on the 16th after our last run of the year. Don't miss out!

The chill factor was high last night, but that didn't stop us heading outside after saying our hellos to warm up (a lot) before our task. So after some exercises to get up our heart rates up, we talked about what we hoped to find under the Christmas tree (all the dogs/cats/animals, all the chocolate/wine and trainers. Hope we're all on the 'nice' list!).

After a brisk run down to a Battersea Estate, we were met by Andrew from the Kambala Cares project, an organisation set up to bring residents together and make life better for local people. He had three bags of Christmas cards to deliver, maps to tick off our progress and special keys to get us into all the buildings - that was the theory anyway! We divided up into three groups, each taking a separate section of the estate and got to work like the helpful Christmas elves we are.

While Morag and Sophie's group set off in a highly efficient manner, our group had a bit of a false start and a few issues actually getting into buildings, but as soon as figured out the magic key that let us in, we were flying. As one of our group put it

This must be the key Santa uses to deliver all the presents!

It turned out to be a great workout as well, as all those stairs put our muscles to good use and before long we had delivered most of the cards we had. Shout out to Sophie's group who managed to get rid of all of theirs - amazing work! The Kambala Cares project was really pleased with how much we got done - it would have taken so much longer with just a few of the volunteers delivering them all. We waved goodbye and ran over to the local park with Phil plotting how he could get his hands on one of the magic keys that opens all the doors in the world.

Once we arrived at the park we worked on our ABCs first before moving on to a tough progression run which worked on our pace. Don't forget, sometimes its a good idea to leave your watch behind so you get to know how different paces feel when you're running and helps you control your speed.

Next week we've got a lovely warm inside task helping paint the training rooms for an incredible charity. Sign up here and until then, run happy!

A brilliant 36 runners met up tonight in Wandsworth to lend a hand at a local community garden, do an intense fitness session and get a run in - what better way to spend a Monday evening?

** Welcome to the group Mia, Bethany and Sandra - give them a cheer, GoodGym!**

• Don't forget to look out for the Fareshare, a food poverty charity, and GoodGym community missions like this one happening in Wimbledon

• Well done to Oliver for doing the Valencia half marathon, and to Emily and Stephen for getting out at the league races to cross country on Saturday. Great running!

• Lovely to see so many of you from different areas coming along to visit us in Wandsworth - everyone is always super welcome here!

After a warm up outside where we shared our middle names (except for the three of us who didn't have one...jealous!) we set of for Christchurch community garden. This space for local people has recently started to be looked after by a friends group. After some antisocial behaviour making it less than welcoming they wanted to make it a garden for everybody. Currently they have a big old leafy problem that needed some attention from GoodGym!

It was a short run down there so we took it at a good clip, stopping only to do some toe taps and one legged lunges on the way. We found Nigel, a memebr of the Friends group, waiting for us with tools, gloves and bin bags and we set to it.

After promising it wouldn't be too big a job I had to make my apologies, as it turned out to be a bigger task than anticipated, but essential as the leaves are stopping the grass and other plants growing as well as being a slippy hazard for people using the garden. We got stuck straight in piling the leaves into bags, raking, sweeping and using some interesting stick-based techniques. It worked though, and just half an hour later we had collected an impressive 53 bags! Many hands really do make light work....

After piling up the bags ready for collecting, we nipped over to the football pitches to do our work out, which tonight was tabata. This tough session is divided up into 20 second segments with 10 seconds recovery and is a very efficient workout in a short amount of time. We smashed out two rounds of 4 minutes, featuring power lunges and squats, mountain climbers, tuck jumps and more in cardio blasts. All that was left was a run back to base, that tough old hill, and a few stretches. Great work everybody! Next week we will be spreading the word about a free Christmas lunch for the elderly in Battersea so that as few people as possible are alone on the day itself. Until then, run happy!