This week 11 marvelous GoodGym-ers ran 6km to clear weeds in the dark for a local care home.

We were joined by GG tourist Lucy - Give her a cheer!

After a quick warm up in front of the Phoenix we headed off towards Dell Fields, with Damian leading the pack and Paul our trusty back-marker.

As expected, the garden was pitch black on arrival. Luckily most of the runners remembered their torches! Working in pairs, the group got to work weeding the flower beds and tidying up between the tiles. Darkness can't stop us.

20 minutes of hard graft later and it was time to tidy our things and get in a quick conditioning circuit. Damian had requested I show him commando planks earlier in the day, so we worked through a few of those, mixed in with press ups and squats, to build a strong trunk to carry us through all the running (and the weeding).

We said our goodbyes and headed outside, where we paused for a quick teaching moment on foot positioning before heading off. This time I lead the gang, while Damian was our back-marker. Nicola, Avital and Lucy kept me company up front, giving me a chance to remind them to push off their back foot and pick their feet up. A lesson Nicola momentarily forgot along the way, which lead to the longest stumble of all time - but with a fantastic recovery. Well caught!

Once back at base we did all the stretching followed by chocolate digestives, courtesy of Paul.

I have two Tuesdays left in charge of Barnet, so please do come along and see me! And feel free to follow me the gram @SuperPennie to stay in touch!

This week's pun, courtesy of Rob

This week 13 runners ran 6km to tidy up the therapy garden of a local dementia day center, making it safe for service users to go outside.

We had two GG newbies: Federica and Mohammad – Give 'em a cheer!

We split into two teams, with Jody and I lead the speedy lot, while Nicola took the leisurely group. Tonight marked Jody's 50th run - give her a cheer!

My group made it the 3km to the center in 19 minutes – great work! Poppy let us in and showed us the tools and told us what to do so we could get started. The others were just a few minutes behind us.

Poppy had borrowed tools of the Friends of Tottenham Green for us to use this evening. We got to work weeding the raised beds and clearing the weeds between the bricks on the floor. Avital and Federica even managed to pull out a massive dead tree from one of the beds, with a big tug and a little help from yours truly.

Within 30 minutes we'd filled six bags, packed our tools and said our goodbyes. It was time to run back – up the massive hill. Jody was our trusty back-marker on the way back, with Nicola helping me lead the way. Lots of focus on engaging those glutes, knee drive and pulling toes towards the shins to activate ankles. Working on building form into more and more runs. And with London Marathon coming up, form will be your best friend.

We eventually made it back to base for stretching and lemon drizzle cake, courtesy of Hazel, who couldn't make the running, but still did the baking and brought it along for us to enjoy! That's definitely worth a cheer!

See you next week for another 6km-er!