There was a bit of a back to school feel in Wandsworth last night as, after a some very hot and sticky runs in past weeks, it seemed like there was a new season just around the corner.

This means there is a lot to do in the local area, especially for the community gardens readying themselves for Autumn. Our job last night was to run down to Doddington Roof Garden to help out at this lovely space which has been developed from an abandoned car park into a community garden where local people can grow fruit and veg.

We kicked off the night with a warm up, and welcomed Rory to his very first group run - great to have you join us Rory! So after testing our coordination and reflexes, we were ready for the off, but not without our weekly question. Given that yesterday was international cheese on pizza day (yes, it's a thing...) we reflected on our fave takeaways. Curry was the run away winner, but pizza came an honourable second, and there were even a few delicious sounding outliers such as Greek and good old fish and chips.

We weren't totally sure what the jobs we had to do were before setting off, but after promising it wouldn't be anything to do with the the hundreds of bags of compost we had previously lugged up the stairs, we arrived to find our task for the night was....shifting bags of compost. Sorry team! Still, watched over by the dozens of cats who have made Doddington their home, we carried the less-than-fragrant bags over to the beds and created a very good looking pile of useful soil. Great job everyone.

It was then over to the square where, with the sounds of Spanish music from the flamenco and language school next door as our accompaniment, we knocked out a total body workout with a brutal squat finisher. Well done on some excellent plank form, super sprinting and synchronised step ups!

After a short run back to base we had time for some stretches and a chat about all the good things coming up, including next week's run to Battersea Park, the regular Friday lunchtime community mission to serve lunch at a local shelter and an upcoming parkrun takeover at Fulham Palace where we hope to fill as many of the volunteer roles as possible - you can sign up here. Until then, have a great week, GoodGym!

For our bank holiday session we were back at Paradise Cooperative Garden last night. This amazing space used to be derelict ground, but volunteers have transformed it into a beautiful space with hives, vegetable gardens, a community area and polytunnels. The food grown there is donated to local people and charities, and made into various other things including some delicious sounding cider!

Thanks to the bank holiday we were a much smaller group than usual, but that wasn't going to hold us back! So after meeting at the gate, Rowan and Roly (welcome to London Roly!) ventured into the garden to get cracking with painting the sheds in the community area.

While Rowan and Roly did a very neat and efficient job, I found myself getting more paint over myself than the actual shed, but before long we had covered all the areas we needed to and were ready to down tools.

Nice work team! Next week we're back to normal meeting the group at the BAC -you can sign up for the run here. Hope to see you there! There is also a regular mission at a local centre for the homeless on Friday lunchtimes, and you can find the details here. Have a great week of running and doing good!

The joint was absolutely hopping tonight as 33 wise guys showed up for our third card bed workshop. A very warm welcome to our new runners Nick, Ben, Hannah, Roly and Ed, and special mention to our visitor Kerry from Ealing.

After a quick but rather choreographical warm up which 'somehow' ended up in a New York, New York kick line, we headed off to our destination, the United Reformed Church off West Street, Bedminster who have once again kindly allowed us to use the church hall for the workshop.

On arrival, we got all the discarded bike boxes out of a strategically parked car and met up with Elliot who showed us how best to cut and fold them into the template shapes he has designed. When assembled together, the pieces form a rigid cardboard bed that can be used by a homeless person to sleep away from a cold and hard concrete floor. The beds that we made tonight will be delivered to a local project Help Bristol's Homeless who will distribute them at their soup kitchens. Each bed comes packed in a plastic sheet which keeps the card dry and a printed set of flat-pack style instructions for putting everything together.

At times things were a little hectic as teams of 5 or 6 manned the available tables and tried to co-ordinate drawing and cutting in such a way that no one cut anything that was likely to bleed. However, after ten minutes or so everyone seemed to find their place and a production line of bed templates was in full flow. All the while, our expert clean up team packed up the discarded bits of card - and dressed one of their members in a cardboard suit of armour.

Half an hour later and Elliot was able to demonstrate an assembled bed with Cristian taking on the important role of chief tester. In all we finished another three complete beds.

While one group headed back to base for some fitness games the second helped to pack the completed items back in the car and then ran back too.

Congratulations Dave and Emma!

It just remained for us to congratulate our newest milestone recipients. Emma (aka Comet) who has reached a fantastic 50 and Dave (aka Godfather aka Dasher) who has reached an incredible 300. Well done both of you, GG Bristol absolutely wouldn't be half the place it is without your happy smiling faces, energy and enthusiasm.

Finally, back at the Vivo bar, Emma laid on a full party tea (including pink wafers) and Cristian led us in a perfectly pronounced chorus of Felicidades to Emma who is also celebrating her birthday tomorrow.