Southwark News

• On the weekend we took over Dulwich parkrun and it was a huge success! We ran, we paced, we timed, we barcode scanned, we funnel-managed, we supported. It was a wonderful morning. Massive kudos to everyone who made it special.

• Tonight is the GoodGym London social and it's happening at Prince Arthur Pub near Old Street station. Find out more and sign up here.

• The Olympics sign up has opened! Sign up for an event and find out more here.

• I'm sad but excited to announce that I'm leaving London in August to move to Sheffield to go back to University. Of course there will be a leaving do and I'll miss you all so much!

That's enough of the business

Last night we ran a whopping 11km overall to Upmarket Charity Shop in Rotherhithe to rub down the shutters and prep them for painting.

We arrived at exactly the same time as Emily who has been helping Father Mark with supplies - good timing! Father Mark explained the deal: use the scourers to rub down the shutters, wipe them clean and dry and then it was time for black paint!

After rubbing down (a very noisy affair!) we got to cleaning and wiping them dry and onto the paint. We were a bit low on brushes and rollers so I took half the group off for a run-and-squat loop around the block and swapped the groups over when we got back. Unfortunately Girija, who met us there, has an injury so we replaced running with walking for the second loop of the block.

With some super-speedy painting at the end of the session we managed to complete the first coat. Hooray! We're looking forward to coming back next week to do another coat.

A big thanks to Father Mark for meeting us there! On the way back we were a small but merry band of three runners - big kudos to Nicky and Will for running home. Everyone else took various transport options home.

See you next week.

Lucy J