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Don't forget that the very last monthly social of 2018 takes place tonight! We do have the Christmas party to look forward to on the 1st December of course, but don't wait until then to get your fix of all the GoodGym news - sign up here for all the details on tonight's fun.

Please come and help out at the Tooting Parkrun takeover if you're free on the 17th November! We need all sorts of help, from marshalls to token scanners - and you can even sign up to pace if you fancy a run. Whack your name down here to let us know you're coming to help!

Hooray for Remy who last night reached that magic milestone - 100 good deeds! It takes something special to dedicate all those hours and miles to helping others so give her a cheer.

Paint it Back

A few weeks ago we started off a huge job at Ealing Road Church - a community centre, foodbank, clothesbank and shelter. The railings around the church needed a good sand down and painting to tidy up the outside of the building.

So after a quick warm up, and a very important poll to decide which biscuit is the best (general consensus was either hobnobs or digestives), we set off on the 3k run to the church.

Just under 20 minutes later we were there, and greeted by Pawel who had set up cups of paint, brushes and plastic sheeting ready for us to get stuck straight in. After 40 minutes of solid painting we had got over half way through the job - I reckon just two more sessions and we'll have nailed it, team!

As a special treat (!) we were allowed to use the inside area to do our abs blast. We went through 6 different exercises all aimed at strengthening our core - thereby helping to prevent injury and improve our running form - and finished with our weekly minute plank. Nice effort everybody.

With a steady 3k ahead of us we headed back to the Town Hall with the thought of double cake week driving us to get there in a quicker time than the first leg. It's amazing what pub/cake can do as an incentive!

Next week we have a task at a local school - we've got a whole load of box hedges to pull up. So get your headtorch out, grab your thermals and sign up here!