What happens at the Powerstation after dark? A rabble of monsters disguised as GoodGymmers descend to cause chaos... This evening this involved shifting weights, undoing Frankenstein's bolts and lifting heavy shelving into a new position - the next step in centre manager Danielle's dastardly plans with the gym!

We always enjoy a trip to the vibrant Powerstation youth club in Mortlake and this evening was no different as we ran through windy streets towards the centre, enjoyed some laminating and a chat about roller discos and youth mindset before heading back into the distinctly darker evening!

Off to one of our favourite locations tonight where manager Danielle always has good plans to make best use of GoodGym!

This evening we were helping to clean and put away the camping equipment from a trip to the New Forest. It's a more in-tents workout than you might imagine, getting into a collapsed tent to sweep up and then working as a team to roll the giant tent into a bag! Watch us in action here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNgluPNI-NJ/?igsh=MXZhYXNjZWJ2ZnpyNw==

More tent cleaning, some leaflet cutting and some happy group photos before running back off into the darkening evening!

This vibrant youth club always brings out everyone's playful side and this evening was no different while we scrubbed down the projector inflatable, laminated posters and menus and prepared flags for summer activities! All this sandwiched by a sunny 7.5km run welcoming Larissa back to GoodGym for the first time since 2020, and Steph for her first group run, taking us from Richmond to Mortlake. The other half of the team made their own way and Lucy and Katie hot footing it from another task in Hammersmith!

This evening was all about member Monika hitting a heroic 250 good deeds! Starting at the Tap we also had the pleasure of welcoming Anais for the first time.

A lovely chatty pace run led the group to the Achieving for Children Youth Centre in Mortlake where Monika was adorned with the legendary cape and presented with her group card. Monika joined in 2019 and has completed tasks in seven different areas, an achievement that could only possibly be eclipsed by her fondness for giving cheers on the GoodGym website: 14232 as of this evening! 🤣

The task itself involved moving the large gym equipment around, an almost impossible task for only a couple of people but pretty quick for 10 GoodGymmers, especially with one Super Monika on the team!

Congratulations Monika! ⚡

Christmas cheer was high for the last group run of the year to Mortlake where Achieving for Children have their Powerstation Youth Centre, managed by the brilliant Danielle who always provides a wide variety of tasks to help with the centre.

Following a steady 4km run from Richmond, the group was very happy to hear the help needed this time was to bake cupcakes for a football tournament taking place later in the week! Using a plant-based egg substitute that had been donated by City Harvest, the group created five trays of cakes and left them baking as they ran back off into the night!