Help pricing up food and working on the till. By volunteering it means that the shop can be open longer so that vulnerable people can get the essentials and not have to travel far.

12 runners ran 7 k, delivered community magazines in Beacon Heath and smashed a core session. Fantastic effort team!

A very warm welcome to Grace who joined us for the first time. You smashed the run and the task and we would love to have you along again! Lets give her a cheer!

We had lots of fun at the warm up outside the Phoenix, trying to remember different numbers linked to different movements and we were all very surprised how mild the evening was! Spring is truly on its way, yay!

Ready to run we set off towards the task location, Beacon Heath. We had a very rare flat run route this week, something that hardly ever happens in Exeter! This was also very lucky for me as my legs were totally shot after running the Grizzly last Sunday.. In fact my legs were so bad I had to become middle marker, whilst our new run leader, Pete, run in front. Thank you so much! Also a big thank you to our lovely back marker Anna who made sure no-one got left behind.

We arrived in a big happy bunch of red faces and red t-shirts to our task locations and were welcomed by Amy, the community worker for the area. She handed out the Community magazines, in which ideas and information about local events are shared, and we set off delivering, covering a big area in no time at all! I think the high light of the delivery round was the very sweet kitten following us around! Super cute! A big cheer our to our very own Strava star Vicky who carried out some extra running and hill reps during the delivery round! Great stuff!

On the return run we stopped at Princess Hay for a core session and smashed 10 different core exercises for 30 seconds each. Amazing work guys! A strong core is so important to your running, it keeps you in the right running position even when you are getting tired at the end of your runs.

Back at the Pheonix we carried out some important stretches and finished off with some refreshments and chats in the bar. A perfect ending to a perfect group run and as always I left feeling filled of hope and happiness, with a big smile on my face. I hope you all did too! It is really amazing what a fantastic feeling it is to have run and carried out a good deed together!

Next week I am away on holiday and I will miss you loads! Pete will lead the group run instead and you will go back to St Davids Church for some more painting! Yay! More details can be found here. Rumour has it there are some big birthdays next week as well so I hope you guys celebrate a bit!

13 runners came out this evening and helped deliver a community magazine in Whipton! They also ended up doing a surprise good deed and whipped up a storm smashing some of Exeter's longest hills.

A very warm welcome to Robin who joined us for the first time. It was great having you along and we hope you come back soon again!

We started the evening at the Phoenix with a dynamic warm up session, involving a lot of animal actions. I thought it was time to add a bit to our usual chicken themed warm-ups! Ready to run we set off towards our task location, Whipton. It was a hilly and long run this week but everyone did amazingly well! We had two fantastic back markers, Nic and Lucy R who made sure no-one got left behind, THANK YOU! We also stopped to re-group at regular intervals and made the most of these stops by giving our legs that extra little work out (squats, lunges and press-ups) that will make you so much stronger come race season! You can all thank me then he he!

Once we arrived to Whipton we quickly divided the group into smaller groups and set off to deliver the magazines in different areas. It was amazing how much we got done! In 45 minutes we managed to cover the full area set out for us, despite loosing each other and getting slightly mixed up about roads a couple of times! I am positive that this had a lot more to do with all the laughing and chatting going on than with our map reading skills!

On the return run focused on our running technique, especially when climbing the long hills. We all imagined we had helium balloons attached to our heads, pulling us up into the right running position and ensuring we didn't lean into the hills. We also made sure we moved our arms in the right way, and that we increased the speed of which we moved or arms in order to increase our cadence and smashing the hills without getting too tired by taking too long steps.

The lovely return run unfortunately had a rather dramatic ending to it. Nearly back at the Phoenix we found a man lying on the street, close to unconsciousness. A big shout out to Anna and Nic who checked him over in a very professional way and to Rachel, Nonny and Nic who stayed with him until the ambulance came along! That was certainly a double good deed session for you guys!

Although the evening didn't end quite the way our sessions usually do it was still a great night- we ran really far up and down some of Exeter's longest hills and we got so much done at the task! Fantastic work guys! You are all amazing! A lot of you got races coming up soon so a huge good luck to all of you and I can't wait to hear all about it next time I see you!

• Next week we will return to Whipton for a final push getting the remaining community magazines delivered. We will make sure we leave a bit earlier too so that we get time for our monthly core session, so don’t miss out! Sign up here!

• Don't forget to check out the website for all the exciting Community Missions we have coming up! So much happening in our area over the next few months! YAY!

14 amazing runners ran 6 k and helped Franklyn Hospital prepare a wildflower garden for improved well-being. What a fantastic night!

After a day of very heavy hail showers and strong winds, I was worried that no-one would be up for running this evening, but I so should have known better. It takes a lot more than hail to scare away the awesome GoodGymers in Exeter. 14 brave runners turned up! Woop woop! A very warm welcome to Dean, Toni and Alex who joined us for the first time. You did a brilliant job running and doing good with us. We hope to have you along soon again!

We started the evening with a dynamic warm-up session. Not only did we let our chickens out, we also got to do a great egg and spoon race. What more do you need to get into the GG vibe?

With the spirits high we then set off running towards our task location. We stopped to re-group at regular intervals and had lots of fun doing squats, lunges, press-ups and press-ups. Big thank you to Sarah who back marked so that no-one got left behind.

The run took us up and down some of Exeter's steepest hills. We do love hills, don't we? Everyone, new runners as well as experienced GoodGymers, gave it all they had and we totally battered those hills!

When we arrived to our task location, Franklyn Hospital, we were welcomed by Carrie and her lovely colleagues. They walked us around to the back of the hospital and showed us an amazing little orchard where we were to dig up a big area, preparing it for wildflowers to be planted. The wildflower garden will be enjoyed by patients who suffers from dementia.

Wildflowers for Wellbeing- What a brilliant idea!

We had the best of times working at the task this evening and I am not just saying that, we really did! The area that we dug up was on a slope and marked out with little white sticks so that we could see it clearly in the darkness and there were also some very sweet candles dotted around in the garden. It took us a little while to get the right technique digging up the turf, but by the end of it we nailed it and there were some pretty amazing looking rolls of turf- like giant slices of mud-swiss-roll!

It's certainly not every night you get to go out digging in candle light!

Not only did we manage to dig up the whole area that had been marked out for the wildflower garden, we also managed to transport all the turf 30 meters away to a big compost heap in wheel barrows! Wow, we certainly got fit whilst doing good!

When the task was complete and we had managed to wipe the worst mud off our trainers we were treated to a very yummy buffet with drinks, sweets, cakes, flap-jacks and more. We were also given little Thank You cards made by the patients at the hospital and tulip bulbs to take with us home. Thank you everyone at Franklyn Hospital for treating us to all this!

Egg and spoon race, wheel barrow race, party food, goodie-bags and a good deed! Does it get any better than that?!

Refueled and warmed up by having carried out a good deed, we set off running again and made it back to the Phoenix ALMOST before we were hit by a pretty impressive hail shower. But, to be honest, I don't think anyone cared one bit about the hail... We were all on a bit of a high after having achieved so much together at the task, having tackled those hills and all the fitness challenges along the run, and felt far too happy together to let the hail bring us down!

Back at the Phoenix we stretched out and talked about what is happening next:

• On Sunday we have a great community mission, helping Ludwell Life with some gardening and conservation tasks in Ludwell Valley. Come and join us!

• Next week we will run 6 k and help delivering the Whipton and Beacon Heath community magazine. You will get super fit and do something super good at the same time! Don’t miss out! Sign up here!

Can't wait to see you all soon again! You are totally awesome every single one of you! You all make our GG group just as brilliant as it is, a community where everyone is welcome and where we tackle everything TOGETHER!