On the final Group Run of a very long month, 19 unstoppable GoodGymers ran over 5km to lend a hand at a brilliant community learning centre.

In the last days of the January Challenge it appears that being a smaller branch has finally caught up with; by shear weight of numbers, we've lost our podium position. But as a ratio of good deeds to participants, we are far and away top of the pops (8.75 stats fans!) demonstrating the incredible dedication, heart and soul of the GoodGym Liverpool crew. I applaud each and every one of you, especially those of you who have gone above and beyond any expectations and clocked tens upon tens of good deeds these last 27 days. Incredible!

This week's Group Run took us just under 3km up hill to Kensington Community Learning Centre, a brilliant project we've helped on a number of occasions. We were warmly greeted by Suz with jugs of squash and a tray of biscuits. Then we were soon put to work across various areas of the centre. Most of the graft involved lifting and shifting, be it cardboard boxes or heavy bits of furniture. Other members of the team were proactive in tidying leaflets, washing up and hovering.

Shout out to newbie Sophie W. who easily kept pace and lent some muscle to the task. We'd love to have you run with us again soon.

Big kudos to Jo who hit the big 5-0 at the weekend, joining the black t-shirt crew in something close to record time.

And a massive shout out to our Pauline who looks set to top the national GoodGym heroes board during the January Challenge. As I write she's clocked an incredible 56 good deeds this month but I suspect by Friday the total will be much higher! What an inspiration you are to us all Pauline.

Once everything was sorted at the task, as we posed for our group photos, Suz pulled out a box of KCLC pens and handed them around the group as a small reward for their work.

The run back was mostly downhill (woohoo!) but it started raining almost as soon as we set off (boo!). Great work once again team, especially given how tired many of you are after such a big month of GoodGyming.

Coming up this week there are loads of Community Missions and a celebratory social. See you then :)