11 ran to City MENCAP to paint their dining room

Mencap HQ was in need of a spruce up so we set off to give the dining room a lick of paint, but not before welcoming newbie Kateto the squad.

The run was relatively short so we followed the river and ran through the subway to the venue. We were met by Grace who outlined the task and made us tea and biscuits! one coat of yellow paint was applied to almost every bit of wall we could get to and the room was soon looking much brighter. We even had time to clear up the mess from the sanding too. Big shout to James who had come straight from painting at home to do more for us!

Then it was off to Central park to celebrate the retirement of Usain Bolt by doing some sprints. We decided to do 40m runs as this was how far he got in his relay leg and went through the different phases of sprinting with starts, drive phase and a tall and relaxed finish.

Next week we are back to finish the job (the painting, not the sprinting) and hope to leave the room looking awesome!