A big welcome to Jen who joined us for her first Goodgym Ipswich Group Run this evening. Great to have you along.

There had been a lot of "long runs" done over the weekend - a sure sign marathon training season is in full flow. Consequently there were some tired legs among our number tonight, but everyone was raring to set off to a new destination for us - Highfield Nursery.

Although we were going to a new venue we took a familiar route across Ipswich town centre and along Norwich Road for an outward run of just under 5km.

We arrived to find the best organised task ever - lots of dust sheets covering furniture, paint already in trays with rollers and brushes in abundance

The task was to paint two large rooms used by over 100 children during the course of the school day. Some of the Nursery staff were also there to help in their own time. We split into two teams to take on alternate rooms and everyone got stuck in.

It was a big task and we didn't quite complete both rooms entirely, but made a huge contribution, before heading off into the night for the return run bringing the evening's total distance to just under 10km.

A big run and a big task and a late night for the Goodgym heroes - Fab work from you all!

Next week will be a much shorter run to the familiar Brickmakers Wood - more info and sign up HERE