12 runners joined me last night and were not put off by the big 10km run we had planned to help paint a classroom at North Primary School!

School budgets are often tight, especially with the amount of time they have to dedicate to extra things such as repainting a class room, so we were delighted to be able to come down and offer our GoodGym power!

With a big run ahead of us we started with a quick head count and shot straight off on our long and very easy to navigate run down the Uxbridge Road. As we ran along we noted running long past where some of our other tasks are and lots of us were running further west of Ealing then we ever had before. I do like to treat you on a Tuesday night! It was definitely a case of just keep going as we made our way 3 miles straight down with no turnings to contend with, luckily it was basically impossible to get lost and I'm happy to say we all arrived without incident!

Glossing over it

We were met by Imran at the school who showed us the room we were going to take on, it was currently an interesting shade of yellow and our job was to gloss over it with a fresh coat of white paint! We had lots of brushes and rollers to use between us and we wasted no time is getting stuck in!

• Shan adopted the hack of turning his GoodGym tee inside out to save any paint mishaps
• Annamaria left with a lovely speckled design on her running top, I've heard this is the height of fashion!
• Steph didn't escape the paint and left with a badge of honour on her GoodGym tee, that's what they are for!

I'll get my coat...

After getting one coat on it was clear that the yellow wasn't going to give up that easily and we'll be coming back in two weeks time to give it another coat! We definitely made a fantastic start and the room was looking brighter already when we left. We finished up with Lionel's life hacks, were we cleaned off the paint brushes and wrapped them in damp cloths and cling film to make sure they were good to use next time round! Just a quick group pose and it was a case of 'keep running up that road', all the way back to the start.

Well done everyone, a long run, a painted classroom and a whole lot of good for a Tuesday evening!