Painting the town Magnolia - That's how we roll!

Four-feisty runners ran the short distance across town and over the railway line to help local charity Age UK with a painting task.

We were a little thin on the ground tonight, as illness got the better of some, but tonight we were joined by a new member, Neil! Welcome Neil, great to have you along on tonight's run! Let's give him a cheer here.

Tonight we had teamed up with Beat the Street to try and encourage participants to continue to be active once the competition ends. We ran together to a few of the boxes around town on the way, hoping to collect double points for our team!

We arrived in no time at all, and were greeted by Tina, the chief executive of the Age UK in Barnsley, who was very happy to see us. Tina explained they had been wanting to paint the room for quite some time and just never got round to it, so we were going to be a huge help!

The room was prepped ready for us and there was some huge pots of Magnolia paint for us to use. As there were four of us and four walls, we took a wall each! Sharon and myself focussed on the lower parts whilst the taller chaps took the tops and ceiling edges. After an hour of hard graft the room was looking much brighter and we had managed to cover all the surfaces with one coat of paint. We helped tidy up and said our goodbyes, vowing to return to finish the job!

After a speedy run back, chit chat about coming weeks and some quick stretches, we said our goodbyes. It was quite a relaxed evening (at least I thought so!) Thanks for coming and see you next week for gardening at Locke Park... sign up here if you can make it!