Tonight was our second visit to the Lohana Centre in Belgrave. We noticed last time we went that the conference room chairs looked like they could do with a clean so we suggested this to our contact Nilesh as a future group run task.

A huge vote of thanks goes to Jeanette who has spent a fair bit of time since trialling some cleaning techniques so we could maximise our impact on the night. We plumped for Vax carpet cleaning fluid and with some degree of precision Jen had worked out that with a dozen of us we ought to be able to clean 50-60 chairs,

We phoned ahead and asked for some buckets of hot water and for the chairs to be moved to a separate area where they would not be used for a couple of days after the clean. Sure enough, on arrival the caretakers were already sorting out stacks of the dirtiest chairs for our attention.

One of the most welcome things of the night was that it was light enough to run to Belgrave via the canal, and what a difference a week makes, from the icy blasts of last week, tonight felt almost mild.

This task was a trainers dream. Gentle scenic run to the task, a welcoming taskmaster fully prepared and expectant of our visit, a willing task force member demonstrating and supervising the task, on site fitness facilities in the form of exclusive use of the Gym and to cap it all the Lohana hospitality to say thank you for our efforts.

Its one of those tasks where I finish up wishing we had more time because everything we do there seems to be great fun.

We await the results of the chair cleaning to see if they all dry out ok with a noticeable difference to the cleanliness - if so we will organize to go back to tackle the other 2000!!!!