A bit surprised with that bearing in mind the curry we ate repeating all night / 2 hours sleep / a whole pack of antacids / inability to eat breakfast! Not sure I’ll try that for race preparation next time! 😂😂😂
Tatton Park was a beautiful place to run, Oldfloss , and you were there with me as we weaved around all the people setting off. We stuck to our own “slow and steady”, and ran our own race. Official race entry numbers were about 2400, but looking at the results only about 1000 ran on the day. Lots of friendly supportive helpers; a fun warm up before hand by local PTs from a stage; singing; a sax player (he even moved to one of the corners mid-route!); lots of yummy free things to eat after; oh, and of course the cool T shirt (my first race one!), and the colourful bling that had drawn my attention when entering! 😃😃😃
Thankfully the event was small enough that you could park near the start in a field, and queue quite quickly for the portaloos. I’d certainly recommend it to others new to racing too (and attracted to pretty bling!) 😊🏅❤️ And there’s a HM there tomorrow, run by the same organisers...hmmm...maybe next year...😃
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Hidden - meant to tag you! Definitely a nice race to think about, with lovely bling. Not too busy. There are a series of 10k races at Tatton each year, so perhaps we should get a B210k team going for one...
Once I have next year’s dates, I can just put a post up and ask if people want to join in / what date preferences they have, if that would work BaddieThePirate ? I’ll try to tag people who’ve said they might be interested. Perhaps Oldfloss and the admins could pin it for us, in case that helps more locals spot it? ❤️
Have to admit I might look for Tatton HMs next year too, Oldfloss , as I’d like to do one somewhere, and it makes a nice venue with good tracks. 😊 I’m sure we can also pick one of the many 10ks to suggest for a “club event”. I suspect there are quite a few of us not too far away from the Tatton/ Manchester region.
Congratulations mountaindreamer, that is a fantastic time. You were definitely born to run. I am so proud of my fellow runners doing so well. I do think that is a great medal to earn too.
It is great that you can share these experiences with your OH too, even if you don’t see him for dust. 🏃♂️..........🏃♀️
Was it a nice flat run? That’s quite a drop out percentage isn’t it? It couldn’t have been due to the weather but I guess people get injuries.
Thanks Eileen. 😊❤️ It was pretty flat, but had a few gradual inclines to get up and down. (One was even labelled “Nearly at the top”, so I guess they felt it noteworthy!) Nice smooth wide tracks and closed roads for all but the very last bit to the finish (when the track got a bit rough), so a pleasant route with fairly easy overtaking options for most of it.
I discovered another advantage of OH being there too (apart from to yell encouragement to me for my sprint finish) is that he declared the nice race T shirt too girly a colour - so I’ve now got 2!!😃❤️
Thanks Ang! ❤️ The curry was in honour of OH’s birthday. I don’t mind ones we make at home, but all restaurant curries are much too rich and fatty for my guts! 😖
Thanks ❤️ It was a tad too chilly and windy to start with, to be honest Cheeky. The sun then broke through and it warmed up, though. Makes it so tricky to know what t wear!
Don’t worry 10k bling will very soon be within your reach! ❤️❤️😃
Sorry but 58min for 10k is NOT slow and steady - in fact it’s freaking brilliant! Well done 🏆 and what a pretty medal. And all on too much curry and no sleep! You are amazing 😃❤️❤️❤️
Thanks Flick! 😃❤️ Perhaps I should have only said “steady” - I just tell myself the slow bit too when people race past me at high speed. Best to know my limits! 😊❤️
Thanks ju-ju- 😊❤️ I think my husband was more impressed at my time in the last 10k race we did. He couldn’t believe I managed exactly 1 second under the hour! 😂😂😂
What a fabulous time Mountaindreamer and an even fabulouser t-shirt! Slow and steady my eye Oh yes, I'm motivated by nice bling too. So you're dreaming of a HM - how exciting! I'm also motivated by runners like yourself who talk about doing a race after very little sleep. Sometimes I don't sleep well and say to myself "Oh I can't run". Like a lot of this running lark, it's psychological. I can and I do! Hope you have a good night's sleep tonight.
Thanks Paula! 😊❤️ I’d been looking forward to this race (and my pretty bling!) I really wasn’t sure what would happen after last night, but sometimes you have to just try your best and get on with it! 😖😖
Oh wow, that’s a brilliant time, I’m in awe! Thanks for tagging me too, I didn’t actually get the notification for some reason, but just happened to find it scrolling through.
Anyway, well done, and I’d certainly give a 10k at tatton some serious thought
Thanks Neil ❤️ I’m noting down who might be interested for one of them next year Hidden . We can see who prefers what dates and try and get a team meet up going! 😊❤️
Agreed, your race prep probably needs working on. Great time though and looks like fun. Do they hold this every year? It's not a million miles from me...
Great run by you mountaindreamer, brill time. Some runners from my club Penyffordd RC ran it and I was on two minds whether to or not, running Cheshire 10k next week instead. Tatton sounds a great event, maybe next year. So well done to you.
I’m going to try to tag people who might be interested for one of the many Tatton 10ks next year, to see if nearer the time we can get a B210k team meet up at one. I’ll add you to the “possibly interested” list if you like?
Congratulations for not only surviving after a rubbish night, but doing it in style! And what a fancy medal! Aw mine are all so drab. I'm proud of them of course, but I do wish I'd get something a bit more jazzy to take pride of place 😊
Not sure if you’re localish to Tatton or not, but a few of us were thinking we might try to do a B210k team meet up at one of the Tatton 10ks next year. We could try to pick one with pretty bling for you! (I think the group who organised this particular one always do these bright painted ones. We had a flyer with our race pack advertising a few other race events they do, and photos of the medals were all very pretty! 😃🏅🏅❤️)
I'm up in Scotland unfortunately 😔 (well, not unfortunately to being up here, it's lovely—but to not being anywhere near Tatton!) though this coming year already has some touristy runs booked, so never say never! 😁
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Oh yes, I'm motivated by nice bling too. So you're dreaming of a HM - how exciting! I'm also motivated by runners like yourself who talk about doing a race after very little sleep. Sometimes I don't sleep well and say to myself "Oh I can't run". Like a lot of this running lark, it's psychological. I can and I do! Hope you have a good night's sleep tonight. 
My first 10k event - The Liverpool Spring 10k
BLING!!!!!!!!!!!
I did it! My first ever 10k race!
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