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To parkrun or not - oh go on then โ„๏ธ๐Ÿฅถ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ

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Kept checking the website and Facebook page to see if Lincoln parkrun was cancelled today. I kind of hoped it would be to put an end to my procrastination, but in the end I donned 3 tops, 2 bottoms, bobble hat and gloves and defrosted the car! A light covering of snow and snowflakes fluttering down but โ€˜onlyโ€™ -1.5c. With the Course Directorโ€™s words ringing in our ears - โ€œYou lot must be madโ€, โ€œYou run at your own riskโ€, โ€œI donโ€™t expect any PBs unless youโ€™re a first timerโ€, โ€œSub 20 isnโ€™t safe in these conditionsโ€ (Oh well thatโ€™s OK then ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚), off we went. It wasnโ€™t actually as bad as I had feared, although getting a bit slippery on the 3rd lap. Parkrun website is down, so no official time yet, but Strava time 34:52, which isnโ€™t too shabby. I was boiling by the end though ๐ŸฅตOh, and I bought my first pair of size 12 jeans in over 10 years yesterday. Happy day ๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Stay warm and stay safe VRBs ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Results now in - 230th out of 267 (usually 450-500 runners) and 7th/12 in my age group!

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Fantastic that you were able to get out and do parkrun Sandie. I just had 2 tops and 1 leggings so I didnโ€™t get hot enough to want to discard anything. Maybe I wasnโ€™t putting enough into it. ๐Ÿ˜‚

We got our result email but canโ€™t get into the website to see how everyone else did.

It makes me shiver looking at your pic. Well done

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Sandie1961Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5

Thanks Dexy. Well done to you for getting out there as well!๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป If somebody had said to me a year ago that Iโ€™d go running in snow, Iโ€™d have thought theyโ€™d gone totally nuts ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply to Sandie1961

Me too. Donโ€™t you just love the transformation? ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10

Well thatโ€™s a good excuse not to do a sub 20 then! I was considering doing Marple but it was cancelled. You did well to get out there early enough for Parkrun. Well done!

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JonathanPGraduate10

Well done Sandie! I also braved the cold in Portsmouth ( as did 297 others) and to my surprise got a PB! Only 2 tops but 2 pairs of gloves! ๐Ÿ˜€

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Sandie1961Graduate10 in reply to JonathanP

Well done Jonathan - a PB in this weather is impressive ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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JonathanPGraduate10 in reply to Sandie1961

Thanks Sandie

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