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Ok, my turn! Southampton Parkrun with my new friends! โค๏ธ

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Well how much fun was that? Putting faces to the names of TailChaser , Katnap , Kitten1, Kitten2, Dexy5 , UpTheStanley (nice hat, great idea! ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ‘), Sandie1961 (and lovely hubby) and PR newbie Wimborne ! You guys are amazing, and we got on like a house on fire. I mean, driving for 2 hours to run round an unknown park with people youโ€™ve never met before? Really? Well yes actually, and I canโ€™t wait to do it again! โค๏ธ

Iโ€™ve now got the VRB tourism bug - where next?

Southampton Common parkrun was a lovely one, the course beautifully described by UTS in a different post. Loads of runners, well organised, a nice course - and a cafe with coffee and cake.

My time? Garmin 35.46, PR official time 35.52. Iโ€™m now consistently under 36 minutes, yay! ๐Ÿ‘

Happy running friends, until next time - with more VRBs too perhaps? ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜€

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Wimborne

It was such a fabulous fun morning !!!!!! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to Wimborne

So you canโ€™t wait to do it again can you Wimborne ? Just say the word ........ ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒ

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Wimborne in reply to cheekychipmunks

Go on then ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to Wimborne

Yesssssss! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply to Wimborne

Yess

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Sandie1961Graduate10 in reply to Wimborne

Yay ๐Ÿ˜„

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KatnapGraduate10 in reply to Wimborne

Your Saturdays will never be the same again! ๐Ÿ˜

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to Katnap

Never a truer word Katnap! ๐Ÿ˜…

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Dexy5Graduate10

We are definitely up for another meet if the place and date fits. So lovely to meet you and thank you for driving down from Bristol. I think you were probably right to leave your dog behind this time.

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to Dexy5

My absolute pleasure Dexy! I think weโ€™ve converted Wimborne, so letโ€™s arrange another. ๐Ÿ˜€

Yes, rather busy for dogs. ๐Ÿ•

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over61andstilltryingGraduate10

Wonderful! ๐Ÿ˜Š๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿป๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿป๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿป๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ˜Š

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to over61andstilltrying

It really was over61. Iโ€™m still grinning thinking about it! โค๏ธ๐Ÿ˜€

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over61andstilltryingGraduate10 in reply to cheekychipmunks

Ah! That's great! ๐Ÿ˜Š

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to over61andstilltrying

Maybe we can interest you one day? ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿ˜€

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over61andstilltryingGraduate10 in reply to cheekychipmunks

Oh yes! But my hamstring has other plans at the moment ๐Ÿ˜”

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to over61andstilltrying

Your hamstring has orders from your VRBs to get better soon. We want to meet you too! ๐Ÿ˜€

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over61andstilltryingGraduate10 in reply to cheekychipmunks

I look forward to that ! ๐Ÿ˜Š

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Couchpotato2

Looks so fun!!

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to Couchpotato2

We had the best time CP2. It was like weโ€™d known each other for years. Weโ€™re looking forward to the next one! ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€

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IrishprincessGraduate10

What a fab meet -up! That must be so much fun ๐Ÿค—

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to Irishprincess

Definitely fab IP! I was looking forward to it all week and it didnโ€™t disappoint. โค๏ธ

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BluebirdrunnerGraduate10

Lovely photo Cheeky...looks like you had a wonderful time!๐Ÿ˜Šxxx

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to Bluebirdrunner

We did, thanks BBR! In fact it exceeded my expections. ๐Ÿ˜€

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Sandie1961Graduate10

It really didnโ€™t disappoint. I canโ€™t wait for the next one - although finding a convenient location could be tricky when we all live so far apart. Still, sounds like a good excuse to get the van out and head south again xx

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to Sandie1961

Well Iโ€™m flexible within 2 (maybe 2.5!) hours of Bristol! ๐Ÿš™๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธโค๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ˜€

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10 in reply to Sandie1961

Or north!

Aw I had to put family first this morning (actually the cat) who decided to get a cyst under her tail! The labradors were laughing until I pointed out theyโ€™ve got their boosters next week.

Please keep me in the loop re the next meet and (hopefully) I can join everyone then.

Well blinkinโ€™ done everybody! โค๏ธ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to WalkingWithLabradors

Weโ€™ll definitely let you know WWL. ๐Ÿ‘

Aww your poor cat. Hope sheโ€™s ok. โค๏ธ๐ŸคžHow many Labs do you have? I usually run with mine but decided against taking her today. Good thing really as there were nearly 1,000 runners! ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ˜€

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WalkingWithLabradors in reply to cheekychipmunks

I have 2 but have found them a hindrance when running. Theyโ€™re wanting to stop n sniff the messages left by other dogs ๐Ÿ™„. Ainโ€™t nobody got time fer that!!!

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Sandie1961Graduate10 in reply to WalkingWithLabradors

Iโ€™m with you there. Spaniel - need I say more? ๐Ÿ˜‚

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to WalkingWithLabradors

Ahh I know what you mean. I run with mine and thank my lucky stars how good she is - maybe being a girl mean less sniffing on the lead? Some people I see at parkrun are constantly stopping for their dogs! ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•

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Congratulations on your PB time. Well done.

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to damienair

Not quite a PB today damienair, but Iโ€™m happy that my runs are consistently sub 36. My PB was sub 35 a couple of weeks ago. ๐Ÿ˜€

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10

Fabulous! What fun. Always great to meet running buddies. Well done everyone for getting there. I was last sent to Gloucester on a Tue so couldn't tie it in with a Parkrun ๐Ÿ˜ง. I might have to find another excuse for travelling south...

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to BaddieThePirate

Just say the word Baddie! ๐Ÿ˜€ Would be lovely to meet you too. ๐Ÿ‘

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JonathanPGraduate10

Sounds like a really special occasion Cheeky - disappointed I couldn't be there ๐Ÿ˜ž

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to JonathanP

It would be fantastic if you could join us next time Jonathan. There will 100% be a next time! ๐Ÿ˜€

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JonathanPGraduate10 in reply to cheekychipmunks

Will try my hardest! ๐Ÿ‘

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Bridget007

What a lovely, happy photo ๐Ÿ˜ƒ you are all whipping along! Well done ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to Bridget007

It really was happy from beginning to end Bridget. We all had good runs and lots of fun in the process. ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜€

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lexi6Graduate10

What an awesome time you sound like you had. You all look fab. ๐Ÿ‘

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GranspeedGraduate10

๐Ÿ’•๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ’• If ever a post to get me to ParkRun, this (and all the linked posts) is the bunch. ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ And you were so near my โ€œhomeโ€ territory of New Forest. And I am in High Wycombe for a family event agreed since Christmas. Oh well. All your reports and pictures spur me on to keep trotting so Iโ€™ll be able to join in someday. ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿข Well done, all of you!!! And thanks for all the lovely reports and pictures. (Donโ€™t know if I could cope with 1000 runners unless I had a known sub-group, ๐Ÿ˜ฑ)

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to Granspeed

Oh my word weโ€™d love to have you join us soon Granspeed! Weโ€™re already thinking about it .... it really was the best fun and all our personalities matched with our online ones so it felt like weโ€™d known each other for ever! ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ˜€

And I agree about running in a sub-group (not that I did as I was the ๐ŸŒ of the group, as expected!) We met up in the barcodes queue afterwards then headed for the cafe. What a fantastic way to spend a morning! โค๏ธ

Watch this space, there WILL be more! ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€

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GranspeedGraduate10 in reply to cheekychipmunks

Oh well, I would be the tail of the snail so would never expect to be waited for! But the gorgeous meet up with the coffee afterwards would really spur me on. Someday..... Meanwhile keep posting โ€˜cause itโ€™s such fun to read. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ๐ŸŽ‰

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molly1973

I really love reading about your parkrun meet-ups! This forum is so much more than just a forum ๐Ÿ’•

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to molly1973

Youโ€™re so right Molly. Itโ€™s fantastic! ๐Ÿ˜€โค๏ธ

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grumpyoldgirl

Aww, another lovely photo! I'm feeling the love ! ๐Ÿ’ž Good news on the time too cheeky! I forgot to stop my watch on Saturday, so can't compare to the parkrun time of 36.something, but I was first in category -out of two ๐Ÿ˜ถ heheh)

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to grumpyoldgirl

Thanks GOG, I seemed to have cracked sub 36 parkrun times now, with a sub 35 a couple of weeks ago. Now to work on making that consistent and heading for sub 34 hopefully!

I know how easy it is to not start or stop your watch. Really annoying isnโ€™t it?! But hey, 1st in your age category was good no matter how many were in it! ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ‘

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Jell6Graduate10

So pleased you all had a great time.

I was with you in spirit ( gin๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿธ)

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to Jell6

Thanks Jell! Thanks for the spirit - always welcome! ๐Ÿธ ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ‘

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PianismGraduate10

Ooh, I'm so jealous! What a lovely lot of you at the post-parkrun cafe. And some good running there cheekychipmunks .

Looking forward to meeting more of you as time goes on. :)

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