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We came, we saw, we gulped, we conquered Lyme Park

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Fantastic VRB turnout for Lyme Park parkrun this morning. In fact, with only 152 runners, our merry band was almost 10% of the total πŸ˜ƒ Fair to say a number of us were slightly in awe of what is considered one of the toughest PRs - a couple of steep hills (including the first 800m) and no tarmac in sight; definitely a trail! Still, the weather was dry, a little grey and cool (managed to avoid the remnants of the hurricane). So we set off up the hill, then gently undulating until a short uphill on grass to the Cage from where there are fantastic views over Manchester in better visibility. Then a long descent, which was great fun, round the corner and another bit of steepish uphill and a short walk, past the sign telling us we were nearly there and to the finish. Official time 37:50 and 137/152, but I did it. Then lots of chatting over coffee/tea, cake and bacon butties. Thank you VRBs - it was a blast! Now for GSR in 2 weeks πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒπŸ»β€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒπŸ»β€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒπŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

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cheekychipmunks profile image
cheekychipmunksGraduate10

I do believe we were writing our posts at exactly the same time Sandie! Wasn’t it fun? πŸ‘πŸ‘

Roll on the GSR ..... πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

I was waiting for my official time! Didn’t it take a long time? Hope you got back safely and enjoy your evening. See you in 2 weeks x

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10β€’ in reply toSandie1961

It took forever didn’t it? Mine pretty much matched my Garmin today. πŸ‘

The drive back was uneventful, just slow in all the usual places. πŸ™„ Can’t wait for the 19th/20th now! πŸ‘πŸ‘

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Fabulous450Graduate10

Well done to you all Sandie!! πŸ₯°πŸ€©πŸ€©πŸ€©! What a fantastic PR birthday celebration. You sure did do it! πŸ€—β€οΈ

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply toFabulous450

It was brilliant Fabulous450 although at the time I was huffing and puffing at walking pace up the final hill with Jay66UK I might not have said the same πŸ˜‚

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Fabulous450Graduate10β€’ in reply toSandie1961

πŸ‘πŸ½πŸ‘πŸ½πŸ‘πŸ½! You made it! You were all brilliant! 🀩❀️

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over61andstilltryingGraduate10

Superstars!! Brilliant! Fabulous! 🍾πŸ₯‚πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸ•πŸ€Έβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒπŸ½β€β™€οΈπŸ€Έβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸ€Έβ€β™‚οΈπŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸŒŸ πŸ’₯βš‘οΈπŸŽ‰πŸ˜ŠπŸΎπŸ₯‚πŸƒπŸ»πŸ€ΈπŸ»β€β™‚οΈπŸƒπŸ€ΈπŸ»β€β™‚οΈπŸƒπŸ»πŸ€ΈπŸ»β€β™‚οΈπŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸŒŸ πŸ’₯βš‘οΈπŸŽ‰πŸ˜ŠπŸŽ‚πŸ°

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate10

Just fabulous... go you... each and every single one of you.. I have been waiting for these posts and Pikkies...I am so sad I could not be there, but sneakily glad.. I think those hills may have been a tad too tricky :) !

You all did wonderfully ! xxx

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply toOldfloss

We missed you Oldfloss If I can do it, you would have breezed it. Most impressive thing I saw though was eldest kitten’s final sprint. Awesome 😎

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate10β€’ in reply toSandie1961

Those kittens are awesome...!!!

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TailChaserGraduate10β€’ in reply toOldfloss

They’re alright really aren’t they 😁 #vproudmum

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10β€’ in reply toSandie1961

I was utterly gobsmacked by that sprint Sandie! And the look of sheer determination on his face. Awesome! πŸ‘πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸ‘πŸ‘Š

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10

Lovely to meet you... I was waiting for a post with the pics and then they did the bus thing... 2 showed up at once!

Same time next century for Lyme? 🀣

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply toUnfitNoMore

πŸ˜‚πŸ€£πŸ˜‚ tough but loved it, especially with so many VRBs in one place-a special morning πŸ˜ƒ

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JaoJaoGraduate10

This is lovely!!!!

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MummycavAdministratorGraduate10

Absolutely love this...well done you lot!!!

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply toMummycav

Thank you Mummycav It was fab πŸ˜ƒ

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MummycavAdministratorGraduate10β€’ in reply toSandie1961

I am sure it was...I have VRB envy!!! X

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Dexy5Graduate10

What a good turn out ! I must say you all look a bit cold so I guess that was a before pic. Well done everyone, especially jay who knew what was ahead of him. That’s a good time for that parkrun Sandie. Well done you. Is that miss UNM trying to avoid the camera?

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply toDexy5

It was the before pic Dexy and yes it was Miss UNM trying to avoid me. Quite chilly but we all warmed up as we pushed on up those hills. After pics on Cheeky’s post!

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Dexy5Graduate10β€’ in reply toSandie1961

It was warmer than I expected in Southsea this morning. No wind on our face and I was just 14 seconds slower than my PB. I will get below 31 minutes one day .

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KatnapGraduate10

You didn't just do it Sandie, you looked strong at the finish! πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ😁

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply toKatnap

Just glad it was over πŸ˜‚ Seriously, it was fantastic doing a run so completely different from my usual ones. Your time was epic!!

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KatnapGraduate10β€’ in reply toSandie1961

Kitten#2 was ahead of the rest of the litter! 🀣😁

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Jay66UKGraduate10

Lovely meeting you all. I knocked 2 mins off my real best time.

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply toJay66UK

Oh, well done you πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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KatnapGraduate10β€’ in reply toJay66UK

Great to see you again Jay! And great you were inspired to put in a 2 minutes improvement! πŸƒπŸƒπŸ†

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10β€’ in reply toJay66UK

Well done Jay66UK

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TailChaserGraduate10β€’ in reply toJay66UK

I saw that on Strava - all that bling!! Brilliant Jay! πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10

It was a super get together. See you again at another Parkrun soon I hope. (Maybe a flatter one!?)

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Jay66UKGraduate10β€’ in reply toBaddieThePirate

To paraphrase, flatter will get you everywhere.

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TailChaserGraduate10β€’ in reply toBaddieThePirate

Definitely Baddie! Can you get to Isabel Trail?

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10β€’ in reply toTailChaser

Yes once I have a car again...

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply toBaddieThePirate

That TT has your name on it Baddie xx

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TailChaserGraduate10

It was a fantastic day Sandie, and it was so lovely to see you, all those VRBs we’d met up with before and VRBs that we hadn’t met yet. These meet-ups are really special and Lyme Park was a particularly special place to do it.

You did storm it Sandie, just think of how quickly you got your breath back at the end! You are definitely ready for GSR πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

A big thank you to Pianism for setting up his list, as this gave us a real incentive to do it - it felt terrifying putting it in the calendar at the time (even though I really did want to do it) but we’ve had a lot of experience of different surfaces, terrains and inclines since and I think that made a big difference.

It’s about as different as you could get from our home parkrun but more about that very soon...

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply toTailChaser

I’m getting a lump on my throat reading this. It really was a brilliant morning πŸ˜ƒ Looking forward to the next one already (as long as it isn’t as hilly πŸ˜‚)

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TailChaserGraduate10β€’ in reply toSandie1961

Aww, Sandie, you really have come so far (in every way!) πŸ˜ƒ

And 5 Saturdays to be exact! 😁x

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Dexy5Graduate10β€’ in reply toTailChaser

Great shirt tailchaser

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TailChaserGraduate10β€’ in reply toDexy5

πŸ˜‚

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Agingnovice1Graduate10

Well done you guys! Sounds challenging PR 😳

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GranspeedGraduate10

Wow, what a huge & lovely bunch to meet up. πŸŽ‰ Have to admit to more than a bit of relief at being too far away after reading about those hills! However did you manage 37:50? Awesome, I say, all of you. πŸ‘πŸΌ

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply toGranspeed

You know what they say Granspeed Just keep putting one foot in front of the other πŸ˜‚ I have always avoided hills, but the long downhill sweep was just perfect for getting up a bit of speed πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

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SaskAlliecatGraduate10

You guys are so amazing! I love reading about all these meet ups πŸ’•

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply toSaskAlliecat

Having done 5k over a trail, my respect for what you do has increased massively SaskAlliecat

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SaskAlliecatGraduate10β€’ in reply toSandie1961

Aw thanks 😊

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lexi6Graduate10

Lovely photo of you all, you are all amazing, really enjoyed reading your report Sandie. Its just so fantastic when VRB’s meet up and I hope I can do it again next year, legs and life willing 🀞All the best for GSR Sandie x πŸ™‚

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Chris141Graduate10

Well done to you all!

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JonathanPGraduate10

What an amazing turnout! Glad you all had a great time!πŸ‘πŸ˜€

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply toJonathanP

The volunteers were somewhat surprised there were so many of us!

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grumpyoldgirl

What a great time, Sandie! Loved reading this 😊

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316neilGraduate10

Well done Sandie! That’s my local PR, still kicking myself I missed all this because I hadn’t been checking HU πŸ˜₯

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply to316neil

Oh no! Wish we’d known - we could have tagged you πŸ˜₯ Next time πŸ˜‚

316neil profile image
316neilGraduate10β€’ in reply toSandie1961

That’d be nice, thanks!!!

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Beachcomber66Graduate10

I suspect Lyme Park is still wearing a mouth agape β€œ what hit me?” look of astonishment . The answer is, something very special πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ to you all.😊

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply toBeachcomber66

I suspect you’re right BC πŸ˜‚ Next meet up Stratford upon Avon (a bit flatter!)

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skysue16Graduate10

Wonderful! Well done, sounds tough!! 😬

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SlinkymalinkiGraduate10

I'm enjoying reading about the Lyme Park VRB meet up! Great photo and very inspiring. Good luck for the GSR - What a nice way to train & meet up with others! πŸ™‚

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Run46Graduate10

That sounds like a fab time for a course like that πŸ˜€πŸŽ‰

You guys were all awesome making such an effort to get together, I'm so glad it went brilliantly πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸŽ‰

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alisonxGraduate10

Well done you guys :-)

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