Fantastic VRB turnout for Lyme Park parkrun this morning. In fact, with only 152 runners, our merry band was almost 10% of the total 😃 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 🏃♀️🏃🏻♂️🏃♀️🏃🏻♂️🏃♀️🏃🏻♂️
We came, we saw, we gulped, we conquered Lym... - Bridge to 10K
We came, we saw, we gulped, we conquered Lyme Park
I do believe we were writing our posts at exactly the same time Sandie! Wasn’t it fun? 👏👏
Roll on the GSR ..... 🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♀️
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
It took forever didn’t it? Mine pretty much matched my Garmin today. 👍
The drive back was uneventful, just slow in all the usual places. 🙄 Can’t wait for the 19th/20th now! 👏👏
Well done to you all Sandie!! 🥰🤩🤩🤩! What a fantastic PR birthday celebration. You sure did do it! 🤗❤️
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 😂
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽! You made it! You were all brilliant! 🤩❤️
Superstars!! Brilliant! Fabulous! 🍾🥂🏃♀️🐕🤸♂️🏃🏽♀️🤸♂️🏃♀️🤸♂️👏🏻👍🌟 💥⚡️🎉😊🍾🥂🏃🏻🤸🏻♂️🏃🤸🏻♂️🏃🏻🤸🏻♂️👏🏻👍🌟 💥⚡️🎉😊🎂🍰
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 
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You all did wonderfully ! xxx
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 😎
Those kittens are awesome...!!!
They’re alright really aren’t they 😁 #vproudmum
I was utterly gobsmacked by that sprint Sandie! And the look of sheer determination on his face. Awesome! 👍🏃♂️👏👊
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? 🤣
😂🤣😂 tough but loved it, especially with so many VRBs in one place-a special morning 😃
This is lovely!!!!
Absolutely love this...well done you lot!!!
Thank you Mummycav It was fab 😃
I am sure it was...I have VRB envy!!! X
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?
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!
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 .
You didn't just do it Sandie, you looked strong at the finish! 👏👏👏💪💪😁
Just glad it was over 😂 Seriously, it was fantastic doing a run so completely different from my usual ones. Your time was epic!!
Kitten#2 was ahead of the rest of the litter! 🤣😁
Lovely meeting you all. I knocked 2 mins off my real best time.
Oh, well done you 👏👏👏
Great to see you again Jay! And great you were inspired to put in a 2 minutes improvement! 🏃🏃🏆
Well done Jay66UK
I saw that on Strava - all that bling!! Brilliant Jay! 👏👏👏
It was a super get together. See you again at another Parkrun soon I hope. (Maybe a flatter one!?)
To paraphrase, flatter will get you everywhere.
Definitely Baddie! Can you get to Isabel Trail?
Yes once I have a car again...
That TT has your name on it Baddie xx
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 👏👏👏
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...
I’m getting a lump on my throat reading this. It really was a brilliant morning 😃 Looking forward to the next one already (as long as it isn’t as hilly 😂)
Aww, Sandie, you really have come so far (in every way!) 😃
And 5 Saturdays to be exact! 😁x
Well done you guys! Sounds challenging PR 😳
Wow, what a huge & lovely bunch to meet up. 🎉 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. 👏🏼
You know what they say Granspeed Just keep putting one foot in front of the other 😂 I have always avoided hills, but the long downhill sweep was just perfect for getting up a bit of speed 🏃♀️🏃♀️
You guys are so amazing! I love reading about all these meet ups 💕
Having done 5k over a trail, my respect for what you do has increased massively SaskAlliecat
Aw thanks 😊
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 🙂
Well done to you all!
What an amazing turnout! Glad you all had a great time!👍😀
The volunteers were somewhat surprised there were so many of us!
What a great time, Sandie! Loved reading this 😊
Well done Sandie! That’s my local PR, still kicking myself I missed all this because I hadn’t been checking HU 😥
Oh no! Wish we’d known - we could have tagged you 😥 Next time 😂
That’d be nice, thanks!!!
I suspect Lyme Park is still wearing a mouth agape “ what hit me?” look of astonishment . The answer is, something very special 👏👏👏👏👏 to you all.😊
I suspect you’re right BC 😂 Next meet up Stratford upon Avon (a bit flatter!)
Wonderful! Well done, sounds tough!! 😬
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! 🙂
That sounds like a fab time for a course like that 😀🎉
You guys were all awesome making such an effort to get together, I'm so glad it went brilliantly 🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♀️🎉
Well done you guys
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