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Another wonderful VRB meetup with a twist ... I didnโ€™t have to drive miles and miles to get to it! ๐Ÿ˜… ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ•

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So today was a novelty compared to the last few weeks. I ran my home parkrun, Eastville Park. ๐Ÿ˜ณ Iโ€™ve been round and about a lot doing lots of tourism recently, but my return โ€œhomeโ€ was made extra special with the presence of some lovely (V)RBs! โค๏ธ Yay! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

damienair and his charming son, Oisin, had chosen my local PR as part of their compass challenge and had flown over especially from Dublin yesterday, returning home today. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช How fortuitous was that? Also joining us was Dexy5 , UpTheStanley and SkiMonday - SM was barcode scanning. ๐Ÿ˜€

The weather was kind/not kind. Kind in that running conditions were good - just a slight drizzle (perfect!), but not kind as it meant we had flooding down by our pretty lake resulting in us running the dreaded โ€œBโ€ course. Dreaded? Yep, because it means running the long hill 3 times. ๐Ÿ˜ฉ The lake section affords runners about a km of flat - but without it itโ€™s all ups and downs, virtually no flat! ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Still, it was fun nonetheless, and I think we were all pleased with our times considering. I know I ran the โ€œBโ€ course quicker than last time we did it (Santaโ€™s grotto by the lake last year!) ๐Ÿ‘

Oisin made a friend. Flossie, my ๐Ÿ• was most pleased, as she had a stick throwing buddy! Thanks Oisin - with that and her 5k, sheโ€™s lovely and tired now and is snoozing happily on the sofa! ๐Ÿ• ๐Ÿ’ค

Breakfast followed (naturally) and we were laughing at ourselves checking our results and stats on our phones! We should know better! ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…

It was a lovely morning, and I was proud to show off Eastville PR (well most of it) to my friends. Thanks for coming guys! โค๏ธ

Next up? GSR! Woohoo! ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹

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Great pictures, CC. Glad you had such a nice run and hope you didnโ€™t get too wet.

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toStephen_UK

Thanks Stephen, no we were lucky. A different story if the run had been yesterday though ...... ๐Ÿ’ฆ ๐Ÿ’ฆ ๐Ÿ’ฆ

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Stephen_UKGraduate10โ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

Thatโ€™s good to hear.

My Parkrun was fairly damp but the drizzle was actually quite refreshing.

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toStephen_UK

My favourite running conditions! ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ‘

Wow you really are having fun and so nice to meet up with others.

I will be interested to hear about the GSR as I have signed up for next year!!!

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply to

Definitely fun Rainbow. ๐Ÿ‘ Iโ€™ve acquired a taste for tourism and meeting VRBs at the same time has been a bonus. Having them come to my PR was such fun! ๐Ÿ˜€

Weโ€™ll definitely report back on the GSR. ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€

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Sandie1961Graduate10

Glad to hear you had such a lovely morning. Great photo. Iโ€™m sure damienair and Oisin got a massive Cheeky welcome ๐Ÿ˜„

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toSandie1961

A great morning yet again Sandie! Running doesnโ€™t stop giving, and itโ€™s all because of this forum. ๐Ÿ˜€

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Dexy5Graduate10

It was so nice to return the favour and visit you at your home run cheeky. No chance of me getting a PB with all those ups but I did find I did a lot of overtaking on the downward slopes. I also met a lady who originates from Southsea and one whose daughter lives here. Just shows I was going conversational pace.

It was a pleasure to meet damienair and Oisin who had made the long journey from Dublin to do this. Where Oisin got his energy from to race Flossie afterwards, I do not know. And lovely to meet skimonday too, who definitely looks like a boarder rather than a skier.

Another successful VRB meet up and Tescoโ€™s eggs royale were a pleasant surprise. Now for an afternoon on the couch, if we can get into the city with Pompey playing at home.

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toDexy5

Great you guys could make it Dexy! Thanks for taking a punt on the weather - it behaved didnโ€™t it? ๐Ÿ˜€

Yes, Oisinโ€™s turn of speed with Flossie was fantastic! ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ˜€

Have a relaxing afternoon and happy taper week! ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ

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SkiMondayGraduate10โ€ข in reply toDexy5

SNOWBOARDER!? I guess that, having never met myself, I'm not really aware of what I come across as. Although the boarder image could only be maintained as long as I don't get on a snowboard. :-)

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toSkiMonday

๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…

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Dexy5Graduate10โ€ข in reply toSkiMonday

He he , I think itโ€™s the hipster beard SkiMonday.

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Couchpotato2

How lovely!

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toCouchpotato2

It really was CP2, thanks. ๐Ÿ˜€

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What a great photograph of all of you CC at Eastville Parkrun, a special welcome to our two friends from across the Irish Sea, Damien and his son Oisin.

I had a sort of PB this morning, I wasn't at a parkrun today, however, I did run a 5K near to where I live on a slightly different route to avoid the worst of the puddles and mud, I ended up having the first sub 32 minutes run I have ran locally in a time of 31.45, I have only had one other sub 32 minutes 5K, that was at Drumpelliier parkrun three weeks ago in a PB time if 30.55

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toAlMorr

Lots of fun for us all to meet up Al. We had a lovely morning. ๐Ÿ˜€

Youโ€™re quite some runner - excellent time today! Well done! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

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OldgirlrunsGraduate10

Lovely post Cheeky! Glad those Southsea tourists behaved themselves! Look forward to meeting you hopefully at GSR next week (as chief supporter, not runner!).

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toOldgirlruns

Haha, yes they did OGR! Very well behaved. ๐Ÿ˜€

It would be fantastic to meet you next weekend. I think thereโ€™s talk of a potential meetup after the race. ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘

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Sandie1961Graduate10โ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

Our friend the former Thundersloth wants to join our meet up too! Mind you, as I said to him, he will have time to have finished the run, run home, showered, eaten and run back in time to meet us at the finish, as heโ€™s so fast๐Ÿ’ฅโšก๏ธ

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toSandie1961

Hahaha TS is so fast isnโ€™t he? It would be fantastic if he could join in with the meet-ups! ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ‘

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backintimeGraduate10

Looks like great fun was had by all.

Fun and fitness at the same time, what could be better ?

Great photo of you all

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply tobackintime

The perfect start to a Saturday BIT! ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ•

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Wow what a busy and an amazing weekend we have just had. Oisin and I were up at 3:45 am yesterday morning for a 6:30 am flight to Bristol. Spent half the day in Bristol Zoo, visited the Clifton Suspension Bridge, visitors center and observation tower. Got drenched in the rain and went into the City Centre before walking out to our B&B in Easton. Had a beautiful evening meal and went early to bed.

The highlight of the weekend was meeting our forum friends and doing Eastville parkrun. SkiMonday , cheekychipmunks , Dexy5 , UpTheStanley and flossie the gorgeous dog ๐Ÿ•, thank you so much for making us feel so welcome. It was such an absolute pleasure meeting you all and going for a post parkrun breakfast. We are in the airport now ready to fly home. Thanks again, it was amazing and hopefully we will see you again in October 2020 for a parkrun in Portrush.

Damien and Oisin

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Dexy5Graduate10โ€ข in reply todamienair

Itโ€™s in the diary Damien- we hope to meet the rest of the family too.

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damienairAdministratorโ€ข in reply toDexy5

Absolutely. I plan to make another weekend of it next year. The other half of the family will be in tow. ๐Ÿ˜€

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply todamienair

Such a wonderful meetup Damien. Your son is a credit to you, such a polite young man - and wow what a runner! ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Safe flight back home and looking forward to meeting up again in the future! ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช โœˆ๏ธ ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ

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damienairAdministratorโ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

Thank you so much again. We got home safe and sound and were back in our front door at 7pm. Iโ€™m still buzzing, we had such a wonderful time and Oisin loved his first trip to the UK. He is planning on coming back in 8 years to Bristol so as to do a Zoologist Degree.๐Ÿ˜€

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply todamienair

Glad you got home safe and sound Damien. ๐Ÿ˜€ Something tells me Oisin will achieve whatever he sets his mind to! ๐Ÿ‘

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Dexy5Graduate10โ€ข in reply todamienair

I hadnโ€™t realised that this was his first trip to UK Damien. 2nd trip Southport then. Running just keeps giving. He wasnโ€™t at all shy amongst us โ€˜old folkโ€™ . I hope he got his gift so that he would remember this trip for ever. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toDexy5

โ€œA really expensive video gameโ€ were Oisinโ€™s parting words! And why not? ๐Ÿ˜…

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damienairAdministratorโ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

And he did achieve his wish, but in a Second hand game shop.๐Ÿ˜

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply todamienair

Aha, a win-win! Excellent! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜€

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damienairAdministratorโ€ข in reply toDexy5

Thank you. Oisin is a very outgoing little man, he genuinely doesnโ€™t see age, and is as comfortable around anyone. Thatโ€™s one of the things I love most about parkrun is watching him mingle and converse at the start line. And he loves going for the post parkrun breakfasts at our local parkrun as he sits and chats to all the adults of all ages. Shy he is not! ๐Ÿ˜€ He got his game as a momento . But we were tight on time getting to the Airport so gave Krispie Kream donuts a miss. But he did have his first Burrito ๐ŸŒฏ in the Airport and he loved it.

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply todamienair

Oooo meal of champions, a burrito and a Krispy Kreme - next time hopefully youโ€™ll have more time! ๐Ÿ˜…

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over61andstilltryingGraduate10

As backintime said fun and fitness at the same time, just great! So lovely to read to read about it and see the photos! Thank you and all the very best for next week! Enjoy every milli-second! ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿป๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿป๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ•

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toover61andstilltrying

Thanks over61, itโ€™s hard not to have fun when meeting up with wonderful VRBs. โค๏ธ

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grumpyoldgirl

Gorgeous photo, yet another brilliant vrb meet-up - safe journey home everyone.

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply togrumpyoldgirl

Thanks GOG - a short drive home for me for a change! ๐Ÿ˜…

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grumpyoldgirlโ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

:)

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DebstonGraduate10

Well done all of you, lovely pic!

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toDebston

Thanks Debston, it certainly cheered up a rather grey and dreary Saturday morning. ๐Ÿ˜€

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Buddy34Graduate10

It must be so nice to meet up with VRB'S and run with them . Great photos hope you enjoyed your breakfast ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toBuddy34

We did thanks Buddy. Surprisingly good for Tescoโ€™s! ๐Ÿ˜‹

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10

Good that you got some hill training in last week then ๐Ÿคฃ

Lovely to read about another fun VRB parkrun.

Enjoy GSR

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toUnfitNoMore

My legs arenโ€™t sure they agree UNM! Hilly Lyme Park, a puddle filled 10k and a slippery 5k trail run this week followed by the demon Eastville B course? Theyโ€™d have preferred a flat PR today I think! ๐Ÿ˜… But it certainly was fun with my VRBs. ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ•

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10โ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

There will be easier runs... one day

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toUnfitNoMore

I intend to take it easy this week in readiness for the GSR next Sunday. ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€

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Sadie-runsGraduate10

Oh what a lovely bunch of folks! โค๏ธ

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toSadie-runs

HU seems to be full of them Sadie! โค๏ธ

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JaoJaoGraduate10

Ahhh that's lovely. Great photo cheeky. I suppose that made up for wet, windy and muddy trails up and down the country today! xx

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toJaoJao

Thanks JaoJao. It was ace! ๐Ÿ˜€

One thing Eastville isnโ€™t is muddy thankfully. ๐Ÿ‘ The paths by the lake were flooded, but thatโ€™s the first time itโ€™s happened since I started running there last autumn. ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ’ฆ

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๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒ

Brilliant!

๐Ÿฑ Katnap ๐Ÿฑ

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toKatnap

Thanks Katnap. You definitely understand how much fun it is! ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘

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SkiMondayGraduate10

Yes, definitely a good morning! I found it somewhat surreal actually meeting you guys, the virtual becomes real!

When I got home, my daughter persuaded me to go Pokemon hunting. Then returned to Tesco's (but armed with a shopping list this time), B&Q to get the bits I need to fix the loo then went out for what turned out to be a 6k run (my longest after returning from the ic).

Compared to what I've been doing recently, that's a busy day!

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toSkiMonday

The hard part is remembering what peopleโ€™s real names are isnโ€™t it SM? ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…

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SkiMondayGraduate10โ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

True! Although Damien is easy to transpose.

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toSkiMonday

Haha yes, even I can remember his name! ๐Ÿ˜…

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ktsokโ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

I was just imagining wandering around asking people if they are Cheeky?!

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toktsok

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

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Dexy5Graduate10โ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

Yes, funny to hear people calling UTS Stanley ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

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damienairAdministratorโ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

Funniest part was hearing Oisin chatting afterwards referring to you all in your online names. I only showed him your profiles the evening before at dinner.

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Beachcomber66Graduate10

And so the countdown begins: look out GSR !!๐Ÿ˜

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toBeachcomber66

๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10

Lovely. Can't beat a VRB meet up, and breakfast looks wonderful ๐Ÿ˜‹

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toBaddieThePirate

Another fabulous day Baddie, and Tescoโ€™s was just the ticket afterwards. ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜‹

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MummycavAdministratorGraduate10

Iโ€™ve got vrb envy......again.....I love it when you lot meet up, I want to do it, even if itโ€™s just a couple of us! molly1973 ...we donโ€™t live too far apart, fancy doing brighouse parkrun sometime? Iโ€™ll make a special cake????? Lol...really though, well done to you all, it all sounds fun and thatโ€™s what this is all about right? X

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toMummycav

Awww MC, you should join us one day. We get all over the place! ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธโค๏ธ

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lexi6Graduate10

Aw! Just lovely photos of you all and another VRB meet up they are just the best arenโ€™t they? and the all important breakfast yum ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ™‚

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply tolexi6

Yes theyโ€™re the icing on the cake arenโ€™t they Lexi? Itโ€™s so lovely talking to people about running who actually care!! ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…

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Fabulous450Graduate10

Itโ€™s always fantastic to see the VRBs having lots of fun together!! ๐Ÿคฉ Ups and downs sounds like quite a challenge ๐Ÿ˜ฒ! But, thereโ€™s smiles as always! Well done VRBs! ๐Ÿค—โค๏ธ

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toFabulous450

Thanks Fab. Itโ€™s always great fun. Eastville is always fairly hilly, but the B course doesnโ€™t give you a break! ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ˜…

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Fabulous450Graduate10โ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

Ooh yes, I know there are some fairly hilly parts in Bristol and that was when I just walked around. ๐Ÿ˜‚ I imagine that it is a great place for a running experience. ๐Ÿคฉ! Thereโ€™s a lovely community spirit in Bristol in general. Glad you all had a fantastic time. โค๏ธ

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toFabulous450

Yes Bristol is hilly Fab. Most definitely. Luckily the 10k and HM routes are classed as flat (theyโ€™re not totally!) but my goodness you can get plenty of hill training in if thatโ€™s your thing. I only do smallish hills (with the exception of Ashton Court which is massive!! ๐Ÿ˜…)

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Dexy5Graduate10โ€ข in reply toFabulous450

Thanks Fabulous, cheeky has been driving all over the place to meet VRBs, so itโ€™s only fair to let her have a lie in for a change. The ups and downs were a challenge for us prom plodders - the elevation map on garmin shows 3 Christmas tree shapes.

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Fabulous450Graduate10โ€ข in reply toDexy5

Ooh Dexy, I know Cheeky is amazing! ๐Ÿฅฐ That course would definitely be a challenge for me. Once youโ€™re there though, I guess you just follow the flow as best as you can and think about it later. Not like me today, I changed my course according to how steep the climb looked. ๐Ÿ˜‚! Got to use whatever tactics I can at the moment. ๐Ÿ˜…โค๏ธ

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toFabulous450

Youโ€™re back running though Fab! Thatโ€™s the main thing. Youโ€™re doing brilliantly! ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€

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Dexy5Graduate10โ€ข in reply toFabulous450

Yes run downhill with the wind behind you. ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

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Fabulous450Graduate10โ€ข in reply toDexy5

๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜! I like that! ๐Ÿค—โค๏ธ

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toDexy5

Still finished before me though Dexy. ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜€ Thatโ€™s me all over, a one paced chugger! ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…

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Dexy5Graduate10โ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

I think weโ€™ll be fairly close over 10 miles cheeky ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ

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skysue16Graduate10

Lovely photos! That breakfast looks very yummy ๐Ÿ˜€ and well deserved after all those hills ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toskysue16

Yes it was SS. Tescoโ€™s Extra came up trumps! ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ˜‹

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JonathanPGraduate10

What a lovely change for you Cheeky and such distinguished company!๐Ÿ˜œ The VRB meet ups are coming thick and fast now!๐Ÿ‘

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toJonathanP

They are, Jonathan, and theyโ€™re ace! ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

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RunsomeGraduate10

Looks like a nice morning ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toRunsome

Yes it certainly was Runsome! Happy people and a happy ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘

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SlinkymalinkiGraduate10

How lovely for you to have a lie in & be the host for a change! Sounds like you all had a great time despite course B which sounds like a bit of a slog!

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toSlinkymalinki

Thanks Slinky! Except I was so excited about it I was still awake at the crack of dawn! ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…

Yes, course B isnโ€™t my favourite, but at least we still got to run. ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ•

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UpTheStanleyGraduate10

Thanks again Cheeky for your most gracious hosting - have to admit I wasn't expecting much from Tesco's cafรฉ but my full English was excellent, and great value too :-) .

I'm being hassled by Dexy5 :-( to file a tourist report so that'll turn up shortly, as long as I can finish before Scotland kick off against Japan!

Our turn to host next week - calm down now :-)

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toUpTheStanley

Me, calm down UTS? Sorry, thatโ€™s not going to happen! ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…

It was lovely to be able to introduce you all to Eastville. Youโ€™ll need to come back to run the โ€œAโ€ course which is lovely. Still hilly, but psychologically easier than yesterdayโ€™s three long uphill slogs.

Yes, I agree, Tescoโ€™s cafรฉ was really good wasnโ€™t it? I must admit I only usually have a coffee or maybe avocados on toast, but my eggs royale was surprisingly delicious. ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ‘

See you again next week (have you prepared yourself for the excitement overload? ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…)

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toUpTheStanley

Will look out for your tourist report too! ๐Ÿ˜€

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UpTheStanleyGraduate10

Rugby did get in the way, plus Iโ€™m doing it on the desktop and the keyboard batteryโ€™s gone flat! ๐Ÿ™

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toUpTheStanley

And very good it was too (not the rugby!} ๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿ˜ฉ

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Chris141Graduate10

Well done All!

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toChris141

Thanks Chris, we had a blast. ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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Know it well. I usually run the Chippenham PR but Eastville is my Parkrun if I 'm due an IKEA visit! The lake is a lovely bit of the run so pity it was missed out.

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toseaspaniel

That reminds me, I need to run Chippenham. Iโ€™m on a bit of a tourism streak at the moment. The next few weekends are already accounted for, but Chippenham needs to go on my list! ๐Ÿ˜€

Glad you enjoy Eastville. For an inner city park, itโ€™s pretty isnโ€™t it? ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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Well done all.

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