Ever since I did the Great South Run last October I’d been saying I would come back to do Parkrun with the Southsea crew. After a weekend boating on the Thames (great fun in Storm Alex 😳), we popped down to Hampshire, spent yesterday sightseeing, then went out for a lovely meal with the (V)RBs. This morning they kindly allowed me to gatecrash this week’s (not) Parkrun. The idea is that everybody arrives at the end about the same time, so with a staggered start Oldgirlruns , Coddfish and Dexy5 set off, followed by me and Mr Coddfish then finally our Speedy Gonzalez UpTheStanley . It was a lovely sunny morning, a bit of an infamous Southsea headwind on the way back, but out and back along the seafront in 32.23 for me. Sadly Strava stopped recording at 2.3k but thankfully Mr C was recording. Coddfish had a hair appointment so Mr Sandie was able to join us as we then adjourned to the Beach Cafe for a yummy breakfast. Thank you lovely runny friends for your company. See you again soon hopefully 😁
Interloper at Southsea (not) Parkrun - Bridge to 10K
Interloper at Southsea (not) Parkrun
FABULOUS!! Well done everyone xx
Well done to you all, two lovely photos, glad that you enjoyed your run today Sandie1961. 😀👍
Jolly good fun!!
It was so lovely to see you and Mr Sandie again, and we were only too pleased to make you an honorary member of the Motley Crew. I managed to achieve positive splits thanks to the westerly breeze, but got a not parkrun PB of 32:46. I put that down to the fact that I had a target on my back for you, Mr C and UpTheStanley to aim at.
So glad it was a lovely sunny morning , after the storms of the weekend.
Safe journey and hope that we Don’t have to wait another 11 months until we meet up again .
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Lovely that Sandie was able to join us this week for a good run, two good meals and a modicum of wine .... Despite the headwind on the return leg, (not) parkrun PBs for Coddfish and Dexy5 , and a respectable 24'41" for me (exactly the same time as Saturday, but with more wind and less wine in the equation 
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I reckon the wine probably cost me a sub 30 😂😂😂
I wish I could say that Sandie. One day ..........
What a lovely post Sandie; it was so good to share our seafront with you and for Mr Sandie to join us for brekky! No-one is to try and guess the calorific value of the food please! My time was 47:49, which turned out to be my second fastest, so I have a bit of work to do to beat my best but my back held out so I’m happy with what I did. And of course I added an extra 500mtr by stopping at a different place to you lot, as Dexy pointed out when she passed me doing my post trot stretches. So I had to give chase and leg it down to the right end point or I was in danger of missing out on the post (not) Parkrun photo! I hope you have a good trip home and that it’s not too long before we can all meet up again!
Never mind the photo, it’s the breakfast which is the important thing 😋
It was absolutely delicious. You really don’t want to guess the calorie count of Oldgirlruns and Dexy5 ’s French Toast though 😂😂🤭
Patched eggs next week 😇
Edit: poached 😂
😂😂is that a new way of cooking them?
Great to see the happy band together. Health Unlocked Globetrotters! 🙂👍
It was lovely to see everybody. It has been far too long!
A much needed meet up. 🙂
Really good to see you all doing the VRB get together thing. Well done everybody. I hope you enjoyed your breakfast 🥓🍳🥙🥐☕️🍽
Ooh we did Baddie.
Yay friends! So glad you got to run together. 🥰 A lovely mini meet-up for you all. ❤️ Jealous of your breakfast! 😅
No running for me until Friday or Saturday, but plenty of walking here in Cornwall. 🌊💨🐾
Hope you are having a wonderful time in Cornwall Cheeky. And also hope your back is in fine fettle again.
Damien
It’s fantastic thanks Damien. Absolutely blowing a hooley yesterday and we did a few short walks, but gorgeous today and we did a nice 14k one. No running to give back a break, but it’s miles better thanks. 😀
Enjoy my home county cheeky! Although born in Scotland and many years abroad so I’m a bit of a nomad these days. Lots of hills for running and down though🤔 if you really wanted to get out there!
Love it OGR! We usually visit Dartmoor (my spiritual home), but we fancied some coastal walking this time. We’re only here for a few days and I’m not running to give me suspected trapped nerve in my back a break. But holy cow, yes it would be hilly if I did! 😅
It was so good, even with socially distanced hugs 🤗
Fingers crossed for virtual 10k 🤞
Glad you are having a nice time.
Great running and well done all for meeting up for a post run breakfast. Keeping that parkrun spirit alive. Hopefully when all this craziness is behind us I'll get to meet the Southsea crew for a post parkrun breakfast and complete another point on my compass challenge.
Damien
You’ll be most welcome damienair!
I’ll be back when you do Damien 😃
Great running all. Love the photos Sandie and I hope you all enjoyed your post run breakfast 🏃♀️🏃♂️👏👏
Best breakfast for ages. Totally scrummy 😋
Now you know why it’s a weekly must do.
Oh how lovely
Well done everyone, sounds like a nice way to run together (but not together)?if you see what I mean!🙂🤣
Happy running (not) Parkrunners, so nice to see your smiley faces doing what we love best...running and breakfasting!🤗🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃♀️xxx
You chose a great day for it Sandie! Sorry I couldn't be there too - we were away for the day visiting newest granddaughter. Next time - definitely!😀
Yes, it would have been good to meet you. Hopefully, next time we can have more than 6 of us. Many congratulations on the latest addition to the family
That's soooooo nice to see again! A meet up! Whooop whoop!! I love that idea of the staggered start too 😀xx
Nice idea but when UTS starts 5 minutes after me and Mr C and finishes nearly 5 minutes before, 🤔 It did work well actually and it was wonderful to have a ‘group of 6’ meet up 😊😊
That’s just rubbing it in! He is fast though... Katnap would do the same 🙄
We need to meet up whilst we can still use the cafes!
Definitely! Going to speak to Clive about Vitality tonight and see if he is going to be here to organise a route. If not, can we come to Stratford?
Of course you can, that would be lovely 😍! We may need to avoid the park if it keeps raining though as it has started flooding again 🙄
We’ll need an easy to follow route though! Southsea was easy - as UTS said “If you get lost running along the prom and back, there’s no hope!” 😂
🤣🤣🤣 I’m sure we can think of a few 👍
How absolutely brilliant! Fantastic pictures and a lovely way to all get together. Loved reading this 👏👏👏😊
Lovely to see you again Sandie, glad you made it home safely. Conditions relatively benign yesterday, we are back to the Great South Westerly today, much as you experienced on Tuesday.
Phew! That was lucky. Lovely to see you again too.
Great read and to see you all
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