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Solstice Run, running towards the light

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After an illness induced 8 days break from running I was so excited to get back out there today, all those ‘miles in the legs’ were still there, just as you’ve said. I Bingo-ed my way around a chilled 5k, counting sparkling Christmas trees, listening to heart warming Carols, and came home to the mornings baking for my Christmas treat; mince pies and a glass of ginger wine.

The Winter Solstice is a favourite moment in the seasonal calendar for me and I think it’s worth mentioning that despite all the bad news and disappointments at the moment for so many of us, from today ( for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere) we are heading into the light again, out of the darkness and so with this message of hopefulness I want to say Happy Solstice to all my awesome VRB’s.

I’ve become very behind with everything this week and haven’t been able to respond to everyone as I would have wanted and may have missed your celebrations or offering commiserations, but to you all, each and every one, thank you, very very well done, stay hopeful and above all keep running.

🤗🎄

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Birdlady64Graduate10

Thank you for a lovely uplifting and positive postHope you enjoyed your mince pies and ginger wine

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Buddy34Graduate10

Great you're feeling better and got out to run. Mince pies and ginger wine look delicious 😋 😊😊🎄🎄

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CBDBGraduate10

Oh, great! You managed to do a fabulous run. Hope you enjoyed yours as much as I did mine! 🙏👍🏽🏃🏻‍♀️👏

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GrannyhugsGraduate10

Happy solstice to you too, light at the end of the tunnel. Shame about the clouds blocking the star of Bethlehem tonight though but we know it was there. Happy running now you are recovered

in reply toGrannyhugs

Indeed I was looking forward to going for a walk in the dark to see it, probably won’t be around next time 🤣🤗

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate

What a lovely reason to run and those treats look yummy, wishing you a happy Solstice too and hoping you go towards the light with health

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dijepGraduate10

Lovely positive post on this Solstice day. I'm glad you found you still had your running legs ☺️🏃‍♀️Your mince pies look delicious, I made Solstice biscuits, they'd be so good with some of that ginger wine 😋

in reply todijep

😋😚

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RunjillyGraduate10

What a lovely post jprgeRuns,, so uplifting thanks for that😊 Well done on your run after being poorly. Those mince pies look so scrummy 😉

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RoxdogGraduate10

What a lovely post. Heading into the light indeed! A few chilled 5ks sounds good to me.

in reply toRoxdog

yes, it’s good to remember when we go out alone that we’re all running together 🤗🎄

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Smile23Graduate10

Thank you for your lovely meaningful words. Its true we are leaving the darkness behind😁let us celebrate that and use our collective love of running to run into the light and hopefully a better year😁now where do i find those mince pied and ginger wine???

in reply toSmile23

So good to know we run alongside each other 😃 🤗

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10

That’s lovely JR, thank you. 🥰 This year has been beyond horrible, and I will be mighty glad to see the back of it

You’re right, each day now will be just a tiny bit longer, heading for spring. 🙏🏻 Let’s all get through winter together and look forward to a cheerier 2021.

Your mince pies look yum by the way! 😋🎄 Merry Christmas!

in reply tocheekychipmunks

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BeatlesforeverGraduate10

Happy Solstice to you too, it's great that you were back out running on this very special day 🎄

in reply toBeatlesforever

....and today a little more light and hopefully less rain ☔️ 😃🤗🎄

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Dexy5Graduate10

Yum yum, your mince pies look lovely. Hope you had a happy solstice- I’m certainly looking forward to the days drawing out.

in reply toDexy5

I think I need to bake another batch already 😋 oops 😬 🤗

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I bet!

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