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Trip to London, Abba night, morning run, breakfast and home again.

Abba was amazing, people stopped us and said how they liked our dresses, couple people even took our photo.

I was determined to run this morning before breakfast, Willow was worried I’d get lost but it’s 46 years since I’ve run in London so I went anyway.

I didn’t get far when I found a park called Waterglades, it was beautiful and I ran alongside the river.

Interval run and enjoyed every minute of it, I didn’t take much notice of the music and pretty much ignored Coach, spent my time looking around and grinning. Saw a few runners who didn’t return my greeting, but no matter I was enjoying myself and covered 3.65k in about 35 minutes, no time to shower or change. Daughter had text 10 minutes from end to say they were at breakfast so text back asking her to get me water and tea.

Willow joined us and after a while I ate hash browns and beans, really never hungry after running but it was there.

Home now after a fantastic couple of days

Be happy all

And those boots, just as uncomfortable as I remembered similar being ….. but it had to be done 🤣🤣🤣

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PeggySusi

How wonderful you look! Dancing Queen running! 👍🏃🏻‍♀️😊

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toPeggySusi

Thank you, I couldn’t believe we chose the same out fit

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PeggySusi in reply toSueAppleRun

😂😂

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Sandraj39Graduate10

Fab photo! Was the ABBA show good? I assume it was ABBA Voyage with the avatars? 🙂

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toSandraj39

It was fantastic and you wouldn’t have known they weren’t real people, very loud but to be expected, daughter booked it last autumn, the whole thing was wonderful and we had birthday breakfast this morning before coming home

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Oh you look fabulous!

…I always fell off my platform shoes 🙈

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toLottieMW

Thank you, I nearly fell off mine, felt very wobbly 😂

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ForbiddenPlanetGraduate10

Party like it's 1976! 💃🥂That tune was on the radio non stop that hot summer.

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toForbiddenPlanet

Yes and we did 😀

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Instructor57Graduate10

Haha, fantastic, and a run as well 😬👍

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toInstructor57

I had to run, I cursed my daughter when she woke me early this morning…. but she knew, I’d have moaned all day if I didn’t run in London…..it’s her birthday so she now has a garmin with a bright red strap, she did say she wasn’t promising to run though

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Instructor57Graduate10

Oh, happy birthday to her !And a nice new shiny Garmin , can't be bad 😬

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toInstructor57

She’s never had one before I’ll make a runner out of her yet 😃

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate10 in reply toSueAppleRun

My daughter made on out of me in 2015 and has not run since then!

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toOldfloss

My daughter downloaded C25K first

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Whoop whoop WillowandSola, you look brilliant. I had those boots in black back in the day. Can you still buy them? It must have been a great evening.. well done for fitting a run in too. No one gets lost anymore with mobile phones and Google maps.

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toDexy5

We got boots from Amazon, they might come in black but i don’t recommend them, my poor toes don’t bend like they did in the teens, the evening was amazing and I just had to run

Oldfloss profile image
OldflossAdministratorGraduate10 in reply toDexy5

I had black ones and some thigh length ones too! For with my hot pants!

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toOldfloss

I nearly botttled the dress, was thinking running shorts would double as hot pants but so glad we dressed up

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply toSueAppleRun

Oh yes you looked great!

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate10

Looking so good.... well done you !

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toOldfloss

Thank you

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate10 in reply toSueAppleRun

You look fabulous!

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toOldfloss

We felt fabulous but our feet didn’t

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate10 in reply toSueAppleRun

Ouchie!

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toOldfloss

A few stretches once we got our boots off and we were fine 😀xx

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Awesome photo. You both look fab! Glad you had such a good time. I also find the London runners a little reluctant to return smiles and waves when I’ve run there. Must be a city thing I suppose 🤷‍♂️

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toRunBrianRun

Probably, but I’m so pleased I ran

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FrencGraduate1060minGraduate

That’s just brill! A fabba Abba evening and a run! What a treat, you look amazing. Well done, it sounds like a real success, I know you were really looking forward to it. Well done! 😊😊😊

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toFrenc

Thank you thank you, we had such a good time, Abba was amazing and finding such a beautiful park to run in was the best

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Doris8Graduate10

You look amazing. Identical twins. Fab music. I remember those platforms, couldn’t go back to those again. 😀

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toDoris8

We were staying around a mile from Abba and our feet breathed a sigh of relief when we took them off, she doesn’t look a bit like me but thank you, she’s the spit of her dads family

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Love love love the dresses and shoes!Dancing Queen, Running Queen! 😃

I've always had the inkling of running round the Olympic Park but never done it.

I was passing by there on the train in my way into the office at the exact same time you were running this morning.

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toBirdlady64

That’s amazing, I’d have waved if I’d known, I was so happy that I found a park and would have loved to explore more but I had to get back for breakfast

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You both look awesome! aaaah! a happy sigh - those were the days 😊

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply tolexi6

They were and we were transported back, but I’m glad I don’t still wear that type of boots all day like i did then

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lexi6Graduate10

😂😂 and like the song them boots weren't made for walking, you looked great 👏

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IrishprincessGraduate10

LOVE this!!! You both look amazing! Sounds like so much fun 🥳☺️

Happy days 😍

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toIrishprincess

Thank you IP it really was amazing

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Me_timeGraduate10

Love the dress and the boots..you both look amazing, very Abba vibes!

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toMe_time

Thank you, that was the idea and it worked

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Mudita11Graduate10

Mamma Mia your outfits look good!

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toMudita11

Thank you 😊

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Dendev75Graduate10

Fabulous post, you both look great! And you squeezed a run in too 👍🏻

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toDendev75

Sshhh don’t tell anyone but the run was the best bit……. it was all amazing 😻

Dendev75 profile image
Dendev75Graduate10 in reply toSueAppleRun

There’s something quite exciting about running somewhere new, I think I need to give it a go. ☺️

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toDendev75

I really enjoyed it, Willow though was convinced I’d get lost so instead of going for breakfast he sat and tracked me on his phone 😀 which meant we had breakfast together

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Dendev75Graduate10 in reply toSueAppleRun

🤣 I probably would get lost - I have no sense of direction at all 🤪

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grumpyoldgirl

Fab U LOUS darling!!! If anyone deserves a brilliant weekend it's you, and you are rocking that outfit ❤️( I could never get those boots to fit - probably just as well, I did enough damage with the shoes😬)

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply togrumpyoldgirl

The boots were great but we wobbled a bit and took them off on the way back to the hotel and walked the rest of the way in our socks 😂

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grumpyoldgirl in reply toSueAppleRun

😂

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MrBassmanjazz

Sounds great. I, too, could not resist Hash Browns and Beans.

SueAppleRun profile image
SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toMrBassmanjazz

I resisted the bacon eggs mushrooms and black pudding though 🤣

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Great photos W&S, it reminds me of the parkrun I ran on the 14th May this year, there was an Abba theme because it was the same day as the 2022 Eurovison Song Contest.

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toAlMorr

That sounds great Al

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate10 in reply toSueAppleRun

It was great, it was also the parkruns 8th birthday, after the run we all had a piece of birthday cake 🎂.

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toAlMorr

Very nice

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Hedgehogs123Graduate10

Oh wow, fabulous pic!!! I'm really envious, always loved Abba, I bet it was brilliant!!

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toHedgehogs123

It was amazing we had such a good time

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BeatlesforeverGraduate10

Brilliant! 🕺 and getting a run in as well, very impressive 👏👏👏

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toBeatlesforever

I just had to run, it was wonderful too

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59erGraduate10

Haha - good for you. I'm not surprised you didn't take any notice of Coach or the music. Just soaking up that London atmosphere would've been great. Oh! how I envy you. I remember visiting friends in my first days of C25K and running across Blackheath and in to Greenwich Park where I used to play as a child. I just loved it! It's times like these that make me realise why I enjoy running and wishing I'd started years ago! 😊

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply to59er

Yes me too, I ran in my 20’s then on and off but not much until i was 63, now I just love running anywhere and London was special

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YesletsgoAdministratorGraduate10

You both look fantastic, what a great trip!Boots like that are the reason I thought I couldn't run 😂. ... but they do look good!

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toYesletsgo

I really love the boots and sort of wish I’d got black so I can wear them again say under jeans, can’t imagine wearing white boots again 😂

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Martlet76

You are right ..... it had to be done. We'll doneM76

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toMartlet76

Thanks 😊 it was wonderful

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