Well it had to be done

[SueAppleRun]

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 🤣🤣🤣

[PeggySusi]

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

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to PeggySusi]

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

[PeggySusi in reply to SueAppleRun]

😂😂

[Sandraj39 Graduate10]

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

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Sandraj39]

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

[LottieMW Ambassador]

Oh you look fabulous!

…I always fell off my platform shoes 🙈

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to LottieMW]

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

[ForbiddenPlanet Graduate10]

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

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to ForbiddenPlanet]

Yes and we did 😀

[Instructor57 Graduate10]

Haha, fantastic, and a run as well 😬👍

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Instructor57]

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

[Instructor57 Graduate10]

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

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Instructor57]

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

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

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

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Oldfloss]

My daughter downloaded C25K first

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

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.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Dexy5]

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 Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

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

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Oldfloss]

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

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Oh yes you looked great!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10]

Looking so good.... well done you !

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Thank you

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

You look fabulous!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Oldfloss]

We felt fabulous but our feet didn’t

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Ouchie!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Oldfloss]

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

[RunBrianRun Graduate10]

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 🤷‍♂️

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to RunBrianRun]

Probably, but I’m so pleased I ran

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate]

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! 😊😊😊

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Frenc]

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

[Doris8 Graduate10]

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

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Doris8]

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

[Birdlady64 Graduate10]

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.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Birdlady64]

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

[lexi6 Graduate10]

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

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to lexi6]

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

[lexi6 Graduate10]

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

[Irishprincess Graduate10]

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

Happy days 😍

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Irishprincess]

Thank you IP it really was amazing

[Me_time Graduate10]

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

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Me_time]

Thank you, that was the idea and it worked

[Mudita11 Graduate10]

Mamma Mia your outfits look good!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Mudita11]

Thank you 😊

[Dendev75 Graduate10]

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

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Dendev75]

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

[Dendev75 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

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

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Dendev75]

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

[Dendev75 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

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

[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😬)

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

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 😂

[grumpyoldgirl in reply to SueAppleRun]

😂

[MrBassmanjazz]

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

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to MrBassmanjazz]

I resisted the bacon eggs mushrooms and black pudding though 🤣

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

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.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to AlMorr]

That sounds great Al

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

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

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to AlMorr]

Very nice

[Hedgehogs123 Graduate10]

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

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Hedgehogs123]

It was amazing we had such a good time

[Beatlesforever Graduate10]

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

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Beatlesforever]

I just had to run, it was wonderful too

[59er Graduate10]

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! 😊

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to 59er]

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

[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate10]

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!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Yesletsgo]

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 😂

[Martlet76]

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

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Martlet76]

Thanks 😊 it was wonderful