Well, what can I say! I’m not sure I’ve still really managed to process it all. Thanks to Dexy5 who wasn’t running this year, but who willingly took on the job of organising us, we had a brilliant weekend. After checking into our hotels on Saturday, we all met up at an Italian restaurant for the obligatory carb loading, then returned to the Queen’s in Southsea where most of us were staying, for a very teetotal drink (except for Mr cheekychipmunks and Mr Sandie1961, who disappeared off to the bar, as they weren’t running, but acting as cheerleaders). After a slight disturbance from the hotel fire alarm, Sunday dawned bright and thankfully wind free (weather wise 😂) despite the weather forecast for much of the week, so we toddled off to the start line which was all of 200m from the hotel 😃😃 I met up with linda9389 and @roseabi and we strolled down to the start line (20 minutes) together, had a selfie, crossed the line and within 200m they had left me for dust 😂 The first 7-8 miles went fine, but then I started to struggle a bit, although I was determined to run it all this year. Finish time 1.55.02, which was 3 minutes slower than last year, but, you know what, I didn’t care. It’s a fab race and it was fantastic to meet up with so many HU friends, both running and supporting. Roll on next year 😃😃
Great South Run mahoosive meet up: Well, what... - Bridge to 10K
Great South Run mahoosive meet up
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Amazing! what a lovely time you all had and what a race
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Ha ha, now you know how I felt when we started together at the London 10k- off you were in a puff of smoke! I’m so glad you got to meet roseabi though.
We really were lucky with the weather, it was very windy on Saturday and then it absolutely poured down on Sunday evening.
So very well done Sandie, a lovely T-shirt and a new medal, and a brilliant time in my eyes. It won’t be long until the next (shorter) event, which will be a hoot.
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Brilliant !
sounds like you all had an amazing time and great to see HU well represented 😁
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Superb run Sandie and an amazing time in fairly warm conditions. You get the prize for the quickest musketeer…maybe I need an age adjusted score these days! Just a really lovely weekend which will live long in my memory. I have just woken up in my chair!
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Wasn’t that the best weekend Sandie? You’re a speedy one even when you think you’re not. 💥 Hope you’re enjoying your hard earned bling as much as I am! 🏅
I’m glad the cheering hubbies got to hang out together again too! Cheeky monkeys sneaking off to the bar, in the most secluded spot possible! 😅
See you again extremely soon. 👏
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I'm loving all these reports, such joy and enthusiasm is so infectious.
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Well done Sandie - lovely to meet you at last!
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Famtastic! It sounds as though everyone had such a brilliant time. Well done! 😊😊😊
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Ohhh, I'd fogotten that start line wait 🙈. That was a great finish time, especially considering all the events you have on!
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Well done Sandie! 😀👏🏅🏃♀️ That sounds like lots of fun 😁👏
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well done Sandie - it’s great reading all these fab reports!👏👏🙂🏅
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It’s lovely to see a picture of so many HUers 👍😀 Lovely pic 😊 Well done Sandie in your GSR. Bet you can’t wait for the next one.
A year in the planning Brian, reunions with some and first time actual meetings with others. It couldn’t have gone better, other than if we had all actually been fully fit 🤧🤕 Venice this weekend 🇮🇹 😃😃
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I've really enjoyed reading the posts about this event but it didn't really register how many of you did it. It's brilliant that all met up.
Congratulations, that time sounds amazing to me 👍☺️
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Sounds like you all had a great evening 👌🏻. It was lovely meeting you on the race day and your time was excellent! Hoping to improve on my time next year - and to see everyone again would be just fab! X
Congratulations! It sounds like you all had a fabulous weekend! 👏🏻
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My GSR app is heaving with all the names of people I know who were there, including a C25K graduate from a group I organised 3 years ago who now lives in Pompey!
A fantastic day with fantastic company both on and around the course 😎👍
🐱 Katnap 🐱
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how lovely to meet up with everyone and great run!🥇🥇
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You’ll be fine 😃Mine arrived on Thursday!