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Marshalling in the rain this morning as still can’t do a full run. Met a lovely chap who treated us both to a coffee before the runners made their way round the lake. Love you Mervyn... coffees are on me next week πŸ’•πŸƒπŸ»β€β™€οΈπŸ’•

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Well done you! I did finish tokens at my local PR this morning - glad of my overtrousers in the drizzly bits! But coffee before it starts? That’s living dangerously in my book - unless there’s a convenient convenience!!

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Vintage61Graduateβ€’ in reply toOldgirlruns

I held out, trotted back to the car though πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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OldgirlrunsGraduateβ€’ in reply toVintage61

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Well done you on volunteering at parkrun , hope you enjoyed your coffee. Hope you are getting better 😊😊

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Vintage61Graduateβ€’ in reply toBuddy34

All going in the right direction, thank you 😊

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Good for you, our Parkrun was cancelled as the park lake flooded the route. Gutted as it would have been my tenth. Sorry your still not running , but you will be back with us soon. Xx

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Vintage61Graduateβ€’ in reply toRogie55

Will do. What a shame! There’s always next week though x

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Rogie55Graduateβ€’ in reply toVintage61

Meant to be a better day! Lol

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That’s so nice and volunteering is actually quite fun when you cant run

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Well done for volunteering. Hope you're back in the game soon. ☺

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Vintage61Graduateβ€’ in reply toDebston

Thank you 😊

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Aww, Mervyn sounds like a proper gent!

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Ah perfect way to start the day! Well done Mervyn for looking after folk πŸ‘

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