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The Polar Expedition ( kind of)

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So as school was cancelled and work would be from the sofa, my son and I decided to go for an expedition to the woods....

The snow here is a good foot and I thought that the woods would be fairly snow free due to the canopy..... erm I couldnโ€™t have been more wrong...

Running in deep snow is flipping hard work... so we took the approach of running for about half a mile then walking. Luckily as we know the woods we knew where the tricky roots and rocky parts were. In the snow everything gets smoothed off like icing on a rough cake. It was so special to run on snow that was completely fresh with just the odd animal footprint in it.

We covered 6 miles and by the end we were so hungry and tired so we stopped off at the corner shop and got some chocolate and pizzas for lunch ๐Ÿฅ—

Have fun and take care.... we had a few little trips on the way but we were fine as we kept it super slow...

Great training for the Artctic Marathon ( I really really want to do this one)... anyone interested??

Happy Panthering

Juju

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Oldfloss profile image
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Wow and wow... great pikkies Ju-ju.. what a super run :)

If I was twenty years younger.... the Ice would appeal :) I was watching a programme about the Ice Maiden Expedition...wow!!!

Go you x

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ju-ju-Marathonโ€ข in reply toOldfloss

Thankyou... it was great fun but jolly hard too.... ooo that film sounds good...

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OldflossAdministratorโ€ข in reply toju-ju-

It was... incredible...:)

Btw, Did you get your photos of the Snowdon Horseshoe I sent you Ju?

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ju-ju-Marathonโ€ข in reply toOldfloss

Oh my goodness, I just saw it, Iโ€™m so sorry, that email account gets abandoned and I have about 15k of emails.... oops. Wow itโ€™s soooo beautiful, what an amazing place to have a holiday home....... fantastic, Thankyou so much for sending xxxx

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OldflossAdministratorโ€ข in reply toju-ju-

No worries.. I just imagined you next October haring around there...I am determined to be at the start or finish line to watch:)

We should have been at the coast, Thursday.... unfortunately the snow had other ideas... good job we did not go though..power cuts due to falling trees and no water supply :) Every cloud eh:) xx

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ancientrunnerHalf Marathon

You certainly earned the pizzas and chocolate.

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ju-ju-Marathonโ€ข in reply toancientrunner

They were lovely ๐Ÿ˜‹

roseabi profile image
roseabiUltramarathon

Love this! Snow ninja panthers โ„๏ธ๐Ÿฑโ€๐Ÿ‘คโค๏ธ

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ju-ju-Marathonโ€ข in reply toroseabi

Hee hee we were, it was great to be out with him...

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C3POMarathon

Glad you had a good time!

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ju-ju-Marathonโ€ข in reply toC3PO

Thankyou...

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SaskAlliecatHalf Marathon

That looks so amazing! Perhaps you two were a couple of snow leopards (Panthera uncia) today ๐Ÿค“?

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ju-ju-Marathonโ€ข in reply toSaskAlliecat

Ooh yes I like that idea....

Decker profile image
DeckerUltramarathon

Looks like great fun! Great pics as always ju-ju!

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ju-ju-Marathonโ€ข in reply toDecker

Thankyou so much, yes it was ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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HeleneCorsa

Wonderful photos - sounds like the perfect day! I hope my sons and daughter (or any of them) will be eilling to do this with me when they get older. (High hopes for my middle son).

The Arctic marathon looks amazing. I can definitely see you soon g it one day!

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ju-ju-Marathonโ€ข in reply toHeleneCorsa

Hooray, itโ€™s not often I get to run with him but itโ€™s fab when I do.... and I so hope you get to run with yours. Yes itโ€™s on my list but itโ€™s terribly expensive not to mention challenging!!

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misswobbleMarathonโ€ข in reply toju-ju-

I read that as chocolate pizzas โ˜บ๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Š

Way to go matey, that looks like dead good fun ! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿ‘. Itโ€™s great that your son enjoys it too ๐Ÿ˜ƒ. I wish mine did. He wonโ€™t even walk. Chip off the old block โ˜น๏ธ

Itโ€™s great to run and get worn out, but in a good way, and then you are saved by a hot drink and a hot meal that is so darned good it just makes it all so much more enjoyable ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ

I am out in a bit but no hot meal made in readiness. Iโ€™ll find something ๐Ÿ˜‹

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