It's almost the weekend! That means POMPOMS 💥💥💥

[Sqkr]

A busy Sunday ahead! A quick check of my phone says that the weather is going to be...oo blimey. Sleet! Hopefully that's just here in the badlands of Edinburgh... Well, you know what cold weather means: fill your post-race thermos and go 10% faster to ward off the icy chill!

★ pinkaardvark taking a break from cutting about the skies in the Thetford Forest 10K Hoohah! Hoorah! (see what I did there?) hoohaah.co.uk/our-events/th...

★ Let out your very best Kentish battlecry of INVICTAAAAA for Langley-Loper , who is running the Heart of Kent Hospice 10K! hokh.org/events/detail/maid...

★ Alissum is braving the bracing northern climes in the Inverness Half! invernesshalfmarathon.co.uk/

★ Agelesslass , thoroughly living up to her name and running the Chester 10K! activeleisureevents.co.uk/c...

★ A forum doubler in the Vitality Big Half in London for AntSharpe and mfamilias ! thebighalf.co.uk/

★ Fabulous Lorijay fleet of foot in the Florette Fradley 10K! kpevents.net/5379/event-flo...

And an early pompom for a midweek race...

★ Lordi has his next Espoo City Arena event on Wednesday! Are you doing the full marathon Lordi, or a half? I can't keep up with your incredible distances!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

[Macmac Marathon]

Good luck everyone! Hope the weather is kind and you have an enjoyable event! 😀

[C3PO Marathon]

Good luck this weekend, everyone!

[pianoteacher Marathon Half Marathon]

Good luck everyone 😁

[Whatsapp Half Marathon]

Good luck one and all - I look forward to reading the race reports !!

[SaskAlliecat Half Marathon]

Whoohoo! Another great weekend of races meaning lots of race reports to come! Best of luck everyone!

[roseabi Ultramarathon]

Go go go go GO!!!!!!! 😎💥😘💪

[Decker Ultramarathon]

That pic is a stroke of genius! Best of luck to everyone running this weekend!!

[misswobble Marathon]

Cool runnings 😬 everyone 💪👍😃. Have fun y’all ☕️🍰🧁🏅

[Alissum Half Marathon]

Thanks for the good wishes everyone 😁

Inverness half marathon has just sent out a cold weather warning for Sunday’s run. Cold with wintry showers 🥶🌨. Also an essential kit list which includes waterproof trousers and wool socks 😵, although the wool socks should only be worn if they have been used in training and the runner is used to running in wet wool socks 😱🤣. Should I take my wellies 🤔

🤣 I’m sure I’ll laugh about it on Monday with my fellow work colleagues who will be running the Inverness half marathon with me🤔😂

I think the slower runners like me will need to have extra stamina on Sunday as we will be out in the cold for longer than the speedy runners 🏃🏼‍♀️

Good luck to everyone running at the weekend. I hope the weather will be kind to you 😄

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Alissum]

Oof - best wishes!!! xxx

[Sqkr Half Marathon in reply to Alissum]

If in doubt run penguin style, in the middle of a big clump of others who bear the brunt of the weather!

[Decker Ultramarathon in reply to Alissum]

Bring some hip waders to be safe 😁! And maybe a snorkel

[Alissum Half Marathon in reply to Decker]

A yellow warning for snow has been issued. Think I’m going to need snow shoes.

[MutleyShuffle Half Marathon in reply to Alissum]

😬 Good luck!

[Decker Ultramarathon in reply to Alissum]

Wow they need to make up their minds. 😁 Best of luck and fo smash it!

[Equi-geek 10 Miles]

Best of luck everyone! Hope the wind is light and the hills are easy!

[Irish-John Marathon]

Best wishes for a great run y'all 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

[Lysia Half Marathon]

Good luck, everybody!

[Langley-Loper Half Marathon]

Wow - I'm impressed you knew the Kent "Invicta" thingy!

Here in the sunny south, the current Kent weather forecast for Sunday is "Sunny intervals and a fresh breeze, 7 degC feels like 4 degC". That's definitely long sleeves weather but a bit borderline on shorts versus 3/4 lengths. I may be brave and leave my gloves at home, but then again I do get grumpy if I have cold hands...

I'm looking forward to this as:

a) It's my first event since 30 September

b) I will be meeting up with 2 ex-work colleagues/friends, one of which I did my HM with last year. We had ice cream after that but I expect it might be hot coffee for this one.

c) It's raising money for a good cause

d) I don't have to go cycling on Sunday on my razor blade road bike saddle

Thanks for all the good wishes everyone and the same out to my fellow event runners this weekend.

[Sqkr Half Marathon in reply to Langley-Loper]

I went to school in Canterbury from 4-18 😄 My running scrapbook is called the Invicta Diaries!

Four excellent reasons to have a good run. And there's nothing to stop you having ice cream as well as coffee...

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Very good luck everyone. Hope the weather isn't too unkind.

[over61andstilltrying Half Marathon]

I hope that your races surpass your expectations in every way. Have fun! 😊

[Lordi Marathon]

Good luck to everyone!

Although my Espoo DIY Marathon weekly event is a "marathon", there are a hardcore who run 42k every week and a few of us still consolidating on just the HM. Plan to extend my Tuesday runs towards 30k soon.

[Oldfloss Administrator]

Run well.. run safe...run HAPPY!!! Everyone!

[aliboo70 Half Marathon]

Wow busy weekend !good luck everyone!😊xxx

[MatildasPb Half Marathon]

Good luck everyone and may the wind be behind you.💨

[MutleyShuffle Half Marathon]

Good luck everyone! 🏃🏃🏅🏅

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

You’ll have finished your runs by now but I hope all went well and lots of bling collected 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️👏👏🏅🏅🏅