Not such a busy race roster as last week, but we do have one more of Abi's Half Marathon plan graduates to come! I've got that badge polished and ready to go 😁🏅
★ Take a bow David_G , running the Croydon Half! nice-work.org.uk/races/Croy...
★ Across the water we also have Decker , in the 30K Around the Bay Road Race! bayrace.com/
★ Aaaaaaand continuing the bay theme, HoagyM is running the Cardiff bay 10k!
Good luck everyone 😄
Thanks Sqkr. Actually mine is just 30k not 30 mile. Not quite ready for that 😁
Best wishes y'all for a wonderful run 
David_G - if you are running past Croydon City Hall please wave at my old friend there, Vicky the Second
Thanks Irish-John, the route doesn’t go past the town hall but I’ll be passing Vicky’s statue on the way to lunch, so I’ll give her a wave then. 👋
I miss Croydon. I enjoyed living there for a while in the 2000s. I grabbed a few brief hours there on the way to Gatwick a few years ago but was shocked to see how many small shops and businesses were gone, and the Whitfield centre looking very neglected. However, I've been told that a huge revival is well under way.
One thing for sure though - it was always, over the space of the twenty years or so I was either in or just passing through, somehow very reassuring to see Vicky at her ease and unchanged
A sense of permanence in a chaotic life
Hi John, it’s a bit of a ghost town now unless you like bookmakers and charity shops.😳 Westfield are supposed to be building a new shopping centre to replace the Whitgift, but only time will tell how that goes!🤔
In the meantime the town will no doubt stagger along.
I’ll post on here tomorrow to let you know how I got on🙂🤞
I will be cheering you on Dave
Heck - even better, I just might be able to buy you a beer in the Porter and Sorter in October or November I'm hoping to get a trip in to London/Sussex around then
Sounds great John. The Porter & Sorter is still there. There’s a 50 storey building going up opposite East Croydon station, so I doubt you’ll recognise the place!😳🤣
They are not taking down the thrupenny bit building I hope!!
Heaven forfend!!!
Hi John, no that’s still there. It’s now called “One Croydon” or something similar. No idea why!🤣
Well well well... Hyacinth "Bouqet" must be in residence 😂
I used to lurk around Alpha road myself Cannot get over what the house there is worth these days Croydon real estate is no joke
Good luck everyone - "be fleet of foot and come home safe"!😀👍
Enjoy! Good luck and have a great run everyone!
Good luck everyone 😁
Woot!Woot! Good luck Runners and Enjoy your events!
Good luck all! Hope you have an enjoyable event! 😀
Good luck everyone! Go go go! 😊🏃💪
Good luck and happy running 🏃♂️ 🏃♂️🏃♂️😁
Thanks to everyone and best of luck to David, HoagyM and anyone else running this weekend
Thanks Sqkr! I don’t think mine will be fast or pretty but I’ll get round somehow🙂👍🏃♂️
All the best everyone have fun and enjoy your races xxx
Good luck all.
