It's definitely event season! We need ALL YOUR BEST POMPOMS for our runners this weekend!

[Sqkr]

Oof it's another biggie. I had to get a coffee made just to get through this week's pompompost! Here goes, in no particular order (well, actually the order they appear in the diary)...

📢 Jonno34 is running the Cablenet Run the Park 5K in Cyprus! dromearacing.com/en/races/5...

📢 Chris9R , TailChaser and MrFox001 are running in Stratford's Big 10K! tempoevents.co.uk/events/st...

📢 It's the Great North Run...and our Great North Runners this year are LittleNell83 , Colinsmith and Piglet7969 ! greatrun.org/great-north-run

📢 Sandraj39 is running the Cranleigh 10K! southernrunningguide.com/ra...

📢 pianoteacher is running the Hellingly 10K! eventrac.co.uk/race-course-...

📢 madmother has moved off the forum to the Bridge, but I think she still deserves a cheer for running the Warwick Wolf Run 10K! thewolfrun.com/autumnwolf/

📢 Runsome is running the Rye Ancient Trails 30K! nice-work.org.uk/races/Rye-...

📢 SlowLoris and acebiros are running the New Forest Half! newforestmarathon.co.uk/#top

📢 UpTheStanley and Dexy5 are running the New Forest 10K! newforestmarathon.co.uk/the...

GOOD LUCK RUNNERS! Hope you have a lovely day, and tell us all about it!

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon]

Good luck everyone! Woohoo go Team HU! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[pianoteacher Marathon Half Marathon]

Thanks for the shout out!

Good Luck Team 😁

Special mention for Runsome in the Rye Ancient Trails 30k. I ought to be running it as Beachy Head Marathon prep but I've gone for Hellingly 10k instead to bag some points for my running club in the Sussex Grand Prix series. Looks great - hope you enjoy it! xx

[Runsome Marathon in reply to pianoteacher]

Thanks Marie only just seen message my notifications seem to have stopped again 👍😀

[Irish-John Marathon]

Very very best wishes to you all! Have a Ball!!!

[roseabi Ultramarathon]

Wowsers!!!!!! Good luck everyone, and have fun!!!! And post your reports afterwards 😊😊😊

[GoGo_JoJo Ultramarathon]

Fabulous! Good luck to all, and have a ball 👍🏻😁🍭

[Snuffy_T Half Marathon]

Best of luck guys xxx

[O505k Half Marathon]

Good luck to all. Special mention to @Jonno34 running in the heat in Cyprus!

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

Thanks for the shout out Sqkr. We walked the 10k course this afternoon and picked up our race packs. So beautiful. I’ll def be in shorts as there’s not much breeze in the Forest. Good luck to @slowloris and @acebiros in the HM and to everyone else running this weekend.

[over61andstilltrying 10 Miles in reply to Dexy5]

Have a great time Dexy and UpTheStanley !!! Enjoy every moment!

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to over61andstilltrying]

Thank you over61 - I am sure we shall. We walked the route today and removed all chunks of dead wood off the path, but there are puddles, tree routes and tree stumps, so I’m not thinking PB. 😂😂

[limberlou Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

Good luck to all of you. I’ll be with you in spirit....🙄

[over61andstilltrying 10 Miles]

Wow! You amazing lot you! 15 if I counted correctly! Have a wonderful time in every possible way. 🏃🏽🏃‍♀️🏃🏽🏃‍♀️🏃🏽🏃‍♀️🏃🏽🏃‍♀️🏃🏽🏃‍♀️🏃🏽🏃‍♀️🏃🏽🏃‍♀️🏃🏽🏁😊

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon]

Looking forward to my 10k - the start line is about 5 minutes walk from house 🙂 and the second half of the course is part of one of my regular running routes!

Good luck to everyone running this weekend - enjoy!🏃🏻🏃🏽‍♀️😀

[aliboo70 Half Marathon in reply to Sandraj39]

Good luck Sandra! ! 🏃🏃🏃👍💪💪xxx

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon in reply to aliboo70]

Thanks Ali! 🙂x

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to Sandraj39]

That’s handy Sandra, the bit I’m not looking forward to is our journey - not sure how many others will be heading on those single carriageway roads. Will probably get there far too early but can’t risk being late.

Enjoy your 10k

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

Thanks Dexy - you too. And I hope the journey goes ok. 🤞

[aliboo70 Half Marathon]

Wow that's a lot of races!! Have loads of fun!😊keep on running x

[Alissum Half Marathon]

Best of luck to you all 🍀 Enjoy your races 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏅

[Bluebirdrunner]

Good luck everyone in your events... you will be fabulous!😊xx

[Colinsmith Half Marathon]

Thanks Sqkr and thanks to everyone for the PomPom shake. I’ll endeavour to do the forum proud. 😊 A gentle little parkrun in the morning won’t do any harm before running a half the next day, will it...?

Good luck to everyone in their events this weekend.

[Jonno34 Marathon]

Just leaving to get there. Will put some sort of report on later, ran 8k on Wed so should be OK. It is amazing having gone through C25K and B210K 5k is no longer daunting yet I can remember it being some dim and distant target!

[marco83 Marathon]

Good luck everyone!!!!!!!! Enjoy your event

[Chris9R 10 Miles]

Can’t wait. Good luck everyone 👍🏻🏃🏽‍♂️🐐😁

[Jonno34 Marathon]

It was hot, bloody hot! Hotter than expected! After a few cooler days it ramped up again today and it was 33 deg. Not only that, loads of long uphills, think nearly beat me. Started way too fast, then a dirt track section, lots of dust had me wheezing a bit, long slow hills in direct sunlight, short downhill sections. Did 8 k wed as using B210K as a training plan for October 10ks, that was no trouble but this was hard really hard. But I did it and got my bling! PB too!

Can I post photos?

[SaskAlliecat Half Marathon in reply to Jonno34]

Yikes! That’s hot to run a race in 🥵. If you put up a new post you can add a picture or use a picture collage app to put up multiple pictures. We’d love to see some pictures 🙂

[Decker Ultramarathon]

Best of luck everyone!

[SaskAlliecat Half Marathon]

Good luck everyone! I’m looking forward to reading all the race reports

[David_G Metric Marathon]

Wow, loads of you out there this weekend!🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Good luck to you all. We’ll all be rooting for you!🙂👍👏👏👏

[C3PO Marathon]

Good luck, everyone! Looking forward to those reports.

[Katnap Marathon]

I'm in the Stratford Big 10k also. Looking forward to meeting up with our VRBs! 😁

[UpTheStanley Half Marathon in reply to Katnap]

All the best mate 😀

[Katnap Marathon in reply to UpTheStanley]

I'm going sub 1hour even if it kills me!

[UpTheStanley Half Marathon in reply to Katnap]

20k ❓in an hour probably will - are you still with us?

[Katnap Marathon in reply to UpTheStanley]

Oops! Typo. Should be 10k. Edit to follow...

[UpTheStanley Half Marathon]

Thanks for the shout Sqkr - Dexy and I are up and about at least 🛌🚶🏼‍♂️🍮

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

The New Forest 10k was great, and both UTS and I got PBS. I’ve posted it on the bridge210k as it seems more appropriate