The Charity Beach Hut 10K

[Biddy62]

Just wanted to report on the success of my charity run 😊

As some of you know I am aiming to run my first HM at Royal Parks to raise funds for The Alzheimer’s Society in memory of my dear dad. To help my fundraising I organised a 10k run along Frinton-on-Sea seafront. Lots of lovely ladies from my running group plus the school where I work, made donations and we all gathered yesterday morning. 16 of us in total! The threatened rain stayed away and it was a glorious day. We ran an out and back loop along the quiet beachfront with a gentle breeze to keep us cool. We returned to the beach hut for bacon rolls and cake 🍰👍🏻 plus everyone was rewarded with my homemade, hand painted medals. Everyone was so complimentary about the whole thing and were very generous with more donations for a raffle.

It was a great day and so much fun - and best of all we raised lots of money for Alzheimer’s.

[Decker Ultramarathon]

Sounds like a wonderful event all round. I would think your Dad would be so proud of you for putting this day together in memory pf him. Plus bacon rolls and cake 😍

[Biddy62 Half Marathon in reply to Decker]

Thank you. He would have liked the bacon rolls too 🤣

[Whatsapp Half Marathon]

How lovely. Well done to you. Love the medals too!!

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon]

Sounds absolutely lovely and such a great cause too. My dad had Alzheimer's too so this is close to my heart.

Those are really great photos. Especially the bacon one 😋

[Biddy62 Half Marathon in reply to Irishprincess]

Took a bit of stage managing that one 😜

I’m sorry you lost your dad to that awful disease. It’s heartbreaking. It stole my lovely dad away piece by piece so that when he passed I realised I’d lost him long ago 😔. Would you like me to run for your dad too? I’ll add his name to my label on my back. You can message me his name.

Ps. I’m Irish too ☘️

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Biddy62]

Bless you, what a lovely kind thing to do. I'll PM you. Sadly there are so many people affected nowadays, it's just heart wrenching.

And hello fellow Irish person 👋 There are a few of us here ☘

[Biddy62 Half Marathon in reply to Irishprincess]

I think it’s only when you have a loved one who is ill like this and with hindsight you start to realise the implications. So sad.

I’ll look for your message. Xx ☘️

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

That sounds far better than signing up for a race that says it is supporting a charity but gives a very small percentage of the entry fee to them. I do love your bling and the fact that everyone got stuck in to help. It looks a lovely place to run too.

Well done Biddy 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Biddy62 Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

Thank you. All in a good cause.

I’m having to do s re- run (pardon the pun 🤣) in October as some people have FOMO! 🤣. Still - more funds for AS..

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to Biddy62]

And you get to eat bacon butties all over again. 😀

[Biddy62 Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

Oh yes!! 🤣🤣

[Deals1 Metric Marathon]

this looks fab! love the hand painted medal and food. Great job of organising ! and fundraising too

[Biddy62 Half Marathon]

Thank you. I really enjoyed doing it! Runners are such lovely people 😜