Happy 2020!

[Katiepops]

Good morning campers! Now up and at ‘em park runners; the year starts at 9 😊🏃‍♀️

[Madge50 Marathon]

Of course! I’m up for a double.........🏃‍♀️💪👍 (and a volunteer....😎)

Enjoy!

Laters!.........🙋‍♀️

Mx

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

I was so looking forward to New Year’s parkrun. The bagpipes, Ald Lang Syne. But a dodgy tummy put paid to that. Stayed in bed ☹️. I hope you all had a great run for me.

[Katiepops Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

Oh no! Nice to be out, but chilly in those hills!x

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

Ahh, feel better soon Dexy 😘

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to linda9389]

I’m sure it had nothing to do with last night’s alcohol consumption 🥳

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

Or maybe you need more practice in that department 😀

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to linda9389]

🍹🍷🍾🥂😃

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

What about throwing a beer into the mix while you're at it 🍻

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to linda9389]

🤢

[JonathanP 10 Miles in reply to Dexy5]

Sorry to hear that Dexy - what a pain!😢 Hope you make a speedy recovery

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to JonathanP]

Thanks Jonathan, it was strange lying in bed while UTS went to parkrun. Just like the old days before I discovered I could run, and he would do it on his own. but I wanted to be there to link arms and sing auld Lang syne with all my parkrun buddies, and wish them all a happy new year. No way I could though. I didn’t even feel up to watching. Back to normal today though.

[JonathanP 10 Miles in reply to Dexy5]

Yes very disappointing, but better safe than sorry! Glad you're back to full strength now 👍

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

I volunteered as I knew we had a late, food and alcohol fuelled NYE planned (did the same last year). 660 runners, two of us handing out finish tokens - that's approximately 330 'Well done, Happy New Year, great way to start' s 🙂.

Put me in a proper good mood and thoroughly enjoyed my ride afterwards 😍

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to linda9389]

That’s interesting. We have two finish token volunteers but one takes tokens off a lace and pass to the other in small batches, and one passes to the runners.

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

We have two people giving out tokens and another holding the strings. It buys her a bit more time when she needs to swap iver, without us holding (dropping) too many at a time. At the busiest point we hand out 10 to 20 tokens in seconds!

[Katiepops Half Marathon]

We had a monster PR with loads doing the double, Tring, then running the 3 mile trail to Wendover Woods in between. 475 which is 4 x our usual turn out. It’s a lovely scenic 1 lap course if you’re ever in the Chiltern area. It’s a course that’s downhill and not downhill 😜🤣🤣 Well worth a bit of PR tourism, lovely cafe at the end and loads of parking. X