It's Friday!!! 😊😊😊 Events for March 14th & 15th

[roseabi]

Hey groovy people!

It's Friday, and you get a special bonus of not one, not two, but THREE Marathon posts from Me!!! 😂

Actually, given the subject-matter of my other posts, I am a little hesitant to post this. And by the way, anyone with a cancelled event, or who is thinking they should give their race a miss, please do have a look at our Virtual Race Badges post: healthunlocked.com/marathon...

However, we always want to celebrate our runners, and I know you will all be following the advice to keep safe. So let's raise our sparkly pom poms for our runners this weekend!!!

On Saturday, March 14th:

★ tiggs1 in the Escape from Wych Wood 10K

flyingfoxrunning.co.uk/race...

★ AliHC in the St. Patrick's Day Purgatory 10k and a Pint

findarace.com/events/st-pad...

And on Sunday, March 15th:

★ linda9389 , Irishprincess , Redcello41 , cheekychipmunks (hope you all can still make it - I know there were some injuries???) in the Bath Half Marathon

bathhalf.co.uk/

★ Tasha99 in the Bradford 10K

epilepsy.org.uk/support-our...

★ baileeyx in the Fleet Half Marathon

fleethalfmarathon.com/

★ Lysia in the Brentwood Half Marathon

brentwoodhalf.org/

★ Sandie1961 and onemdc in the Hampton Court Palace Half Marathon

palacehalf.com/

★ Kevtrev in the Brentwood Half Marathon

brentwoodhalf.org/

To these lovely lollopers, and to everyone else running anywhere this weekend:

GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN!!!!!!!

The Marathon Team xxx

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

How brilliant to have so many people running this weekend. Good luck to each and every one of you, and special thoughts for those doing the distance for the first time.

I shall be waving my Pom poms from the IC and looking forward to post race reports and pictures of bling 🏃‍♀️🏃🏽🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃🏽

[David_G Metric Marathon]

Good luck everyone! Stay safe and enjoy yourselves🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏅👏👏👏

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Thank you! Bath decided yesterday to go ahead. After a chat with hubbie we've decided to go. I'm not sure if it's the right decision or not but I'm as sure as I can be that neither of us are unwell, and I figure catching it before the peak might have some advantages (clutching at straws here maybe!). I may not get to the starting pens as early as I might have done and certainly won'tbe clinging to the railing, will take my own water and keep my tissues to myself, take care when taking my medal and water at the end (always assuming I make it). If anyone has any more suggestions, please let me know! Other than that I will keep my fingers firmly crossed.

Good luck to everyone else racing - have a good one; to anyone who has decided not to, or can't, keep thise fitness levels up -there will be lots of other opportunities 😘

[tiggs1 Marathon in reply to linda9389]

good luck Linda, you have worked hard training for this and deserve to run your race. So long as you don't go around licking people it will be fine. Runners in theory should be fit and healthy and as we are constantly drinking then in theory we are in a strong position to not get this

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to tiggs1]

OK. Maybe I'll take the little bottle as well - then I've got 500ml. Off to make a cup of tea 👍

Good luck to you too Tiggs (again!)

[tiggs1 Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Yes, try to avoid the aid stations and carry your own supplies Mine is a short run up some BIG hills and there is sure to be mud so a normal weekend for me

[Madge50 Marathon in reply to linda9389]

I had to laugh at the end of mine last week, a lady walking down beside me towards the goody bag tent, asked quite innocently......’do we get a medal?’ .......I thought whhaaattt! do we get a medal? ..........are you mad?........of course! I wouldn’t do all that and no medal!.......😂..............and I did wonder about how I’d get hold if it, luckily a mate was handing them out and sort of chucked it over my head without touching me.......like hoop la.....😂....

Mx

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Madge50]

I'm supposed to be handing out medals at LLHM in two weeks (😨), you've just added a whole new dimension to it. Maybe I better practise on family and friends first, wouldn't want to start a whole new category of running injury. Or maybe there'll be training before the race starts 😍😍😍

[Madge50 Marathon in reply to linda9389]

A sort of lasso technique might work....🤔....😂

Mx

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon]

Good luck to all fellow runners this weekend. It is going to be epic 😃

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Sandie1961]

Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy 😍

[onemdc in reply to Sandie1961]

Good luck Sandie I’m in wave 6 !

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon in reply to onemdc]

So am I 😃 Meet up?

[Joster Half Marathon]

Wow, what a line up. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!! Thinking of you all. Run well, stay safe. Enjoy it. xx

[AliHC Marathon]

Thank you roseabi ❤️

Happy Running EVERYONE 🎉

[Madge50 Marathon]

Good luck all, bring home the bling! Elbow bump and wuhan shake to you all....💪👟🏅😎

Mx

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Madge50]

Awesome

[misswobble Marathon]

Glad it’s game on 😃👍

GO GO GO GO runners all 💪😃👍🙂🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Have fun. I hope there’s plenty of cake 🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰😋

[Irish-John Marathon]

Wishing you all a most wonderful time

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon]

Hope everyone has a brilliant day and all emerge triumphant happy and IC free. You are all amazing.

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[SueKen Half Marathon]

Good luck everyone!

[Alissum Half Marathon]

Good luck runners 👍🏃🏼‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏅

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon]

Good luck everyone, enjoy your races 👍⭐😁

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon]

Thanks everyone. I still won’t believe Bath is happening until I get to the start line! Talk about keeping us on tenterhooks ........ I have the local news on now, and every sporting event around is being cancelled! Arggghh!

Good luck everyone else representing HU! Hope you all get to run. Stay safe. 😀😀😀😀😀

[JonathanP 10 Miles in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Go Cheeky (fingers crossed )!😀👍

[Run46 Half Marathon]

Whoop whoop, lots of lovely racing folks this weekend...let's pray there are no cancellations 🙏

Good luck everyone and special mention to our Bath Half Marathoners, hoping all your aches and pains have improved enough that you are good to run 🤞🤞🏃‍♀️

[pianoteacher Marathon Half Marathon]

Good luck guys! 😁

[aliboo70 Half Marathon]

Good luck everyone hope your races all go ahead and you have a great time xxx

[Sqkr Half Marathon]

Good luck everyone! I hope your events go well! 😄