Pom pom alert!!! 👋👋👋🎉🎉🎉📣📣📣

[linda9389]

Could you please dust off your pom poms and give your loudest cheer

★ for Jonno34 who is 'running with a smile' in the virtual Limassol 10k this Saturday limassolmarathon.com/ Good luck and enjoy!!!

and

★ for roseabi who has just completed a 50k solo ultra. Amazing!!!

If you are racing any event this coming week, comment below and we can cheer you too!

Have a great weekend, happy running!!!

Marathon Team xxx

EDITED to add roseabi 16.38

[SueKen Half Marathon]

Good luck Jonno34 !

[Fran6500 Half Marathon]

Have a great run😀😀

[Over62 Half Marathon]

Good luck Jonno34

[misswobble Marathon]

Oh how fab !

Have a wonderful time 😃💪👍🏃‍♂️

Good luck 😀

[SmilingTortoise1 Half Marathon]

Wishing you lots of good luck for Saturday Jonno34 😊Think positive, stay strong and go ace it 👊

[roseabi Ultramarathon]

Thanks Linda! 😍👍 And have fun Jonno34 xxx

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to roseabi]

I had this post on hold this morning just to make sure you had decided to do it. But as you didn't post to strava straight away I put it on here anyway - and had the line ready to add! Amazing run!

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to linda9389]

Thanks Linda! 😍

[Jonno34 Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Gobsmackingly so!

[Maddee_6333 Half Marathon in reply to roseabi]

Well done! 🤩

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Maddee_6333]

Thank you! xxx

[SmilingTortoise1 Half Marathon in reply to roseabi]

Well done roseabi an absolutely amazing run 👏👏👏

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to SmilingTortoise1]

Thank you! xxx

[Madge50 Marathon in reply to roseabi]

Blimey roseabi! 👏🏃‍♀️💪, go you!

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Madge50]

Thank you! xxx

[Tasha99 Marathon in reply to roseabi]

Wow well done! 💪🏽

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Tasha99]

Thank you! xxx

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon]

Good luck Jonno - and Wow! Go roseabi! Amazing achievement - quietly doing big things!🏃🏽‍♀️😀👏👏💪x

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Sandraj39]

That's why I thought we needed to make some noise 😅

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

👍definately - good call Linda!🙂

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Sandraj39]

Aw, thank you! 😍

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon in reply to roseabi]

😘

[Maddee_6333 Half Marathon]

Good luck everyone. Enjoy your runs!

[Couchpotato2 Marathon]

Have a great run Jonno and Abi, wow!

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Couchpotato2]

Thank you! xxx

[Run46 Half Marathon]

Whoop whoop...good luck Jonno, enjoy it, I hope the weather is kind🏃‍♂️🎉

And as for Roseabi and her 50K, wow amazing...well done and huge congrats 👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🎉🥂

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Run46]

Thank you! xxx

[Roxdog 10 Miles]

Wow!

Good luck.

And a 50k ultra. That's amazing. Must have been intense.

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Roxdog]

It was mostly fun 😊😊😊

[Roxdog 10 Miles in reply to roseabi]

I'm so impressed. I would love to run that far! Think a HM is enough for me though!

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Roxdog]

You say that now ... 😀

[Buddy34 Half Marathon]

Good luck Jonno34 with your virtual 10k. I hope you have a great run.😊👍

Massive congratulations roseabi on your solo 50k. You are absolutely amazing 👏👏👏👏💪💪💪💪🥳🥳🥳

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Buddy34]

Thanks Buddy xxx

[lexi6 10 Miles]

Good luck Jonno 👏🏻

[lexi6 10 Miles]

Incredible run Roseabi Wow! 💪🏻

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to lexi6]

Thank you! xxx

[Decker Ultramarathon]

Good luck Jonno! And huge congratulations Abi!!

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Decker]

Thank you xxxx

[Guinea70 Marathon]

Good luck 😀

[Kevin41 Half Marathon]

Best of luck Jonno34 I hope you have a speedy and enjoyable 10k today!!

Speechless for roseabi - what an amazing demonstration of endurance and athleticism!!! WOW!!!!

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Kevin41]

Thank you so much! xxx

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon]

Good luck Jonno34 , you’ve most definitely got this! 👊💪👏

And woohoo with bells and whistles on roseabi for a superhuman effort on your ultra! 🏃‍♀️💪👏🎉🍾🥳🎊

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Thanks Cheeky! xxx

[PandaCory]

Amazing work! 🏅👏👏👏👏🎉

[Jonno34 Marathon]

Well guys thanks, I am astounded by your support. Some will know I have had some issues recently and it has been over 2 months since I ran 10, having been up to 15 and training for a HM. Having been laid up I have gradually been trying to build distance with 7k last week being the current "long run". The Limassol 10k was an event that was cancelled earlier in the year and they decided a few weeks back to run it as a virtual event. It did not have to be today it could have been any time in the next couple of weeks but I threw caution to the wind and set a date. Yesterday we saw the first serious rains of the year and at 5am they were pounding on the roof. I like to get runs done early so I did think it may not go ahead. At first light the rain was coming down in stair rods, I got up anyway, put my running kit on to the astonished look from Mrs 34 and said 10am is the cut off.At 10am I got in the car and drove to my usual running area, the wind was pelting in off the sea still so I changed the route so it would be behind me on the coastal section. As it was all change I thought I would also do something different with my music and rather than my usual running mix went for one of my favourite live albums I knew I could get lost in. Partially as a nod to the cancelled gig next Sunday I had tickets for at the O2. Off I went. My plan, as I do with all my longs, was to get to the end so the method I use is to keep in Aerobic as much as possible and out of threshold. So with the odd toot from passing traffic and singing along merrily I trundled off. Carnage all over the place from passing tornadoes and the electric company repairing downed cables certainly made things a bit interesting to view. 5 passed no problem but at 7 sciatica kicked in, belt like someone had kicked me in the butt but I kept going and it largely eased, turned at the end at about 8k and it was the home straight from there. My legs were pretty done at the end and I have a bit of tendonitis in my foot but I was happy, chuffed and still singing at the end!

Thanks to all for their support, one in particular for the off forum chats, it has all been a great help.

I would like to finish by saying, WOW just WOW to Abi, Rose or Roseabi on here incredible run, inspired no end, thankyou for that and all the work you and the mods put in to make this a great place for old gits like me!

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Jonno34]

You should re-post this as a race report and then people are more likely to see it (copy and paste will do the job!) 👍

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

Sorry I’m too late for waving pom-poms, but a very well done to Jonno34 fir his virtual 10k and to the lovely roseabi on a fantabulous 50k ultra. How you do that I don’t know , but greatest respect. 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️👏👏👏