FRIDAY AGAIN! SPECIAL POM-POM REQUESTS!! 🎅🧑‍🎄🏃

[linda9389]

We don’t have any race entries submitted for this weekend - but don't put those pom poms away just yet!🥳

The lovely sparky66 and venerable AlMorr are meeting up at Dunfermline parkrun, complete with santa hats! Hope you have a wonderful time guys!!!

Anyone hoping to complete our HU festive Bingo challenge will be heading out this Saturday or Sunday for their 5k Santa Dash 🧑‍🎄🎅🏃; whether it's a run or a walk, part of a longer distance or not, don your santa hat (or other suitable festive accessories), get out there for a fun, festive 5K and then dab your box!!! Then photos please 📷

So let's raise those pom poms and get ready our most festive waves and cheers as we head towards Christmas, doing what we do best 🥳🎈🎊

If anyone else does have an event this weekend then let us know in the comments and we’ll include you in our pom-pom display!

If you have an event later this month, check here to book your pom-pom display healthunlocked.com/marathon...

If you haven't already seen it, details of the full HU Festive Bingo Challenge can be found here healthunlocked.com/marathon...

Have a great weekend everyone

The Marathon Team xxx

[RunWillie Marathon]

Have fun sparky66 & AlMorr ❤️🏃‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

Have fun AlMorr and sparky66 . Me and UpTheStanley are also meeting up with Mr and Mrs Coddfish , Oldgirlruns and cold allowing, the lovely JonathanP . Some of us will wear Christmas attire. I may be 64, but I’m still a kid at heart. 🎅🏻🧑‍🎄🤶🦌

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

Brilliant, hope you all have a fabulous time 🏃‍♀️🏃🏃‍♀️🏃🏃‍♀️🎊🎊🎊

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

Enjoy yourselves everyone! Lots of piccies please 🎅🎄🧑‍🎄🤶

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

Fabulous! Festive fun all round 😊

[JonathanP 10 Miles in reply to Dexy5]

I'll be d....ed if I let a cold stop me from meeting up with the Southsea crew!

[sparky66 Half Marathon]

🎊 thank you so much linda,so looking forward to it 🤶🎅🏃🏃‍♀️

Fantastic it means we can tick the Santa dash off too Almorr 😁 🤶🎅

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to sparky66]

Enjoy!!!

[Cmoi Marathon]

Enjoy yourselves, AlMorr and sparky66 !

There's a Christmas run in one of the nearest towns on Sunday, unless new Covid restrictions put paid to it. Not sure I fancy running at dusk in trail shoes on roads, pavements and cobbles with hundreds of others though. I might do full-on stupid round here instead.

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Cmoi]

Whatever you choose it will be awesome!

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to Cmoi]

Yip whichever you choose, enjoy 👏😁

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon]

Good luck guys 🍀 enjoy yourselves and I hope you remember a carrot or two for Rudolph 🥕🙂

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Irishprincess]

Haha! Lucky Rudolph 🤣

[SueAppleRun 10 Miles]

Have a great time sparky66 and AlMorr we will wave pom poms and for anyone else too

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thank you 😊

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thanks WillowandSolo, I am looking forward to meeting Sparky66 👍🏃🏾🤶🎄

[sparky66 Half Marathon]

Ooh so sad to report, I didn't get to meet Almorr today 😔We had just set out to meet him and got a puncture!!!

I managed to message him ,and he ran his local park 👍👏😁

I ran my old Park, was very nostalgic, this is where I grew up playing, and took my children to when they were young before moving to England..

10K in 1.11.10 , enjoyed that 🏃‍♀️😄

Maybe another time Almorr ☺️

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to sparky66]

Oh no! Life does get in the way sometimes doesn't it! Glad you both made the best of a bad situation though 😊

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

Fortunately the Southsea get together did happen at parkrun this morning and in the interests of social distancing , here is a montage of runners: Santa me, Reindeer @JonathanP , Santa Oldgirlruns , mr Coddfish, Santa UpTheStanley , and Coddfish

Christmas bingo for me so far

5k Santa Dash ✅

Run to Christmas Toons ✅

Postie Run ✅

Attempt a 1k PB. I didn’t succeed but I tried. ✅

Southsea parkrunners

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

Awe congratulations to you all 👏👏👏🏃‍♀️🏃🏃‍♀️🏃🏃‍♀️ pics are fantastic 😍And such a good amount ticked off the bingo card 😂 lovely well done you all 👏👏👏

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

Ho ho ho! Great pics!!! Well done everyone ... no post run cafe stop with festive treats though?

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to linda9389]

We did do the post run breakfast but it wasn’t very festive. But don’t worry Linda, I will achieve that one in a day or two. 😋🤣🤣

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

Ahh that sounds better! And something still to lokk forward to!!!

[aliboo70 Half Marathon]

I did my local parkrun with my friend in our 2019 outfits! Doing a 6mile trail run fundraiser tomorrow called The Soup run (soup at the end!) In Bembridge should be good xxx

Running to the finish line

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to aliboo70]

I love your Christmas pudding outfits aliboo! We had a tourist from medina this morning, representing the Isle of Wight. Hopefully your visit can happen in 2022.

Have fun tomorrow

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to aliboo70]

Love the costumes. Good luck tomorrow - pom poms will be waving!

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to aliboo70]

Well done on your parkrun 👏Loving the outfits 🤣

Enjoy that soup after your run tomorrow😋

Will be very warming I'm sure 🏃‍♀️🤗

[GoGo_JoJo Ultramarathon]

Ho ho ho! I accidentally did the santa 5k without even knowing about it 🤣 and I wore a light up hat and my Xmas leggings!!

Leggings

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to GoGo_JoJo]

Love it! That would give the cows something to think about!

[GoGo_JoJo Ultramarathon in reply to linda9389]

Actually I only did a townie run, and posted some cards so I get 2 for 1!! 👍🏻😁 most folk laughed at my light up hat but some obviously thought I was short a few brain cells!

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[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to GoGo_JoJo]

Niìiiice hat!

[GoGo_JoJo Ultramarathon in reply to linda9389]

It made me feel special 🤣🤪 but its quite cosy. I wore it to the coast for todays swim too!

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to GoGo_JoJo]

😂😂😂😂

[Frizzbomb67 10 Miles]

LINE! Hopefully 🤞 I completed my Santa Dash on Friday before I had my covid booster as I didn’t know how I would feel over the weekend. As it turned out I’ve felt pretty rough and wouldn’t have been able to run if my life had depended on it 🥴😴🤒. I’m picking up now thankfully 🙂

So that finished a line on my bingo card - if it’s allowed of course

I wore my Ho Ho Ho T-shirt that I made last year and it was mild enough to wear it on full show 😃

I’ve been working my way through the bingo card as my running buddy has not run for about a month due to one thing and another. I was hoping to complete it together but it’s kept me motivated going out on my own. I’ve got some Strava art planned for Monday if she can make it 🌲 🎅

My bingo card is in the comments

Santa dash

[Frizzbomb67 10 Miles in reply to Frizzbomb67]

My bingo card so far 😃

Bingo card so far

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Frizzbomb67]

Wowsers! You get to call a line!!!

[Frizzbomb67 10 Miles in reply to linda9389]

Thanks 😊

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Oops. I missed the fact that you DID call a line!!!!! I only saw the photo in the comments 😅. Santa dash on Friday allowed? Definitely, indeed you deserve bonus points for finding a way to make it work!!! How close was your naked run to the actual distance - do you know?

[Frizzbomb67 10 Miles in reply to linda9389]

Well I was enjoying my run and forgot all about the task 😂 but I suddenly realised that I was about a km from home and I was supposed to be estimating 5k. So I stopped and fished out my phone and it was 4.98k 😲 It was a fluke tho and a well worn 6k route.

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Frizzbomb67]

🤣🤣🤣