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This morning Sandie1961 , TailChaser , Shake-and-run and I and headed out for Burghley after a lovely chitchatty (is that a word?) evening at Sandie’s (thanks so much hosting us all Sandie πŸ₯°). It was wonderful to catch up, and of course we were all so excited to run today.

The race was an unusual distance - 7 miles - designed to make the most of the pretty town of Stamford (where people were cheering and waving from their windows) - and of course the Burghley estate with its glorious house. 😍

I have a bone to pick with Lincolnshire though - I thought you were flat!! Not on this route it wasn’t. 90m of elevation, most of which was into a headwind! πŸ₯΅ πŸ’¨

Even so, I was happy with my performance taking into account the distinct lack of serious training recently, and came in at 1:28:12 - 7 seconds quicker than Garmin which I’ll happily accept! The others were all quicker than me (no surprise there), and we were all happy campers when we collected our chunky bling, which of course is the sole reason for running these races! πŸ˜…πŸ…β€οΈ

It’s so lovely to be back racing again, and the next one will be a big VRB meetup in May at the Vitality 10000 in London! Bring it on. πŸ‘πŸ‘

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David_G profile image
David_GMetric Marathon

Congratulations cheekychipmunks and friends, sounds like you all had a great time! πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ It’s great that we can all run together again πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈI’m sure the Vitality will be great fun. Hopefully see you thereπŸ™‚πŸ€ž

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toDavid_G

Thanks David_G ! It was so good to meet up and we had a blast!

Yes, see you in London. It should be another wonderful occasion. πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ

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CmoiMarathon

Congratulations cheekychipmunks and HU gang, looks like you had a fab time!

(Whispers Round here 90m elevation gain over 7 miles is as flat as a pancake. Runs away and hides! 😜 )

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toCmoi

Yes, you’d have eaten this course for breakfast Cmoi! Mere mortals who haven’t trained much (πŸ™‹β€β™€οΈ) definitely felt it though! πŸ˜…

But it was such fun, and we can’t wait for the next time. πŸ₯°

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CmoiMarathonβ€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

You're forgetting that I'm far too much of a fraidy-cat to enter races let alone train for them cheekychipmunks , you're actually way ahead of me! πŸ‘πŸ˜„πŸ˜˜

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RunWillieMarathon

Yay 😍 Well done team.

So good to see you having fun β€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toRunWillie

Thanks RW. I hope you’ll be able to have some fun of your own soon. 🀞

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AlMorrHalf Marathon

Well done to you CC on completing the Burghley 7 in a reasonable time of 1:28:12, congratulations, lovely photo of all of you, all smiling happy runners. 😊

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toAlMorr

Thanks AlMorr ! I was overjoyed with my time bearing in mind I’ve been very lax with my running since the Bath Half was postponed. My mojo simply upped and went with the disappointment. πŸ˜… But now it’s back, and seeing friends certainly helped. πŸ₯°

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IrishprincessAdministratorHalf Marathon

Whoop whoop! πŸŽ‰πŸ₯³ πŸ‘ fab photos of you all! Well done everyone.

Now, what I want to know is did any one run with a hangover?…… just asking πŸ₯‚πŸ·πŸ™‚

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Sandie1961Half Marathonβ€’ in reply toIrishprincess

With a 7.15am start to get to Stamford, sadly (or perhaps sensibly) we limited ourselves to just one G&T each πŸ˜‚

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IrishprincessAdministratorHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toSandie1961

In a pint glass πŸ˜‚

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toIrishprincess

Now there’s an idea! 😈

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toIrishprincess

I have a sneaky feeling that if there’d been no race, or a shorter race, or a later in the day race, we might well have sported hangovers IP! But as Sandie said, we were very sensible people! πŸ˜‡

It was such fun and it made up for the disappointment of Bath - which we still have to look forward to! πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

Dexy5 profile image
Dexy510 Miles

Glad to see that that everything went to plan and the weather was kind. Also that the socialising last night didn’t get in the way of the running ability! I was definitely there in spirit with you this morning. Is that where the Burghley horse trials took place?

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Sandie1961Half Marathonβ€’ in reply toDexy5

It was fab, even if we did have to set off at 7.15! Yes, the self same place 🐎

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toDexy5

It was lovely to be back racing Dexy. A cheeky wind and a decent never ending hill made it β€˜interesting’, but it was fabulous. As you know, running with friends is the icing on the πŸŽ‚

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Dexy510 Milesβ€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

It is indeed, and I know how you like your hills cheeky (unlike me) ! I’ll be watching the forecast for the weekend, and hope you won’t have to cope with the wind again.

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misswobbleMarathon

Yay well done πŸ‘. Congratulations πŸŽ‰ πŸ‘ Chunky bling too! πŸ₯°πŸ…

Great way to spend a Sunday. I hope you’re all fed and rested now. Enjoy the rest of the day basking in racing glory and dreaming of your next outing πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply tomisswobble

Oh yes MW, the bling is chunky and weighty, just as it should be! I was asked if I’d like a medal. β€˜Nah, I’m not bothered’ (said no one ever!)

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misswobbleMarathonβ€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ‘

Time_Lord profile image
Time_LordHalf Marathon

Brilliant, well done to you all x

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toTime_Lord

Thanks T_L, we had an absolute blast. πŸ₯°

Cantstopmenow profile image
CantstopmenowHalf Marathon

Whata perfect evening and day out. Congratulations one and all a successful race. πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸ‘πŸ‘

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toCantstopmenow

Thanks CSMN, yes it was such fun. πŸ₯°

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Hedgehogs123Metric Marathon

Welcome all, brilliant achievement and great pics!Haha, I would say most of Lincolnshire is flat, but every now and then a hill does appear!!

πŸ‘

TailChaser profile image
TailChaserMarathonβ€’ in reply toHedgehogs123

There was a hill HH, a very steady climb at the back of the estate, but then there was a walloping great downhill at about mile 6 that was an amazing amount of fun!

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toTailChaser

It was delightful, especially with the tailwind to cool us down! 😍

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toHedgehogs123

We did get a heads-up about the hill from a fellow runner, but it was still rather nasty, and seemingly never ending! But we all had a blast and we made peace with it! πŸ˜…

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TailChaserMarathonβ€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

I’ve had worse πŸ˜†

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Beachcomber66AdministratorHalf Marathon

Glad you had a wonderful time and it sounds as though you found your temporarily misplaced mojo in the process. Great to have a happy sounding chipmunk !!πŸ™‚

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toBeachcomber66

Thanks BC, yes my mojo came back at last! It’s amazing what an event, coupled with some lovely VRBs, can do. πŸ₯°

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over61andstilltryingHalf Marathon

Lovely photo; looks like you had lots of fun. Well done to you all! πŸ‘πŸ…πŸŽ‰πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒπŸ»β€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toover61andstilltrying

Thanks so much over61. πŸ™πŸ»πŸ˜€

lexi6 profile image
lexi610 Miles

Great photos Cheeky, looked like a lot of fun was had by all. Well done, everyone πŸ‘

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply tolexi6

Thanks Lexi, oh yes it was such a lot of fun! So wonderful to meet up with chums too. πŸ₯°

Katnap profile image
KatnapMarathon

A brilliant meet up. But next time bring your own bring your own coffee and cake I hear?

🐱 Katnap 🐱

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toKatnap

Yes, and bacon buttie and teeshirt! πŸ˜…

JonathanP profile image
JonathanP10 Miles

You seem to attract those headwinds Cheeky! 😜 Glad you all had such a lovely time.

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toJonathanP

I do don’t I Jonathan? I hope that trend ends next weekend - although I suppose there has to be one on an out and back 😩 Side winds always act as headwinds as far as I’m concerned, so one of those wouldn’t help! πŸ™„πŸ˜…

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JonathanP10 Milesβ€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

The forecast for next Saturday is 'gentle breeze' - we shall see!

cheekychipmunks profile image
cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toJonathanP

Let’s order that and hold the weather gods to it! 🀞🀞🀞

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JonathanP10 Miles

πŸ‘

linda9389 profile image
linda9389AdministratorMarathon

What fabulous photos - and bling!!! Sounds like a great time was had by all πŸ₯°

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply tolinda9389

It was a hoot Linda! We were thrilled with our bling and our results too. A lovely weekend! πŸ₯°

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Beatlesforever

Yay very well done all of you! Sounds like a great run and a brilliant weekend πŸ˜€πŸ·

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toBeatlesforever

Thanks so much Beatles! I kept thinking of Coach Bennett and what he’d be telling me on the tough bits! πŸ˜…

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Beatlesforeverβ€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

Haha I do the same! What does it say about us that we keep channelling coach Bennett 🀣🀣

Kevin41 profile image
Kevin41Half Marathon

Congratulations, well earned medals and you all look like you had great fun in the process!!

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toKevin41

Thank you Kevin! It’s always lovely to receive a medal. These were particularly chunky! πŸ…πŸ˜

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buzzards

What is great weekend. Congratulations! πŸŽˆπŸŽ‰ Fantastic photos too.

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply tobuzzards

It really was buzzards, thank you! And we saw some buzzards too! πŸ˜€

Frenc profile image
FrencHalf Marathon

Well done you! It sounds like a lovely race, and how exciting to catch up with all the others. 😊. Those are some smashing photos, hurrah!

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toFrenc

Thanks Frenc, we had such a great time! πŸ˜€

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grumpyoldgirl

Lovely to see these photos, it's so good to see normal life slowly returning - well done gang πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸ…πŸ…πŸ…πŸ…

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply togrumpyoldgirl

Thanks grumpy, it really did feel like that. πŸ₯°

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RunBrianRunHalf Marathon

Really well done and congratulations to all of you! πŸ‘πŸ’ͺπŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toRunBrianRun

Thanks so much Brian! πŸ™πŸ»πŸ˜€

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