POM-POM TIME!!! FIRST WEEKEND IN SEPTEMBER IS A BUSY ONE!!! 🥳🥳🥳

[Irishprincess]

September looks as if it’s going to be a bumper month for events and so we’re kicking off the first weekend with a flurry of epic runners. All the events take place on Sunday.

🥳 First up is David_G whose London Marathon training is going swimmingly and to prove the point he’s running the jaunty Littlehampton 10K. Enjoy the sea and the cafe at the end David!

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🥳Another fabulous London Marathon trainee is TailChaser who will not be alone when she runs the Stratford Big 10K. Joining her is not just one other VRB, or even two, but three others!!! 

Katnap Time_Lord and Shake-and-run

And we heard a rumour that youngest kitten will be there too 🐱Quite a posse! Have a magical time everyone 😎

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🥳 From Stratford to Portsmouth now for our very own acclaimed sprinter, RunBrianRun who will run the 100m and 200m at Portsmouth Open Athletics Meeting. Good luck with the age grading target Brian! You can do it 🏃‍♂️

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🥳 Much further afield now as we head to Auckland where we have our wonderful Me_time who will run the North Shore Quarter Marathon with her sister. I hear you’re running for the t-shirt so we need photos please 🙂 

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🥳 Last but definitely not least, we have our one and only amazing linda9389 who is not running but cycling a bum-numbing 100K in the Flat 100 South in Peterborough! This was delayed from July because of the heat which just goes to prove how awesome Linda is to have kept the training ticking over until now. Go Linda 🚴‍♂️

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What an inspiring of bunch of VRBs!!!Good luck everyone, Bon Courage and have fun.

You all rock 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

Have we forgotten anyone? If so, please let us know here.

From the Marathon Team xxx

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[Katnap Marathon]

Thanks IP and good luck to everyone!

🐱 Katnap 🐱

[Stephen_UK Half Marathon]

Good luck, everyone!

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Thanks IP - I'll settle for a numb bum on Sunday, that would do nicely! As yet there is no rider pack in the post and no updated route or manual on the website. Info is somewhat sparse, but the element of surprise will be high 😄Great to see lots of events again - good luck one and all, have funnn!!!

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

That would be a nightmare for those who are super organised and need control 🙀

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Irishprincess]

Yep! And that's me to a tee - I'm freaking out here 🙈

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Big deep breaths….. 🧘‍♀️

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Irishprincess]

.. I was thinking alcohol!!!

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon in reply to Irishprincess]

I’m breaking out in hives just thinking of the stress! 😅

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Add in the fact that my daughter completed on buying a house with her partner today, so the whole weekend is being rejigged!!! Its 4.15. No rider pack in post this morning. Still no updated route. Still no idea of number/frequency of aid points so no idea how much I need to carry with me . Still no emailed rider manual so no idea re. parking or logistics of new start venue (or indeed where it finishes). I could go on .... at least the airbnb for tomorrow night is communicating with me 🙈

[Week7 Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

.....Breathe!!!! Hope all gets sorted and you have a great time.

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Definitely time for a 🥂🍷

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Oh flipping Norah Linda! I’m sure everything will fall into place. 😳🤞

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to cheekychipmunks]

It's nearly 10pm on the promised day but still no email! A new route has appeaŕed on the website - 7km longer and three times the elevation (which is tiny so sounds more dramatic than it really is). I have resorted to alcohol to soothe my nerves. Hic!!!

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

I don’t blame you Linda 🍷Maybe think of it as a magical mystery tour 🕵️‍♀️🚴‍♀️

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Irishprincess]

😍😍😍

[Shake-and-run Half Marathon]

Thank you IP, loving the pom poms. I’ve just been invited to join a friend on her narrow boat on Monday (to help with the locks). I hope I am not as tired as I was after last weeks 10k or there might be a chance I shall fall in!!!!

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Shake-and-run]

Swimming practice? 😂

[TailChaser Marathon in reply to Shake-and-run]

You were probably a bit busier last weekend!!

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon]

Enjoy your runs and cycling folks; you have the heft of the health unlocked hordes behind you !!

[Cmoi Marathon]

Waving pompoms frantically and cheering madly for all of you! 🥳 🎆 🎉 📣

Hoping the weather plays ball, and wishing you a wonderful time, whatever your event! 🏅

[ForbiddenPlanet Half Marathon]

Wow - quite a turnout! 👍 Best of luck to everyone! 🤞

[Frenc Half Marathon]

Hurrah for slightly cooler pom poms! Good luck David_G , TailChaser , Katnap , Time_Lord , Shake-and-run , RunBrianRun , Me_time , linda9389 (you crazy lady you 🤣).

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Frenc]

Utterly bonkers 🤪

[Frenc Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

We all need a bit of bonkers Linda, we really do 😁.

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon]

Wow what a massive HU turnout this weekend! Looking forward to all the race reports and triumphant photos!

Go you magnificent bunch! 🎉🎉

[RunWillie Marathon]

Cheering for you all! ❤️🏃‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️

[Time_Lord Half Marathon]

Thanks Irishprincess , good luck everyone x

[Oldfloss Administrator]

Have I got enough pom poms??? Well... I think so....ready to wave them aloft for ALL the wonderful bunch running this weekend...Run Well...Run safe...RUN HAPPY! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE !!!

Flossxxxx

[Week7 Half Marathon]

Busy pom pom!!!!Goodluck to you all this weekend. Pom poms are out and ready to wave.

[SueAppleRun 10 Miles]

Wow I’ll be waving pom poms all over the place, have loads of fun all

[Decker Ultramarathon]

Wow lots of activity this month! Good luck to everyone!

[aliboo70 Half Marathon]

Wow ,loads of events! Good luck everyone ! 😁xxx

[TailChaser Marathon]

Woohoo!! Thanks IP!! I like being fabulous 😁😍 Good luck everyone this weekend, especially my fellow Big10kers, David, Me_time, Brian and Linda!! 🥳🥳🥳

[Me_time Half Marathon]

Thank you IP! All the best to everyone.

[Irish-John Marathon]

Have a fab time y'all

[Mudita11 Half Marathon]

Good luck everyone and enjoy yourselves 😃🎉!

[Kevin41 Half Marathon]

Best of luck to all of you, may you enjoy every mile (or Metre in the case of RunBrianRun )

Looking forward to reading all those triumphant posts no matter what happens!!

[lexi6 10 Miles]

Oh my goodness! what an intrepid and inspiring bunch you all are Go well and have fun! pom poms waving furiously here 😊

[RunBrianRun Half Marathon]

Thank you IP and good luck to everyone out running.

I’m just packing my bag to head out the door to catch the bus. My first race is at 12.43 precisely. 🥳😎👍

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

Sorry, just been watching the London big half on TV and realised that I missed the pom-poms post. Too late to cheer you all on but looking forward to your run reports!

[Tasha99 Marathon]

Best of luck to everyone racing this weekend 💪🏽

[Hedgehogs123 Metric Marathon]

Late to the party, so hope you have all had a great run!!!!