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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathon
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The day dawned cool and sunny, with very little wind. Perfect for a cheeky 10k round my home city. πŸ˜€ I headed out to the Park & Ride nice and early and arrived at the event with a good hour to spare. I even found a rank of loos with no queue! 😱 The loos brought back memories of Irishprincess , as that’s where we met for the very first time this time last year when we were both running the HM! Happy days.

I was relieved not to be running that distance today. All my recent runs have been affected by a truly hideous cold, and I’m not sure I’d have made it. 10k is a nice friendly distance and I felt good, although I did start to flag towards the end. It was mighty warm in the sun, and good old Bristol’s β€œfast and flat” description isn’t strictly true! Still, I chugged on, ran the lot and came in in 1:19:37. Not quick, but I knew I wouldn’t be able to do that today.

The bling is beautiful. So heavy and chunky. Worth every step! 😍😍

Without going into detail about my return P&R trip, suffice to say I didn’t get home for 2 hours after finishing. I live 15 minutes away. 😩

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Shake-and-run profile image
Shake-and-runHalf Marathon

well done Cheeky, looks like a very respectable time to me! I’ve been running slow this autumn, must be something to do with the time of year. The profile doesn’t look very flat and your journey home sounds like a nightmare (unless the reason for your delay was a trip to the pub!). Looking forward to meeting up in a few weeks time.

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toShake-and-run

Thanks Shakes, I was happy with with sub 1:20 I must say. I’d like to think that I’ll regain some fitness before the GSR, but at least it’s flat. πŸ™πŸ»πŸ™πŸ»

No, the long trip home didn’t involve the pub. That would have been a good reason! It did involve a 50+ minute wait for the bus, a 30 minute bus ride to the car, then a drive home full of traffic jams. πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„

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AlMorrHalf Marathon

A big congratulations to you CC on completing the Great Bristol 10K, you will be very proud of yourself, that is a beautiful bling, I am sure you celebrated that run with wine and cake.

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toAlMorr

Thanks Al. Oh yes, plenty of celebratory deliciousness has been consumed, with more to come! That’s the bonus of running isn’t it? πŸ˜…

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AlMorrHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

I just remembered that you ran at parkrun yesterday, I think if I was running a 10K on a Sunday I would probably miss parkrun on the Saturday before, so well done on running both.

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UpTheStanleyHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toAlMorr

Damn right Al, but Cheeky’s made of sterner (or possibly dafter) stuff … πŸ™„

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toUpTheStanley

You can’t really call my mincing running though can you, UpTheStanley ? 🐌

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Sandie1961Half Marathonβ€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

I don’t know what else you’d call it Cheeky. You are a fantastic runner! πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒ

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toSandie1961

You’re too kind Sandie, but I’m a confirmed one trick pony, and it’s definitely not a loping gait I have! πŸ˜…

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Sandie1961Half Marathonβ€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

You are a well oiled machine (in the nicest possible sense) xx

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toSandie1961

As Beachcomber66 once mentioned, I am good at utilising my Diesel engine! πŸ˜…

Sandie1961 profile image
Sandie1961Half Marathonβ€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

You certainly are xx

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toSandie1961

πŸ₯°

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AlMorrHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toUpTheStanley

πŸ‘

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toAlMorr

I did do PR yesterday Al, but it was on purpose. I’m used to running 4-5 times each week and I don’t worry about consecutive days if it’s β€˜just’ a 10k race.

I’ve only run a maximum of twice for the last couple of weeks since this cold, and it affected my fitness hugely. I wanted some miles in my legs to help with today. πŸ˜€

AlMorr profile image
AlMorrHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

😊 πŸƒπŸΎ πŸ‘

David_G profile image
David_GMetric Marathon

well done cheekychipmunks that’s a great effort! πŸ‘πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸ‘

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toDavid_G

Thanks David! Your turn next with the VLM! πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸ…πŸ˜€

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MissUnderstandingHalf Marathon

Congratulations! Lovely to see the bling πŸ…Hope you’re celebrating tonight!

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toMissUnderstanding

I am, thanks MU, and I’m happy to admit I’m currently in my PJs (which might have happened over an hour ago!) πŸ˜‚

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MissUnderstandingHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

I heartily approve of this!

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toMissUnderstanding

Haha good! It’s the best part about autumn and winter - PJs at any time of the day is allowed. πŸ˜…

dijep profile image
dijep10 Miles

congratulations πŸ‘

I haven't had time to write up my Bristol experience I send to have spent most of three day walking to and from the caravan site. πŸ˜‚

The weather was great, the organisation was amazing and thanks for the warning about those cheeky hills

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply todijep

Thanks dijep, yes the weather was lovely. 😍Bit warm in the sun, but the entertainment on the course served as a nice distraction. Hope you’re able to relax this evening! I look forward to your report. Wasn’t the medal gorgeous? 😍

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dijep10 Milesβ€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

Yes it's lovely 😍

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SueAppleRun10 Miles

That cold has affected your running but hopefully the 10k race has seem the last of it

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toSueAppleRun

I think you’re right Sola. πŸ™πŸ»πŸ₯°

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Time_LordHalf Marathon

Congratulations cheekychipmunks x

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toTime_Lord

Thanks T_L! πŸ˜€

Beachcomber66 profile image
Beachcomber66AdministratorHalf Marathon

Typically determined run Cheeky. Let’s hope that is the end of this pesky bug. 2 hours for a 15 minute trip and no shopping involved? Ridiculous!πŸ™‚

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toBeachcomber66

Thanks BC, no, this cold had knocked me sideways but not enough for me to forego my races. Bling is precious. 😍

And nope, no shopping, just waiting … and waiting …… πŸ₯±

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Dexy510 Milesβ€’ in reply toBeachcomber66

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

JonathanP profile image
JonathanP10 Miles

Sounds just what a 10k race should be Cheeky (a rank of loos with no queue?!😲). Just draw a veil over the journey home.....

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toJonathanP

I couldn’t believe it Jonathan. I’d passed the first rank of loos which had an eye watering queue, but I wanted to offload my bag first and discovered a secret rank. Mind you when I walked past a bit later the secret was clearly well and truly out! I timed it perfectly. πŸ™πŸ»

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GTFCMarathon

l love how you adapted the run to how you've been feeling. You finished and have that sense of achievement...and bling!! πŸŽ–πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toGTFC

I’m so pleased GTFC. I’m clearly feeling better as it was only a minute slower than the Cheddar 10k last weekend, and a fair bit of that was downhill! πŸ˜€

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Dexy510 Miles

Brilliant cheekychipmunks ! I thought that time sounded familiar; I did the New Forest Marathon 10k in 1:19.35! What a lovely day you had for it too. How did you find the course compared to when we did it in 2019?

The P&R on the way back sounds horrendous. I remember when we did it before our friends drove us in and parked in the city car park with no problem.

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toDexy5

Running twins again Dexy! πŸ˜… It’s definitely hillier than when we did it together, and it doesn’t take you out on the Portway (under the bridge). The HM still goes there though. There’s more city centre running and that’s where the hills are; one is at around 8k. 😳 At least I was expecting it this year. It almost killed me at around the 12 mile point of the HM 😩

Won’t be doing the P&R again. Super smooth going in, horrific getting home. πŸ™„

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Dexy510 Milesβ€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

Hopefully they will bring back the Portway 10k next May and we will Join you again

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toDexy5

πŸ€Έβ€β™€οΈπŸ€Έβ€β™€οΈπŸ€Έβ€β™€οΈ

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toDexy5

Dexy5 I just checked my Bristol result again, and it was 1:19:35!! Identical to your New Forest time. What are the odds?! πŸ˜…

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Dexy510 Milesβ€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

Sandraj39 profile image
Sandraj39Half Marathon

Well done Cheeky - certainly looks like a lovely piece of bling!πŸ…πŸ˜

My very first 10k race was the Bristol 10k. I ran it with my sister and got a PB which stands to this day! (I seem to be getting slower all the time!!🀣🀣) It holds a special place in my heart as I was born in Bristol too.πŸ™‚

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toSandraj39

Ahh wonderful Sandra! It’s a different course now, but the atmosphere is the same I’m sure. πŸ₯°

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Sandraj39Half Marathonβ€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

I would definitely like to do it againβ€¦πŸ™‚πŸ’•

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toSandraj39

That would be wonderful! πŸ₯°

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linda9389AdministratorMarathon

Well done! You are amazing repeatedly battling for bling with the dreaded cold!!! That journey back sounds frustrating to say the least 😑

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply tolinda9389

You know me Linda. Bling is important. πŸ˜… I think I can wave goodbye to the cold now, at last. Now to regain full fitness for the GSR party. πŸ₯³

And that P&R was a thing of nightmares. πŸ™„

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TabblesHalf Marathon

Well done Cheeky, yes the hill is a bit of a shock. I run up it a couple of times in training. But felt so much steeper at 12 mikes.

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toTabbles

I know exactly what you mean Tabbles. I almost ground to a halt during the HM last year. At least I knew it was coming up this year, and (for us 10k runners), only at 8k! πŸ˜…

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RunBrianRunHalf Marathon

Well done Cheeky!! Fabulous run and well done on your time. Thoroughly deserved bling too. I’m sorry your park and ride and journey home was so awful. Next year you could walk it instead as a warmup. πŸ˜… Would be quicker for sure.

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toRunBrianRun

Thank you Brian, it was a lovely day and Great Run came up with the goods as usual. πŸ˜€ So well organised. The P&R wasn’t, however. It’s been fine on race days in the past too. πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ I could walk, in theory, but most of it is on busy A roads, and on the way home it’s 90% up hill! Not much fun after running a race. 😳

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over61andstilltryingHalf Marathon

Your a super star! πŸŒŸπŸƒβ€β™€οΈ Here's to that cold going completely if it hasn't already.

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toover61andstilltrying

Aww thanks over61! πŸ₯° It’s right at the tail end now, thank goodness! πŸ™πŸ»

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Sandie1961Half Marathon

Well done Cheeky. Fabulous bling and a great warm up for the event of the year in 3 weeks. It took me over an hour to get home from Lincoln 10k last year and it’s only 4 miles, so I can absolutely sympathise over the journey home πŸ˜–

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toSandie1961

Thanks Sandie! Can’t wait for the GSR (had you noticed?! πŸ˜…) and I’m hoping to be back to full fitness by then. See you there. πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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over61andstilltryingHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

How many from these lovely forum are due to be in the GSR? I grin thinking about you all! No, more a beam!! What would I be like if I actually joined you, I can't begin to imagine? Only just managing 30 minutes running due to rehab from hamstring, knee and a lesser extent Achilles, so no long runs for me for a while yet.

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toover61andstilltrying

At least 10, probably more over61. Plus a couple of non-runners too. It would be lovely if you could join our merry gang one year, but get those naughty niggles sorted first. How dare they? 😩

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over61andstilltryingHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

Your 'How dare they? 😩' Made me laugh. I have a feeling the knee injuries as a result of my gardening fall are going to impact me for life ... oh dear! The physios always said my knee would never be a normal knee again. I think that it is the meniscus tear that's the main issue. Ah well, I'll do my best with whatever I have and enjoy reading of the running adventures of others. 😊

Less than 3 weeks to the happy day! πŸƒπŸ»β€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒπŸ»β€β™‚οΈπŸƒπŸ»β€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒπŸ»β€β™‚οΈπŸƒπŸ»β€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒπŸ»β€β™‚οΈπŸƒπŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toover61andstilltrying

You’re always so upbeat, so doing the best with what you have sounds the best plan to me! πŸ₯°

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CowladyrunningMarathon

congratulations cheekychipmunks ! I'm so impressed you have done both those 10k's while being so poorly! But that P&R??? Terrible!!

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toCowladyrunning

Thanks CLR, it’s been an energy sapping cold, but the 10ks made it no worse and I got 2 more pieces of bling, so all good! πŸ˜…

P&R, not so much. 😠

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IrishprincessAdministratorHalf Marathon

Woohoo!!! Well done MunksπŸ’ͺ I’m jealous becuase that bling is gorgeous 😍 just my colour πŸ˜‚

I can’t believe it’s a year since we first met and I really thought we would have met up again long before now (at the time we were planning to meet in Bath in March)

Considering how your cold affected you beforehand I think you did amazingly well!

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toIrishprincess

You would LOVE it IP. So hefty and substantial. 😍

You realise that we have unfinished business and we will meet again, hopefully in Bath. It will happen. It will. πŸ‘ŠπŸ™πŸ»πŸ₯°

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IrishprincessAdministratorHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

It WILL!!!

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toIrishprincess

πŸ‘ŠπŸ‘ŠπŸ‘ŠπŸ‘ŠπŸ‘Š

Katnap profile image
KatnapMarathon

😯

2hrs to do a 15min journey! It would have been quicker to run home! 😜

🐱 Katnap 🐱

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toKatnap

Might be for you Katnap! It’s 85% up hill! Can’t see that bothering you though; you’d be fresh as a daisy! 🌸 (clearly not a daisy!)

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DeckerUltramarathon

Well run Cheeky especially after managing a rough cold! That’s a nice bit of bling too.

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toDecker

Isn’t it lovely Decker? 😍 Thanks, I had a great day. πŸ˜€

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misswobbleMarathon

Another race report! I thought I was seeing things πŸ‘€πŸ˜

Speak of seeing things and loos, on my recent race I spied portaloos. Marvellous! til I got closer and found they were recycling bins πŸ€“. Doh ☺️

Congratulations on another event ticked off πŸ˜€πŸ’ͺπŸ…πŸ‘πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸ‘ŠβœŠ

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply tomisswobble

Hahaha, that could have caused embarrassment MW! πŸ˜³πŸ˜…

Yes, 2 weekends, 2 races! πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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Sandie1961Half Marathonβ€’ in reply tomisswobble

πŸ˜‚πŸ€£πŸ˜‚ good job you realised time 😳

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Hedgehogs123Metric Marathon

well done and great medal very unusual! πŸ™ŒπŸŽ–οΈπŸ‘

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toHedgehogs123

Thanks Hedgehogs, it’s gorgeous 😍

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