Brass Monkey HM

[GTFC]

Tasha99 and I ran the Brass Monkey HM this morning.

After unsuccessfully trying to enter this race (it sells out in under an hour) we were lucky to get two last minute transfers from friends who were unable to attend.

This race marks the start of our Manchester Marathon training and although we weren't chasing a PB, we hoped to get in under 2 hours 15.

We paced ourselves really well throughout and had enough for a strong finish in the last 2 miles. We finished at 2 hours 14. A fantastic day and race.

The marshals and volunteers were outstanding.

[AlMorr Half Marathon]

Congratulations to you GTFC and Tasha99 on completing the Brass Monkey HM in a time of 2 hours 14 minutes, well done and what a lovely photo of both of you with your well deserved medals, good luck for training for the Manchester marathon later in the year.

[GTFC Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

Thank you Sir AlMorr chip time was 2.14.04 for us both ❤ Really appreciate the support mate.

[Tasha99 Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

Thank you Al 🤗 Hope you’re well 👍🏽

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Tasha99]

Hmm, hmm, after my 12K Sunday morning walk this morning I got a sore stomach for most of the afternoon, I drank something for breakfast that didn't agree with me and for the first time in more than 20 years I was violently sick around 4.30pm, I went to bed for two hours at 5pm, got up at 7pm and once again with a sore stomach was sick again, however, I no longer have a sore stomach and feeling much better, I am now sipping a Lemsip while watching the final of snooker on television, hopefully I won't be sick again, tummy no longer sore.

[GTFC Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

Take great care AlMorr and hopefully you can start to feel slowly stronger.

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to GTFC]

Thanks 👍I will.

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

Update Monday morning, I feel fine now and getting back to running on Wednesday morning. 😊 🏃🏾

[GTFC Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

Brilliant AlMorr I hope the run goes well 😃

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to GTFC]

It looks weather wise that my midweek 5K run on Wednesday could be 25 times* around a disused football pitch only a 3 minutes walk from where I live, the temperature this morning at my local weather station was - 2.4C and it's not expected to get warmer before Friday, when the weather is like that it's a bit risky running on paths, if the paths are well salted on Wednesday I will try and run a few K's on them saving me the monotony of running 25 times around the football pitch.

*Five times around it is 1K

[misswobble Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

good! Glad to hear you’re perking up 🙂💪👍

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to misswobble]

👍 Thanks misswobble 👍

[nowster Metric Marathon]

Best of luck for the Manchester Marathon! Was it Brass Monkeys weather out there today? 🤣

PS. If you two happen to be in the Greater Manchester area again doing a parkrun, do let me know. It would be great to have a chat after over a coffee/tea afterwards.

Of the regulars on the forum I've only met TailChaser and KatNap so far (and they were in a rush to travel home afterwards and where we ran didn't have an obvious cafe). Oldfloss has sworn off doing Pwllheli parkrun, and even though Birdlady64 has been within 5 miles of me in NW Wales a few times, we haven't had the chance to meet up.

[Thinks...] Maybe we (as a forum) should organise having a meet up at Lyme Park parkrun again. I missed out on that the last time it happened.

[GTFC Marathon in reply to nowster]

We are in nowster and would love a meet up. We've met Sir AlMorr Beachcomber66 Katnap SkiMonday but would be up for meeting others too. The weather was 5°c with little wind and when the sun came out it felt warm. It is a brilliant event 😃

[nowster Metric Marathon in reply to GTFC]

There's a possibility we may be going on holiday in the Northumberland area again this summer, maybe staying again in the Alnwick area. (Visiting the area for a week in the middle of a wet November did not show it off at its best.)

[Hidden in reply to nowster]

I run at Druridge Bay PR it's fantastic. The Pastures in Alnwick is a bit of a challenge though! Hope you come back, winters here can be cold and windy but the empty beaches make up for it!

[nowster Metric Marathon in reply to Hidden]

I ran the lower part of The Pastures three times in November, on a route that started by going under the A1 to meet the river, then running upstream on the north bank towards the bridge below the castle. Unfortunately I wasn't able to go to the parkrun on the Saturday morning (we needed to be out of the holiday let by 10am).

[Tasha99 Marathon in reply to nowster]

definitely up for a meet up👍🏽

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon]

Awesome running you two! It wasn’t cold yesterday, happily for the brass monkey 🙂. He looks relieved/relaxed.

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Beachcomber66]

Thank you @Beachcomber66 😃 we've just had a Toby Carvery to celebrate 🍾 😀

[SueAppleRun 10 Miles]

Congratulations 👏👏🎉👏👏 to you both, that's a good time

[GTFC Marathon in reply to SueAppleRun]

We're so pleased SueAppleRun thank you. It was such a brilliant experience

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon]

Well done both of you! Great sounding race, great time and great photo 😍

And I love the monkey too 😂

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Irishprincess]

🤣🤣🤣 Irishprincess thank you. Looking forward to all of our long runs together 🥰

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to GTFC]

So romantic 🥰

[RunBrianRun Half Marathon]

Well done guys and within your target time too 👍 Good luck with your training for the Manchester marathon.

[GTFC Marathon in reply to RunBrianRun]

Appreciate this, thank you 😊

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon]

Well done to both of you! Great time and lovely fab photo! Best of luck with your marathon training.🙂

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Sandraj39]

Thank you so much. That's so kind 😊

[Katnap Marathon]

Lovely photo of you both! 😍At first glance it looks like you've got GIANT medals around your necks!

Wishing you both warm recoveries

🐱 Katnap 🐱

[Birdlady64 in reply to Katnap]

Exactly what I thought Katnap until I zoomed in!

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Katnap]

👆🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Bluebirdrunner]

Congratulations Dean and Tasha, what an awesome run! You are a strong team.🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🌟🌟xxx

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

That's lovely, thank you so much 🥰

[Birdlady64]

Amazing run GTFC and Tasha99 You run together brilliantly 👏 🙌 💪 A great time and a perfect start to your Manchester Marathon training. Well done!

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Birdlady64]

Thank you very much, your support is always appreciated. We will give it a right good go.

[Time_Lord Half Marathon]

Congratulations to you both

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Time_Lord]

Thank you Time_Lord

[Freecloud Marathon]

Fantastic going! Well done to both of you and great prep for Manchester. I must admit that when I first saw your picture I thought Jeez, that's a HUGE medal 🤣🤣🤣

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Freecloud]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 thank you Freecloud

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon]

Congratulations to you both. That’s a great time and a perfect start to your Manchester Marathon training, which I have no doubt you will smash 👏👏👏

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Sandie1961]

We'll give it a right good go Sandie1961 thank you 😃

[Teresa1632 Marathon]

Congratulations on the PB! It sounds like an amazing run, and I'm not one bit jealous of the bling! 👀

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Teresa1632]

That's kind Teresa1632 thank you. It was a good start for us.

[Cmoi Marathon]

What an absolutely ace partnership you are GTFC and Tasha99 ! Not sure what the monkey's thinking about playing gooseberry though... 🤣

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Cmoi]

🤣🤣🤣 Cmoi love that ❤

[misswobble Marathon]

well done you two! Sounds like proper fun 👍😀🏅🏅🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Good luck with the marathon training 👍🙂

[GTFC Marathon in reply to misswobble]

Thank you misswobble always a challenge but that's why we do them 😊

[Cowladyrunning Marathon]

Well done both of you!

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Cowladyrunning]

Thank you Cowladyrunning such a brilliant event

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Ahh, well done, that's perfect! Great photo too 😊

Good luck with the marathon training - have fun!!!

[GTFC Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Thank you linda9389 lots of lovely long runs together to come 😊

[aliboo70 Half Marathon]

What a great result , well done!! (and lovely photo BTW!😊)

[GTFC Marathon in reply to aliboo70]

Thank you aliboo70 we're really pleased looking back 😊

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

Well done both of you. Glad to see them issuing long sleeve tops at this time of year.

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

A lovely bonus Dexy5 😊

[Decker Ultramarathon]

Brilliant! Well done to you both!

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Decker]

Thank you Decker it was a lovely start to the training

[Tasha99 Marathon]

thank you everyone 😍