📢 🎵 Allons, enfants de notre forum, le jour de pompoms est arrivé ! 🎉🥳

[Cmoi]

March on us already? Marchons, marchons ! Or more accurately, courons, courons ! 🏃🏃

At the moment we only know of one runner taking part in a race this weekend, and it’s a biggie – the Harmonie Mutuelle Semi de Paris, i.e. the Paris Half-Marathon, on Sunday 5th March: harmoniemutuellesemideparis...

So let’s get cheering and waving those pompoms for the first time this month to wish   ArthurJG Bon courage ! as he heads around the east of Paris towards the finish line on Place de la Bastille. 🏃‍♂️ Whatever you do, don’t lose your head on the way to that bling!

Anyone else out there racing this weekend and want a pompom cheer? If so, do send us the details!

The Marathon Team xxx

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[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon]

Bon Courage indeed ArthurJG . I don’t know whether you will encountering many cobbles on your route; if so, watch those ankles !!

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon]

Go  ArthurJG ! Our intrepid HU runner. What a fabulous race for you to enjoy - Paris in the springtime. 😍 Please report back, we want to hear all about it! 🏅

[RunWillie Metric Marathon]

Have an amazing race ArthurJG

What a beautiful city to run😍

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon]

Ooooh what a fabulous HM! Good luck  ArthurJG ! 🍀 I can’t wait to read your report on this one.

If I was there I’d sit by the finish line knitting a stitch for every runner who came through 🙉 🤣

[Cmoi Marathon in reply to Irishprincess]

More than 40,000 finishers in 2022 Irishprincess - what could you make?

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Cmoi]

Haha 🤣 that would be a very big scarf!

[Cowladyrunning Marathon in reply to Irishprincess]

😂😂 IP that's a novel way to cheer someone on! I love the image of you furiously knitting that many stitches!!!

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Cowladyrunning]

I think I’d have sore fingers ☹️

[Shake-and-run Half Marathon]

How wonderful! Enjoy your HM in gay Paris Arthur. What an amazing place to run.

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Encore une fois???I was sure it was only Thursday ...

Bon courage AthurJG, have a wonderful time à Paris !!! 🇫🇷

[ArthurJG Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

My last race you mean? A week ago on Tuesday but that was just a wee 5k they have once a month in Edinburgh. Got a course pb (but that’s not saying much) and another one at parkrun on Saturday but haven’t run at all since: hope I haven’t tapered TOO much but with a ten hour train journey to factor in I didn’t want to be fatigued on the start line. I’ve only done one HM before and I think I’m better prepared for this one but time will tell.

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to ArthurJG]

Haha. No. I just couldn't believe it was Friday again, I thought today was Thursday 😍😍😍Dont worry about not having run since Saturday, fresh legs together with better preparation AND race magic will make for a heady combination, it should feel wonderful 😊 Enjoy!!!

[Cmoi Marathon in reply to ArthurJG]

I think linda9389 might be in a different time zone right now ArthurJG . 😉 She will keep swanning off across the globe and refusing to take all the rest of the forum with her. 🙄 Of course, it might just be that she's no idea what day it is! 🤣

You'll be fine, enjoy the race!

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Cmoi]

... and it's got nothing to do with getting old and losing the plot🙏😍

[SueAppleRun 10 Miles]

Bon courage wow that's a good race, wishing you a good run

[Mudita11 Half Marathon]

Wow, sounds amazing ! Have a great run 🏃🏅🎉 🇫🇷 🥐

[Kevin41 Half Marathon]

That looks a fantastic event, hope you have a fantastic time and an enjoyable run ArthurJG

[Oldfloss Administrator]

Late again..but pom poms at the ready! a demain!!!!🎺🎺🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🗼🗼🗼

[Cowladyrunning Marathon]

Good luck ArthurJG .... I'm looking forward to hearing about this as I've followed the Women's running podcast as they prepare to do it with Sports tours Direct. What a lovely place to run. Enjoy!

[aliboo70 Half Marathon]

Good luck to you in the Paris HM ArthurJG ! X

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon]

How exciting ArthurJG have a wonderful race. Castinets clacking here in the Canaries . 🎊🎊

[Comfortnotspeed Marathon]

Allons y Arthur JG!!!!! 🇫🇷🤩

[ArthurJG Half Marathon]

Thanks everyone. Starting n the slowest group at at 1059 (0959 UK time) by which time the faster runners will have finished. In fact they start in three minutes and I’m still in nightwear. Confusing!

Green running T shirt with SCIAF branding and attached race number.

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to ArthurJG]

Enjoy it all!

[Hedgehogs123 Metric Marathon]

Sounds like a fantastic race, hope it was as brilliant as it sounds ArthurJG !!!

[misswobble Marathon]

sorry, but late to the party ☺️

Any news? 🙂🏃‍♂️

[ArthurJG Half Marathon in reply to misswobble]

I got a five minute PB 🙂 2:36:19. To be fair it was only my second official HM so a 50:50 chance of a PB but I’m happy. Jeffing 90/30, that seems to work better for me especially over longer distances.

Finishers medal for 2023 Paris half marathon.

[Cmoi Marathon in reply to ArthurJG]

Félicitations ArthurJG !