Running on Holiday

[GTFC]

Tasha and I are in the middle of a week away together. We travelled to Wolverhampton on Friday (Town away at Walsall on Saturday) and ran a stunningly beautiful Wolverhampton Parkrun on Saturday morning. It was Tasha's 171st and my 32nd.

We also ran by the Staffordshire and Worcester canal after Parkrun and again for a 10k run this morning.

We had a lovely Jamaican meal last night and are going to have the same again this evening. We're having a great time here.

Tomorrow we head to my home town of Braintree in Essex and to visit my parents on the coast in Frinton on Sea. We'll run another couple of times and we are really enjoying our little break away and loving running together.

[Instructor57]

Fantastic!

Enjoy your break, your runs together and family visits !

Not to mention the Jamaican meals 😁😋

Say hello to Wolverhampton for me !

That's where my life was saved 🙏

Have fun guy's 👌

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Instructor57]

Thank you so much Instructor57 we've found it such a lovely place. I hope your recovery is going well. Sending our love and best wishes 💚

[Instructor57 in reply to GTFC]

Thank you 🙏

Doing good so far 😊👍

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Instructor57]

So positive that it's been 6 months for you 🙏

[Instructor57 in reply to GTFC]

Absolutely 😊🙏

[SueAppleRun 10 Miles]

What a lovely time you are both having, in beautiful scenery too.

[GTFC Marathon in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thank you SueAppleRun we are making the most of every day 😊

[AlMorr Half Marathon]

Great post from you Dean, I am glad you and Natasha are enjoying your holiday and well done on running Wolverhampton parkrun yesterday and a 10K this morning, ✅🏃🏾enjoy your visit to your parents tomorrow at Frinton on Sea, I am sure your parents will love meeting Natasha. ❤️❤️

[GTFC Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

They really will Sir Alan. We've been together 18 months now and she loves it when I take her to see them 😊

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to GTFC]

Next Sunday morning I will be running my 44th 10K but it will be my first event race 10K at the local community Cumbernauld 10k starting and ending at Broadwood Football Stadium, the 1st, 7th, 8th, 9th and final kilometer are on the off road route I run most of my 5 and 10K runs, K2 to 6 will be on closed roads, at least in one direction, I now have my bib number which is 212 and will put it on over my London Vitality Virtual 10,000 red T Shirt which I got after I ran it last year.

[Jools2020 Half Marathon]

How wonderful to be having a holiday and running together in beautiful places!

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Jools2020]

It really is Jools2020 thank you, we're really lucky 🙏

[Week7 Half Marathon]

Sounds perfect!

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Week7]

It feels like it Week7 thank you 😊

[Bluebirdrunner]

Lovely to hear from you GTFC and Tasha, holiday running means new adventures!

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

So happy for you both...keep having fun.

❤xxx

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

Thank you so much Bluebirdrunner 😊 we are having a lovely time together and we're enjoying lots of food and drink 🍷 🍻

[Mummycav]

Sounds absolutely perfect…In love with running & running in love 😍😍

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Mummycav]

You know it for sure Mummycav what an awesome way to put it 💞

[Vespina Half Marathon]

Sounds like some perfect running. That photo does not equate with my memories of Wolverhampton 😂

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Vespina]

It was from the Parkrun course which was so beautiful 😍 I've not been here before but where we're staying is close to the canal and it's so peaceful 😌

[Vespina Half Marathon in reply to GTFC]

Sounds lovely. My grandparents used to take me into Wolverhampton on the bus (or buzz as they would have said) from Bilston but never spotted scenery like this. Just shows there are wonderfully wilder places everywhere if you look.

[Katnap Marathon in reply to Vespina]

🤣 I read bus as buzz

[Cmoi Marathon]

Gorgeous photo, fab post, and I'm envious of your having a Jamaican meal! Of course there's plenty of wonderful food where I live, but it's almost solely French or (good) pizza - other cultures are barely represented.

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Cmoi]

Thank you Cmoi We love French food and wine 🍷 😋 Hope you are keeping well 😊

[Cmoi Marathon in reply to GTFC]

I love French food and wine too GTFC , but sometimes it'd be nice to have easier access to other options.

Thanks for asking after me - I'm OK, especially now that the heatwave's finally broken.

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Gorgeous! I love running by water, but I can only imagine how wonderful it must be to have a partner who wants to share runs 😊

[GTFC Marathon in reply to linda9389]

I got used to running solely by the water living near the Humber and now I'm by the Tees, I've been spoilt 😃 It is so wonderful for us to have initially met on here through our love of running and now we've been living together for 6 months. We support each other all the way.

[Birdlady64]

So good to read this GTFC and Tasha99 ! Sounds like you are both having a wonderful time in Wolverhampton - running together in such a beautiful place and that Jamaican food sounds perfect! I'm a teeny bit jealous of that. My Hen do (many years ago) was at a Caribbean restaurant - jerk chicken if I recall correctly. It was quite left field at the time! 😀Have a lovely visit to Essex - I'm sure you will

[GTFC Marathon]

Thank you so much Birdlady64 Essex means so much to me and the rest of my family are still there. We had the same food again tonight as it was unreal last night. Goat curry, jerk chicken, rice and salad with two dumplings 😋 Your hen do sounds ace! Hope you're keeping well 😊

[Birdlady64 in reply to GTFC]

Am OK thanks, though running less often in recent weeks

[Hedgehogs123 Metric Marathon]

Aww sounds lovely, have a lovely time away both 😊and what an absolutely gorgeous photo, looks so peaceful.

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Hedgehogs123]

Thank you Hedgehogs123 looking forward to the next few days and hopefully running by the sea 😊

[aliboo70 Half Marathon]

Aaah sounds perfect! 👌 x

[GTFC Marathon in reply to aliboo70]

So relaxing aliboo70 thank you 😊

[lexi6 10 Miles]

Sounds just a perfect holiday, gorgeous scenery, great company, food and drink and running - where it all started 💙❤️

[GTFC Marathon in reply to lexi6]

Exactly this lexi6 peaceful and calm and on our own clock which feels ace. Take care 😊

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon]

Wolverhampton isn’t somewhere I’d ever equate with “holiday” but it sounds and looks really nice. Enjoy the rest of your trip and runs xx

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Sandie1961]

It's been so calm here and a good halfway point to Essex 😊

[Katnap Marathon]

Have a great time daan saarf the two of you.

Will it be roast dinner tonight?

Hope to see you again soon!

* The family Katnap* 🐱👍

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Katnap]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 love it!! Thank you 😊 I'm giving Tasha a guided tour of my home town 🙈 a roast is a good call mate 😊

[Cowladyrunning Marathon]

Have a great break both of you and happy holiday running - lovely way to see a place.

[GTFC Marathon in reply to Cowladyrunning]

Thank you Cowladyrunning 🙏 we're really enjoying it.