POMPOM ALERT!! CHECK OUT OUR EPIC VRBS RUNNING THIS WEEK 🥳🥳🥳

[Irishprincess]

We have VRBs running from one end of the country to the other and we even have a famous double act running overseas, so get those pompoms fluffed up and ready to rock ‘n roll 🥳👏👍 All the races are on Sunday.

⭐️ First up is the overseas race and it’s a biggie! Our Fearsome Twosome  TailChaser and  Katnap will be tackling the Amsterdam Marathon!

The start and finish will take place in the historical Olympic Stadium! What an amazing finish that is going to be guys 🥳 The route is packed with interesting buildings, the Rijks Museum, Museum of the Tropics and the Amstel Hotel to name a few. Lots to see on the way and lots of atmosphere to soak up. We can’t wait to read your race reports afterwards.

tcsamsterdammarathon.eu

⭐️ We’re moving from Amsterdam to Portsmouth next where we will find a flurry of VRBs tackling the Great South Run. This is becoming a habit guys!

Running this fast 10 mile route, and no doubt meeting up as well at some stage, are  cheekychipmunks ,  UpTheStanley ,  Dexy5 ,  linda9389 , Oldgirlruns , David_G , Sandie1961 and Mudita11

The GSR “starts and finishes on the glorious seafront, the route offers a run through history passing iconic landmarks including the Historic Dockyard, HMS Victory and Southsea Castle along with breathtaking views of the Isle of Wight.”

Sounds fab. Good luck to you all and happy meeting up too 🥰

greatrun.org/events/great-s...

⭐️ From South England we head further North to Yorkshire where  runningdad will be running the Yorkshire Marathon!

This is the 10th anniversary of the Yorkshire Marathon so there will be loads of entertainment and a festival to celebrate all things running.

Along the route, pipe bands and choirs will keep the runners entertained as they take in the stunning views of ancient York, including York Minster, and its neighbouring countryside. A race and a year to remember by all acccounts. Enjoy all the celebrations runningdad.

runforall.com/events/marath...

⭐️ From Yorkshire we move to the South West where we’ll find  Marymumto2 running the Bath Half Marathon. This is a beautiful route with honey-coloured buildings and streets where Jane Austen once strolled. There will be bands and motivating music along the gorgeous roads of the World Heritage City of Bath. The crowd support is famously enthusiastic! What’s not to love?

Lap up the atmosphere Mary and go conquer Bath!

bathhalf.co.uk/2023-entries/

We wish every single one of you all the best of luck on the day. Enjoy the fruits of all your training and have fun! 🍀🍀🥳🥳

From The Team xxx

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10 miles, Half Marathon, Metric Marathon (26.2K), Marathon, Ultra (50K and beyond)

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[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

So Sandie1961 and Mudita11 hoped to fly under the GSR radar did they? 😍

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Oh, are they running it as well?

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

I am the only drop out ☹️! No, I knew I wouldn’t make it this year🙂. I also know that they will have a whale of a time; Special Constables required I should think with plenty of competitors for the Miss or Mr Legless Award! Have a blast everyone; hope to catch you sometime in 2024👍👍👍👏👏👏

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon in reply to Beachcomber66]

🤣🤣🤣 Don’t know what you’re talking about BC! 😂

Definitely need to get a date in the diary for 2024. Your call. I’ll be in my car. 😀

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Got it 🙂

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon in reply to Beachcomber66]

👊

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to Beachcomber66]

Of course the runners will not be knocking back the the wine by the carafe, it’s those non running husbands we’ve got to watch. 🙄🤪

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

Torn between loyalty to my gender …and the truth. 🤐

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to Beachcomber66]

Oh don’t worry, if I wasn’t running I’d be knocking back the wine too, like last year. 🍷🍷

[JonathanP 10 Miles in reply to Beachcomber66]

Don't forget I'm also 'absent without leave' BC! Sorry to miss out on the GSR this year due to recent hernia repair - best of luck to all running this weekend.

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to JonathanP]

I haven’t forgotten you JP. I was thinking about the night before shenanigans when I posted. I should definitely have mentioned you though! My profound apologies.

I met you for the first time last year and that was a real privilege. You are definitely another absent friend this year and we all wish you a speedy recovery now that you have put your op behind you. Hopefully you will be popping up at pompey park runs, running shoes on and producing amazing times before you know it. Not being able to run is just plain miserable! 👍🍻

[JonathanP 10 Miles in reply to Beachcomber66]

No problem BC - it was great to meet you too last year! Funny you should mention parkrun, I've just got back - definitely walking only this week though!

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to JonathanP]

Coffee and cake post run or walk will taste just as sweet!!

Are you doing any physio; that always feels to me to be a massive step on the way back; may be too soon I guess?

It was 6 C first thing this morning; warmer now but definitely a two shirt run and I carried a zip up top for the post café walk home. I will have to adjust to normal North East weather again!❄️☃️❄️

[JonathanP 10 Miles in reply to Beachcomber66]

No physio - I'm just going to build up slowly and see how things go. Pre-hernia I was getting some knee twinges - will be interesting to find out if they're still there!

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to JonathanP]

Optimistic view; the knee niggle was caused by a change to running form compensating for the developing hernia. In which case it may well have gone by now.🤞🤞🤞🎶🎼🎶🎵Always look on the bright side of life …..🙂

[JonathanP 10 Miles in reply to Beachcomber66]

Hmm.......we shall see!

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to JonathanP]

You could always try my physio advised 10/15 minute hot water bottle knee warm up (legs stretched out in front of you) followed by gentle massage of the knee cap to help generate synovial fluid. It always works for me.

[JonathanP 10 Miles in reply to Beachcomber66]

Thanks - if I'm still having a problem I'll give it a try👍

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Good luck everyone. Have loads of fun out there 😍🎊

[lexi6 10 Miles]

Whoo hoo! "I got my head checked 🎵🎼and something about jumbo jets?" Go Sandie and Mudita and the GSR crew and cool TC's and Kats have a wonderful time and many of these 🥇🥇🥇x

[TailChaser Marathon in reply to lexi6]

Thanks Lexi 😃xxx

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon]

Also running the GSR are Oldgirlruns and David_G ! 🎉🎉🎉

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon]

Thanks for the shout-out IP! Good luck to our intrepid marathon travellers   TailChaser and   Katnap and see you tomorrow GSR crew! ❤️

West Country pom-poms are also flying high for  runningdad and  Marymumto2 . You need to tell us how Bath goes, Mary. I need to do it, just as long as it reverts to March (next year I hope) 🤞

[Katnap Marathon in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Thanks cheekychipmunks ! ❤️❤️

[TailChaser Marathon in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Cheers cheeky! I don’t need to tell you to have fun, I think that’s a given!! 🥳🥳🥳

[SueAppleRun 10 Miles]

Good luck all amazing racers, virtual pom poms will be waving you all on. Have fun

[RunWillie Marathon]

Have fun everyone. ❤️🏃‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️

[Katnap Marathon]

Thank you all for your pom poms! ❤️❤️

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon]

Good luck and have fun everyone. I cannot wait to meet up with the GSR crew tomorrow 😃😃😃😃

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon in reply to Sandie1961]

🦋🦋

[over61andstilltrying Half Marathon]

Pom poms will be waving from Derbyshire. Go, go, go! 😊🏃🏻‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃🏻‍♀️😊

[runningdad Marathon]

Thanking you!! Final taper run is in the bag and I’m enroute and raring to go. Ignoring the mind games I’m playing on myself.

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to runningdad]

Those legs are stronger than the mind! 💪

[TailChaser Marathon in reply to runningdad]

I can totally relate to that RD! Good luck with Yorkshire!

[Cowladyrunning Marathon in reply to runningdad]

Good luck! Enjoy it and boot those unhelpful thoughts out the window!

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon]

Have a great weekend everyone, bring home the bling and lots of happy memories too.👏👏👏👏👏🏆🥇🥇🥇🍺🍸🍷.

Almost forgot UTS’ glass of red!!

[Oldfloss Administrator]

Pom Poms aloft and ready to wave frenetically... like a windmill even ! Go all of you awesome runners..

Run Safe, run Well, RUN HAPPY xxxx

[TailChaser Marathon in reply to Oldfloss]

😂😂😂

[Lookslikejames Marathon]

Good luck everyone, I hope you all have amazing races and finish strong!

[Week7 Half Marathon]

Happy running all!! Have a wonderful weekend!

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

Thank you  Irishprincess and all the lovely forumites. So looking forward to catching up with VRBs. I think  Mudita11 is the only one not recovering from some niggle or another so I expect a PB from her. I think a complete not compete mantra applies to the rest of us. Well maybe not UTS ! 🤣

Happy Amsterdam Marathon running to the lovely  TailChaser and  Katnap . At least this one should be flat. Also enjoy your international parkrun

Pom Poms waving for  runningdad and  Marymumto2 . Bring back the bling!

[TailChaser Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

We’ll be thinking of you all Dexy xxx

[over61andstilltrying Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

Completing 10 miles, over 16km seems a massive achievement to me. If you can enjoy it too and meet up with friends too, a great day indeed. I needed to grind out a 8.54km run (135m elevation gain) this morning so 16+km seems a long way away at the moment. Have a wonderful day 😊🏃🏻‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃🏻‍♀️😊

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to over61andstilltrying]

Thanks over61. At least we don’t do elevation here.

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon]

Pom-poms aloft here in Surrey, for everyone running this weekend! 🙂👏🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

Great South Runners, I shall be cheering you on from the sidelines as my husband and eldest son are running it too! Very proud of my son especially, as he was never sporty at school but seems to have caught the running bug at last!🙂

Looking forward to all the run reports.👍🙂

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to Sandraj39]

Hope to see you running it again next year  Sandraj39

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

🤞🤞🤞🙂

[Shake-and-run Half Marathon]

woo hoo to all HU friends running this weekend. Have a ball every one (from a sad and lonely and very soggy Stratford).

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

Give oldest kitten a hug from me xxx

[aliboo70 Half Marathon]

That's a really busy weekend full of brilliant races, good luck to you all ! 😁xxx

[Oldgirlruns 10 Miles]

Thanks for the shoutout IP and good luck to everyone involved in what looks like a very busy runny weekend! I’m currently at the “whatever possessed me to enter this event/I’m looking forward to Sunday” stage!

[TailChaser Marathon in reply to Oldgirlruns]

😂😂 me too OG! Have fun 😁

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Oldgirlruns]

Pom poms to everyone running this weekend but especially to you Oldgirlruns at the Great South Run ✔️✔️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

[Oldgirlruns 10 Miles in reply to AlMorr]

Thank you so much Al -I did it!

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Oldgirlruns]

You did it, you ran The Great South Run Oldgirlruns, congratulations, you deserve to be very proud of yourself 🏃🏾✔️✔️👌

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Oldgirlruns]

Whoop whoop! Well done 👍

[TailChaser Marathon]

Greetings from Amsterdam! Good luck everyone this weekend! We’ll be virtually shaking our Pom poms as we make our way round. If we could run two at the same time we’d be there at the GSR again as well 😍 Have a wonderful time runningdad and Marymumto2 too! 🥳😍🥳😍🥳😍🥳

[Cowladyrunning Marathon in reply to TailChaser]

Good luck both of you - it sounds an amazing race 😍

[TailChaser Marathon in reply to Cowladyrunning]

Thanks Cowlady, I’ve just got to teach my brain how to sleep again and then I’ll be fine!

[Mudita11 Half Marathon]

Good luck to everyone running and thank you for the pom-poms! 🎉. Very exciting weekend coming up!

[Cowladyrunning Marathon]

Good luck everyone! They all sound brilliant races! Pom poms at the ready for tomorrow 🎉

[Chickenears Marathon]

Best of luck to all you brilliant runners this weekend. Have fun!

[Kevin41 Half Marathon]

I’m a little late in waving my Pom poms, but I’m waving them anyway. Best of luck to all runners for fun, fast and fantastic runs!!

[Frizzbomb67 10 Miles]

Poms Poms waving in the Midlands for runners North 🙄 and South 🙃

[Cmoi Marathon]

French pompoms waving for you all, have fun!

[00marks Marathon]

All the best to everyone running but particularly our marathoners TailChaser and Katnap - marathons are tough. Look forward to reading reports.

[TailChaser Marathon in reply to 00marks]

Thanks 00marks, don’t forget runningdad , at least ours is flat! 😬 Hope you’re all recovered now.

[00marks Marathon in reply to TailChaser]

Yes of course - go for it runningdad - the UK weather tomorrow should be ideal.

My legs are still in recovery mode. At least I can now walk down stairs.

[TailChaser Marathon in reply to 00marks]

Progress! I’m glad our hotel room is on the ground floor!

[00marks Marathon in reply to TailChaser]

The worst part I found was navigating the stairs on the subway with a suitcase the day after the race.

[TailChaser Marathon in reply to 00marks]

Oooh…I’ll look forward to that one…the train station has a lot of stairs 😬

[Bluebirdrunner]

What an exciting weekend!

Good luck to all you fantastic runners tomorrow, have fun, run easy and bring home the bling!

Pom poms aloft here too!

💪🤞🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🌟xxx

[Hedgehogs123 Metric Marathon]

OMG, TailChaser & Katnap you two , how exciting!!! I hope all goes well, really look forward to your race reports and of course pics!!!🙌🙌

[TailChaser Marathon in reply to Hedgehogs123]

Thank you HH, looking forward to being able to write it too! See you on the other side!

[Hedgehogs123 Metric Marathon in reply to TailChaser]

you will be great, Im sure of that, what a great experience it will be !!😀🙌🙌

[TailChaser Marathon in reply to Hedgehogs123]

🥰

[Hedgehogs123 Metric Marathon]

oh wow, so many runners this weekend!!! Im almost envious of all these events, cheekychipmunks Sandie1961 linda9389 UpTheStanley Dexy5 Oldgirlruns David_G Mudita11 have an absolutely brilliant race all of you!!! Got to be some great VRB pics!

runningdad all the very best for your marathon, I still can't imagine running that far!!

Marymumto2 hope your HM goes well too!!!!

[misswobble Marathon]

OMG! How exciting 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

Just go out there folks and have a fab time. yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeha! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏅