Winter pompoms at the ready please ...

[linda9389]

It may be pretty wintery out there, but that doesn't deter our fabulous HU racers! Please, wrap up warm and raise your pompoms to support these lovely runners as only you can!!!

All our events take place on Sunday -

🌟First up, we have the now familiar winter trio of TailChaser , Katnap and Shake-and-run who are all running the Milton Keynes Winter HM. We hear it has fabulous bling (large and awesome 🥳), the lure of which should overcome any hurdles between start and finish lines. We look forward to some blingtastic photos! 🥇🥈🥉

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🌟Next, Reggit will be climbing - oops sorry, running - the 'slightly undulating' Longridge Christmas Pudding 7; with an elevation gain of 270m over 7 miles, you will have every excuse to consume that Christmas Pudding reward as you recover Reggit!

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🌟 Finally, Cowladyrunning has entered the Crickhowell Santa Dash 5k, but is currently battling illness and not sure whether or not she will be able to run after all. Whether you run or not CLR, we send you best wishes and hope you feel much better very soon. We'll shake your pompoms quietly just in case 🥰

Good luck to each of you; enjoy and keep warm! As always, we look forward to your race reports.

Is there anyone else with a race or event in the coming week? If so, let us have the details in the comments below.

To everyone else, have a wonderful weekend 😊

The Team xxx

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[TailChaser Marathon]

Wooooooh! Pom-poms shaking here, scattering snow everywhere (ok, maybe I left them outside and they’re just wet! 😅). I think Katnap , Shake-and-run and myself have got off easily with flat Milton Keynes! All the very best to Reggit and Cowladyrunning (I hope you recover in time. I’ve run in Crickhowell and it’s quite lumpy too. Lovely but lumpy. ) 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳💪💪💪💪

[RunWillie Marathon]

Cheering for you all! ❤️🏃‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️

[Joster Half Marathon]

good luck everyone!

[RunBrianRun Half Marathon]

There’ll be some well earned figgy pudding this weekend. Good luck to you all. 👍

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon]

Run happy everyone 😁 Good luck and bring home the bling 🍀

Cowladyrunning I hope you feel better and will be able to do your races 🤞

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon]

Lazy West Country pom poms shaking for all you heroic runners this weekend. I’ve gone right off the boil running-wise, so I’m going to pretend I’m one of you guys and virtually run with you! 😅 Let’s go and get that bling. ❤️

[SueAppleRun 10 Miles]

Wow!! Super racers, have fun all, I'll be waving pom poms and cheering you on

[AlMorr Half Marathon]

Good luck to you all and pom poms all round, after your run I hope they the organisers treat everyone to Mullled Wine, Christmas Cake and Mince Pies

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon]

Well done the all weather runners! Flippers would have been better than running shoes this week. Never mind; go for it you crazy people and bring home the goodies!!👏👏👏👏🏂☃️🌨️🏔️

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon]

Good luck everyone. Hope the weather gods smile on you and go get that bling 🤑

[Oldfloss Administrator]

Pom Poms at the ready... plus LARGE umbrella ! Go everyone... Run safe, run well, run HAPPY!!! xxx

[lexi6 10 Miles]

Apologies to Jule

Oh the weather outside is frightful

But the fire is so delightful

And since we've no place to go

You awesome guys do though so lets not let it snow

And Go! Go! Go! 🎉🎉🎉

[Mudita11 Half Marathon]

Good luck everyone! Pom poms waving wildly for you all 🎉🎉🎉

[Shake-and-run Half Marathon]

thank you everyone for your support. I’m still not sure how I ended up entering a HM?? So grateful to the Kats for providing the transport (even if it is a stupid o’clock start) and agreeing to wait for me a the end to give me a lift home. See you all on the other side (hopefully 😳😳😳).

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to Shake-and-run]

It’s catching! Well done you!

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

pom poms waving for you all. Festive runs are so much fun 🎅🏻⛄️🧑‍🎄🤶

[aliboo70 Half Marathon]

Pompoms waving from a very soggy Isle of Wight, good luck to you all xxx 😁🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️💪

[Time_Lord Half Marathon]

Good luck everyone x

[Reggit Marathon]

Thanks for the pom-poms. Not sure why I thought it was a sensible idea to go for a 10 mile run today when I’ve got the 7 mile race tomorrow 🤔.

Anyway, here’s a picture of my slightly soggy running shoes for your entertainment - not sure I’ll get them dry for tomorrow 😜

Very deep puddle with my feet covered in muddy water

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Reggit]

😱

[Reggit Marathon]

Anyway it’s done and dusted - a Xmas pudding and drink coaster are the reward for my efforts - they’d run out of bling when i finished. My thighs where screaming in parts after yesterdays run and I had to walk a couple of sections I wouldn’t usually do. However I got a 5k PB and PB’s on most segment times on Strava.

Absolutely loved the race number - had people commenting how unusual it was - could cause offence to some, be warned…

Thanks all - no more races until that Marathon in April (probably - although there is a fairly local 10k on NYE 🤔) need to focus now.

strava.app.link/cuGoKKS0pFb

Race number of 666

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Reggit]

Great job - esp after yesterday's long run. Congratulations on those PBs 👏👏👏

[GTFC Marathon]

We're right behind you all 👏👏👏👏

[Cowladyrunning Marathon]

Thanks to everyone for the thoughts - I didn't run in my races this weekend sadly as I ended up with a full on cold or whatever it was.... Still recovering this week 🙄 Disappointed but then again the weather was horrible....😂 Those were my first ever no shows at an event which felt bad! Hope everyone else was fine!

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Cowladyrunning]

No show is a hard decision to make, but it was the right one. Never an easy option. Do feel better soon. Hope you'll now be fighting fit for Christmas xxx

[Cowladyrunning Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Thank you! I hope so too!!

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Cowladyrunning]

100% the correct decision! Kill off the bugs and you will be out there again in no time.

[SueAppleRun 10 Miles in reply to Cowladyrunning]

So many of us have this cold. Wise decision to cancel, pushing through even if you were able to may just prolong the cold, if it's anything like mine it'll go on long enough without taking risks. Get better soon.