RACES/EVENTS FOR JANUARY 2024: DO YOU WANT A POMPOM CHEER? IF SO, COME HERE!!! 🥳📣👏

[Irishprincess]

A new year is approaching rapidly and it’s a perfect time to start looking at the race calendars to see what might tempt us and kickstart 2024 in style.

Have you looked at what’s around in your area? Have you entered a race? If so, then give us the details for January. All you need to do is tell us the name of the event, the date and a link to the organiser’s website if possible.

We’ll then put all your details on the attached spreadsheet and arrange a special pompom post on the Friday before your race so that your VRBs here can give you a special shoutout in support for your BIG RACE DAY 🥳🥳 It’s all very good fun!

docs.google.com/spreadsheet...

All distances and all locations are welcome. It could be a fun run, your very first race or maybe you just want the bling! A few people around here have been known to enter races just to get the bling! 🙀🏅🤩 Whatever your motivation we’d love to read all about it and wish you all the luck in the world 🍀

Happy searching and wishing you successful training and Bon Courage for getting to the start line!

From The Team xxx

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🎽 For any races/events in the remaining days of December, head here to give us the details:

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🏅To get a shiny new badge for a new distance, head here: 10 miles, Half Marathon, Metric Marathon (26.2K), Marathon, Ultra (50K and beyond)

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[TailChaser Marathon]

Yay! Looks like we’re on the list, thanks IP 🙏. Also, this is an odd one…it’s the next FordyRuns Extreme parkrun on 13th January. Katnap and I are off to Dover Waterfront to run a 5k with a few other nutcases. I hope they do a decent breakfast afterwards! Ellis Cross who beat Sir Mo in the Vitality 10k a couple of years back is a regular there.

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to TailChaser]

Ooh sounds fun! Is this a race? Do you have a link?

[TailChaser Marathon in reply to Irishprincess]

It’s just a bog standard parkrun IP: parkrun.org.uk/doverwaterfr... I think the idea is that in January it won’t be very pleasant as it’s right next to the English Channel and it partially runs along a pier 😅 There is a link on Facebook to it: facebook.com/events/s/extre... The last time they organised one (to the Isle of Wight) they filled up an entire hovercraft! They organise coach trips from London but that’s not very practical for us so we are making our own way down.

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to TailChaser]

The weather could be brutal or then again it could be calm and gorgeous 🤞

It’ll definitely blow the Christmas cobwebs away!

[SueAppleRun 10 Miles]

Hi IP, I got all excited and entered the Romsey 5 mile in January a while ago, then the other day my cataract op appointment came through 11 days before, so that's 4 weeks running out the window, I might still go to support Mudita11 who is also entered so I'll put the link here,

challenging.events/e/romsey...

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to SueAppleRun]

Oh, what a shame ☹️

I’ve added the details for Mudita11 👍

[SueAppleRun 10 Miles in reply to Irishprincess]

Thanks, not a shame really, I'm excited to get the second eye sorted, I didn't wnt to ask them to reschedule because it could be a month or more. Thank you, she will be pleased

[Mudita11 Half Marathon in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thank you both SueAppleRun and Irishprincess . I missed this post somehow! Looking forward to the Romsey run and I also have a 10k on 7th January in Stubbington: stubbingtongreenrunners.net...

I’m sure SueAppleRun and I will be entering a few other races together in 2024. Sue, you’ll have to guide me round with your perfect vision after this next op 👌🏻🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️😆 👀 xx

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Mudita11]

A great way to get the year started! For some reason I can’t add the link to the spreadsheet but I’ll keep trying. All your other details are there.

[Shake-and-run Half Marathon]

hi IP , I think you may already have me and the Kats on the list for the January sausage run. (Number 4 of the tempo winter series) let me know if you need the link again.

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Shake-and-run]

We have indeed Shake. There’s no escape 🙂

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

 Couchpotato2 has nudged me again! This time we've entered the Farnborough Winter HM on Sunday 21st Jan farnboroughhalf.co.uk/

I doubt there will be any heroics on my part, but it should be fun and of course there's always the first bling of 2024 to look forward to

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Now that is something to look forward to Linda!