It’s Friday (already!) and It’s Pom Pom Time

[Beachcomber66]

A touch of Spring to start the day 🙂

Good morning amazing VRBs, time to rub the sleep from your eyes, stretch those limbs and start waving those Pom poms frantically for three of our number who are braving the elements this weekend. Make sure that they can feel a warming wave of support as they prepare for battle!

So far we have details of three races for this weekend;

⭐ On Saturday Morning, the legendary  Hedgehogs123 will be taking on the The Rauceby Ripper 10 miles. This is a multi terrain run starting in the elegant grounds of Rauceby Hall. Lots of sheep and ploughed fields too on that one I think!

⭐️ On Sunday Morning we have the astonishing  aliboo70 heading out for another long run on the Isle of Wight. Starting at Ryde Harbour slipway. 10 miles of “undulating” terrain starting at sea level means lots of steep hills in any language. 675 foot height gain!

⭐️Also on Sunday we have David_G running in the Chichester 10k. This sounds like a flattish run, starting and finishing in front of the main stand of the Goodwood Motor Racing Circuit. The run incorporates the British Masters 10k Championship! A great PB venue apparently. Now David, we don’t mind a few “go faster”racing car noises as you go round, but we don’t want your long comeback journey to be interrupted!

Good luck everyone.. Run well, run safe, and bring home the bling! We look forward to your race reports.

If we missed anyone with an event this weekend or later in the month, please let us know as soon as possible. There is a pinned post from Linda you can use to send us details.

A happy weekend of running to everybody!!

From The Team 🙂🙂🙂 xxx

[SueAppleRun 10 Miles]

Good luck all three weekend racers 😁 pom poms will be waving from here

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon]

Wow! Some great sounding races there.

Good luck everyone 🍀 Enjoy yourselves, be proud and remember to smile for the birdie 🙂

[David_G Metric Marathon]

Thanks Beachcomber66 I’m looking forward to my first real event of this year👍It won’t be speedy and I’ll walk as and when I need to🏃‍♂️but I’ll get round somehow! 😊

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to David_G]

I am sure that you have this under control David. Remember that the HU horde is with you!!

[aliboo70 Half Marathon in reply to David_G]

I did that race David_G around 2017, can't remember too much about the course,but we got a nice mug afterwards! 😀 Good luck! X

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon in reply to David_G]

Good luck David. It sounds like a great race 🎊🎊

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon]

Some fab runners and fab races! Good luck guys - virtual pom poms aloft for you all! 👍🙂🏃‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️

[RunWillie Marathon]

Cheering for you! Hedgehogs123 aliboo70 & David_G ❤️🏃‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to RunWillie]

Hope it’s not too hot today RW!

[RunWillie Marathon in reply to Beachcomber66]

It was already 32 degrees at 8:30am when I finished park run 🥵

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon]

Go go go fab trio! Mizzly moist West Country pompoms aloft, happy to be waving for you! ❤️

[Shake-and-run Half Marathon]

Good luck to the intrepid trio, enjoy your races and come back safe and sound. Xx

[Week7 Half Marathon]

Pom-poms all sorted Nd ready to wave .Hope you all have great races 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️

[Katnap Marathon]

Best wishes Hedgehogs123 , aliboo70 , & David_G 🎉👏👏👏

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

A fabulous crew out this weekend! Sending good luck to everyone. Enjoy!!!

[Hedgehogs123 Metric Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Thanks Linda, not sure how it will go, as still not upto 100% fitness, but Im giving a go and thinking of the bling and breakfast at the end! 😁

[aliboo70 Half Marathon]

Thanks everyone,I'm not feeling very confident but will give it a go, 🤞think this is my 4th time doing it! Had my osteopath app on weds and had some adjustments made and need to work on my posture. I'm going to just trot round and try to enjoy! The views on the seafront are always lovely ! Xxx 😁🏃‍♀️

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon in reply to aliboo70]

Good luck and have a great race 🎊🎊

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to aliboo70]

You will be fine aliboo7. You know what you are doing and won’t push too hard. Weather looks better this weekend…we have had our own private monsoon up here, but the water has largely been soaked up now. The wind has swung around a few degrees too and has lost its chill. Looks like a nice weekend to run👍

[aliboo70 Half Marathon in reply to Beachcomber66]

Thankyou for your faith in me , will report back!xxx

[Hedgehogs123 Metric Marathon]

haha thank you, don't think Ive ever being described as 'legendary' before! 😅

Im certainly going to give it my all 🤞. I haven't looked at Facebook to look at pictures of the course in its present sate, as Im told it looks quite muddy😬

Thank you for the encouragement everyone!!😀

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon in reply to Hedgehogs123]

Good luck today. Sounds like fun ! 🎊🎊

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Hedgehogs123]

Well Ms metric marathon runner, you have to learn to live with the fame 🙂 . Enjoy the day.

[Hedgehogs123 Metric Marathon in reply to Beachcomber66]

Haha, that made me laugh out loud!! 😂😂. Just arrived and going for the pre run wee, probably one of many, whoops is that too much information?!😂😂

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Hedgehogs123]

Nope …as essential as the warm up….both cause trouble later if you forget!!

[Hedgehogs123 Metric Marathon in reply to Beachcomber66]

😅😅

[Mudita11 Half Marathon]

Three amazing sounding races! Good luck Hedgehogs123 aliboo70 and David_G . Pom poms waving for you and everyone running this weekend 🎉🎉🎉

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

Hello Beachcomber and runner beings, February looks like a good time to join the races, and my Pompey pom-poms are ready for shaking.

Good luck to Hedgehogs123 at what sounds a very tough 10 miles. Hope it’s not too muddy for you.

Salutations sent across the Solent to the lovely aliboo70 who I’m pleased to see is back to scaling the heights of IoW again. And another 10 miles!

Then just to the east of us, good luck to David_G at Chichester. The Goodwood stadium is a great place to start and finish a race, with iconic 1920s buildings.

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

Hi Dexy5, are you running or supervising today? Intervals for me today; I know how to enjoy myself🙂

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to Beachcomber66]

I ran parkrun today, supervised by UTS. Bless him. 😉 Hope you enjoyed those intervals .

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

You were his undercover. field agent today, watching out for transgressors (except that everyone knows you)…..or you just had a nice Park Run. I really enjoyed my intervals. NRC makes them so straightforward and you can see all of your interval times displayed, so week on week comparison is easy.

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to Beachcomber66]

Yes, I like that about the app too. Intervals get lost on Garmin.

[aliboo70 Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

Thankyou Dexy5 , we're along the seafront for a bit so will spot the pompoms!!! Xxx

[PaulS83 Ultramarathon]

Happy running everyone 💪🏻

[RunBrianRun Half Marathon]

I’m a bit late to this but I hope you all had a great run L.