POM-POMS GALORE NEEDED THIS WEEK!!! 🥳🥳📣

[Irishprincess]

Welcome to the first of the April races!

We have a bumper time coming up with stunning routes, diverse locations and amazing VRBs! So, take a deep breath and get ready to wave a whole load of pompoms on Sunday for all our stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

⭐️ The first event is a popular one for our community and one that some of our VRBs have done before. There will be quite the little group meeting (and a virtual hookup!) in the stunning Peak District where       Shake-and-run ,       Sandie1961       Oldfloss and   Bluebirdrunner run the Monsal Trail 10K.       Cantstopmenow is going further and will be running the HM event.

Traffic free and going through four railway tunnels and across the Monsal Viaduct and surrounded by beautiful countryside, this will be one to remember for our gang. No doubt there will be a meet-up too and cake of course. Lots and lots of cake 😋

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⭐️ Joining this band of runners virtually will be    lexi6 all the way in New Zealand running 9K with hills in the Porirua Grand Traverse. Enjoy the cake afterwards with the others Lexi!

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⭐️ Next up is       Petem56 who will be running the Brighton 10K, his first 10K since the 1980s. Pete lost a leg just under four years ago at the age of 63 and he hopes the mention of that here may help others to try and push for their own goals. You are one inspirational runner Pete.

The Brighton location needs no introduction as we wave our pom-poms amongst the sand dunes and sandcastles in between eating ice cream of course 😎

The event promises an exciting 10K on a flat course and part of the bustling Brighton Marathon Weekend. The atmosphere will be quite something and the runners will have seaviews the whole way! And surely that invigorating sea air will give everyone a boost 🐚

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⭐️ It wouldn’t be April without something from the Kats and they don’t disappoint.       TailChaser and       Katnap will be taking on the London Landmarks HM which is set to be the biggest yet at 18,500 runners!

This route covers plenty of historic points like St Paul’s Cathedral and new landmarks this year such as Westminster Bridge, The Scalpel and The Cheesegrater buildings. KN and TC will be raising money for Tommy’s too, a pregnancy and baby loss charity, so an extra incentive for this one. Not that they need extra incentive!

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⭐️ From one stupendous capital to another, where       00marks will be running the iconic Paris Marathon, apparently one of the biggest in the world with about 54,000 runners!

The route takes runners past historic sights like the Champs Elysées, from the foot of the Arc de Triomphe towards the Place de la Concorde to the Rue de Rivoli. They’ll then go through the Opéra Garnier, the Place de la Bastille, a glimpse of greenery from the Bois de Vincennes, views of Notre Dame and of course, the Eiffel Tower! Phew! What a journey that will be. If you can, send a postcard please 00marks 😂

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⭐️ Our final warrior this Sunday is       Comfortnotspeed who will be running the Madeley HM in the beautiful Staffordshire countryside, as part of her marathon training.

A new route this year to keep the runners on their toes, the race starts at Madeley High School and goes through some great villages with fab supporters along the way, and finishing up at the school. Oops, nearly forgot to mention the big hill CNS! All these pom-poms and your strong legs will get you over that I’m sure 💪

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Well, what a fantastic group of runners! All the best of luck to each and every one of you 🍀 🍀🍀 Have lots of fun and remember to smile for the cameras 😁 even though you might not feel like it at the time 😂 We need lots of race reports afterwards please 🙂

Have we missed anyone? If so let us know immediately and we will add you to our pompom list.

From your team       Beachcomber66 ,       linda9389 and me

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[Freecloud Marathon]

Wow! Running season is definitely here! Best of luck everyone - Go get that Bling!!

[Annieapple]

🍏 👋 Monsal Trail Runners go go go! Wishing everyone preparing running or helping with all these super events a fabulous weekend! Yes please, remember the photos and reports!!

[Lookslikejames Marathon]

Good luck everyone, I hope you all have great runs!!

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Wow! Good luck every single one of you amazing runners. Having loved Monsal HM and LLHM I have serious FOMO this morning! If the going gets tough, run some of those kms for me please - however hard it gets, believe me when I say it's better than sitting it out!

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

🥰

[Katnap Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Good luck with your recovery linda9389 and thanks for your pom pom waving 🎉

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon]

Whether is damp wet uk or the hills of Porirua New Zealand, have a blast and don’t spare the chocolate brownie, Bakewell pudding or whatever fuel you choose. Looking forward to lots of race reports, smiling faces and bling pics 🙂

[Katnap Marathon in reply to Beachcomber66]

Goes without saying!

[Cmoi Marathon]

Happy running ,all!

[RunWillie Marathon]

Cheering for you all. Have fun everyone! ❤️🏃‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️

[Comfortnotspeed Marathon]

Thank you so much for the Pom Poms shhh but I’m defo walking the hill⛰️ 😂

Some fantastic events happening this week 😀Enjoy them and celebrate all your training time 🌸☺️🌸

[Katnap Marathon in reply to Comfortnotspeed]

Yes! Run for the photos, walk to recover before the next photographer 🐱👍

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon]

Wow, what a wonderful crop of HU runners! Massive pom pom waving from here in windy Brittany, tinged with a teeny bit of FOMO as I was originally meant to be joining the Monsal Trail crew. A happy family event meant bringing our holiday forward though, so French inspired pom pom shaking it’ll be from me instead! 🎉🇫🇷

Enjoy, everyone, wherever in the world you are. ❤️

[Katnap Marathon in reply to cheekychipmunks]

🐱 Katnap 🐱

Bonbon pom poms 🤣

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon]

Goodness me, what a bumper weekend of fabulous HealthUnlocked runners doing their thing!! I am waving my pom-poms for you all! Good luck!👏👏👍🙂🏃‍♀️🏃🏽

[Time_Lord Half Marathon]

Good luck everyone x

[Week7 Half Marathon]

Pom poms raised. Hope you all have great races!!!

[SueAppleRun 10 Miles]

Good luck all, may your legs feel strong and the weather kind. Most of all have fun 😁

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

Wow, that’s making up for a few quiet weeks. First of all best of running wishes to Sandie1961 , Shake-and-run , Oldfloss and Cantstopmenow doing the Monsal Trail. UTS and I did this last year with a jolly HU group and loved it.

Also waving pom poms for lovely lexi6 in NZ, 00marks in Paris, Katnap And TailChaser in London , Comfortnotspeed in Staffs and Petem56 in Brighton .

I hope the wind is always behind you!

[Oldfloss Administrator in reply to Dexy5]

Bluebirdrunner is running the 10K with us too.She and I have been virtual training buddies xxx

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to Oldfloss]

Oh I’m so pleased that  Bluebirdrunner can make it again. Another pom-pom will be waving .

[Bluebirdrunner in reply to Dexy5]

Thank you Dexy5 will miss you this year. 🪻🪻xxx

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

Yes it was fun, but you’ll have new HU meet ups this year. Bring back the bling.

[lexi6 10 Miles in reply to Dexy5]

Thanks Dexy, I think we're going to be lucky with the wind too!

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to lexi6]

Whoop whoop

[Oldfloss Administrator]

Please add our own, wonderful Bluebirdrunner to the list...we run together!! Xxx

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Oldfloss]

Bluebirdrunner duly added to the list and Pom Poms are waving frantically for her and you; HR dynamic duo! 🙂🙂🙂🙂

[Oldfloss Administrator in reply to Beachcomber66]

Thank you xxxx

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Oldfloss]

Also added to the post above 🙂x

[Bluebirdrunner in reply to Oldfloss]

Thank you....I will be there! xxx

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

I hope that you all have a lovely meet up; just don’t forget to run in the midst of all that laughing and chatting!!

[Oldfloss Administrator in reply to Beachcomber66]

We nearly did last year! x

[Katnap Marathon in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

Happy running BBR!

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Beachcomber66]

Thanks BC. I have little ones here and have been playing in the garden and haven’t been able to even peek at a screen until now!

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Irishprincess]

That sounds like time very well spent.🙂

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon in reply to Oldfloss]

That is fabulous news 😃😃

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Oldfloss]

Fluffy pom-poms for Bluebirdrunner too 🥳 GO! GO!

[Bluebirdrunner in reply to Irishprincess]

Thank you IP, please wave them extra hard to help me to that finish line! 🤞xxx

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

You’ll have all these pom-poms to support you over that line 🥰 xxx

[Bluebirdrunner]

Rooting for lexi6 running with us on Sunday and Cantstopmenow and Sandie1961 and Shake-and-run all the other fantastic runners out on courses this weekend.🪻🪻🪻xxx

[lexi6 10 Miles in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

Thanks BBr have a great time

[Bluebirdrunner in reply to lexi6]

You too lexi6 smash that hill! 🏃‍♀️💪🙏xxx

[lexi6 10 Miles in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

Thanks BBr I've got Kate Bush on my playlist 🤞

[TailChaser Marathon]

Phew!! What an amazing post IP, you described all these runs beautifully. Shows how much I’ve taken notice of our route, I had to look The Scalpel up 🤣

Good luck to all running this week. Despite Katnap and I being in an amazing event this weekend, I’ve got a lot of FOMO those doing the Monsal Trail, as it is a lovely race, in stupendous countryside, Bit of a warning to Cantstopmenow , the HM may come up a little short - it should have been my PB last year! Enjoy!!

Have the best time all! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon in reply to TailChaser]

Thanks for the heads up TailChaser I'm looking forward to it 😊

[Katnap Marathon in reply to TailChaser]

Best bit of running a bit extra for the sake of Strava / GPS Cantstopmenow is that the route goes downhill after the finish.

Have a great day!

🐱 Katnap 🐱

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to TailChaser]

You must be on automatic pilot and just turn up at a race and run 😂

[TailChaser Marathon in reply to Irishprincess]

Not quite. Turn up, queue up for the loo, queue up for the loo again, then run 😂

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to TailChaser]

Only twice? 😂

[Oldfloss Administrator in reply to Irishprincess]

Four times! x

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Oldfloss]

😂😂

[Hedgehogs123 Metric Marathon in reply to TailChaser]

haha, that sounds exactly like my routine!!😂😂

[TailChaser Marathon in reply to Hedgehogs123]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon]

Good luck to all runners this weekend ☘️

[GTFC Marathon]

Teesside pom-poms and good luck wishes to all of you running superstars....yes you really are. Enjoy the achievement of getting to the start line and running your event. Admire each and every one of you 💚

[lexi6 10 Miles]

Good luck everyone 🎉

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon]

My first event since GSR in October and I am so ridiculously excited. Good luck to all runners (especially the Kats and my lovely friend lexi6 ). Enjoy the runs, enjoy the bling, enjoy the cake!

[lexi6 10 Miles in reply to Sandie1961]

Thanks Sandie, you too and have a great time

[Oldfloss Administrator in reply to lexi6]

Good luck Lexi... enjoy! xxxx

[lexi6 10 Miles in reply to Oldfloss]

Thank you OF and the same back for you too 🥰

[over61andstilltrying Half Marathon in reply to Sandie1961]

Good to read that others get excited 😊 Have a lovely time 😊

[Hedgehogs123 Metric Marathon in reply to Sandie1961]

Sandie, I hope you've had a brilliant day!!! So lovely to have the company of other VRB's too 😁🏅. Looking forward to reading your race report!!

[aliboo70 Half Marathon]

Sounds like a brilliant weekend ahead for our runners, what an amazing array of races! Good luck to you all 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️⭐💪xxx

[Mudita11 Half Marathon]

Wow what an amazing weekend line-up of runners and races. I’ve had my eye on several of these races myself, mainly after reading about them here. Maybe next year!

Good luck to you all. Pom Poms waving wildly for everyone 🎉🎉🎉 !

[RunBrianRun Half Marathon]

Good luck to you all!

be cheering you o in person if you’re running in the Brighton 10k or Marathon. Petem56 I’ll keep a look out for you!

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to RunBrianRun]

Hey Brian 👋

[RunBrianRun Half Marathon in reply to Irishprincess]

Hello IP. Thought I’d stick my head in to wish fellow VRBs luck this weekend. I’m still here, just not posting a lot atm.

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to RunBrianRun]

Hope your training is going well RBR.

[over61andstilltrying Half Marathon]

Wow! You amazing lot you! Have a really good time in every way! Whoop whoop and whoop!

[Folkylass]

Monsal trail runners and all the other exceptional runners 🏃‍♀️🏃🏃‍♀️🏃good luck and enjoy! 🙋‍♀️You are all amazing!

Waving Pom Poms for you all!

[Runnin-g Half Marathon]

Good luck to everyone racing this weekend. I’m not racing myself but will be travelling to Southampton to cheer on my Son who is running the marathon on Sunday.

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Runnin-g]

Good luck to your son too 🍀

[misswobble Marathon]

have fun everyone 👏👏👏👏😀

[Oldfloss Administrator in reply to misswobble]

Thanks You... just the 10K for me, so no viaduct picture... which may be just as well really, considering the wind speed forecast!

I will be thinking of you... you were a huge support and friend to me when I did that first HM here xxx

[Hedgehogs123 Metric Marathon in reply to Oldfloss]

hope you've had a great day??? 😁🏅

[Oldfloss Administrator in reply to Hedgehogs123]

Brilliant, thanks... Bluebirdrunner and I did a slow and steady run/walk and had a ball x

[Hedgehogs123 Metric Marathon in reply to Oldfloss]

aww sounds perfect!!🤗

[misswobble Marathon in reply to Oldfloss]

I’m hoping to do it next year 😀 It was glorious the last time I ran it. I actually remembered to peer over the viaduct ☺️

[Oldfloss Administrator in reply to misswobble]

I'd love it if you were there!!!

[misswobble Marathon in reply to Oldfloss]

Me too 🤞

[Oldfloss Administrator]

Sorry... Late with pom poms... all wrapped up in my own prep!

Here in a lovely house near the Monsal trail area... sunshine today and high winds and rain forecast for the race tomorrow ! Hooray!!

But... I will wave my pom poms en route tomorrow and think of all of you... Run Safe, Run Well, RUN HAPPY.. and hopefully DRY ! xxx

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Oldfloss]

Enjoy yourself Floss and good luck 🍀xxx

[Oldfloss Administrator in reply to Irishprincess]

Thank you...it is all about enjoying it...xxx

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Oldfloss]

Hope the wind is always behind you x

[Oldfloss Administrator in reply to Irishprincess]

Me too...if it carries on blowing as it is now...we'll fly it. 🏃‍♀️🤣

[Oldfloss Administrator in reply to Irishprincess]

It was in our face, behind us and blowing sideways at times, but a gorgeous sunny day as well!

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Oldfloss]

But you did it! 🥳 xxx

[Cowladyrunning Marathon]

All those races sound amazing! Pom poms waving wildly in the wind here - may it be behind you tomorrow! Good luck all! Sorry if anyone was today I was thinking of waving just in case I missed any!!

[Hedgehogs123 Metric Marathon]

Woo Hoo, what a wonderful bunch of runners and races!!!! Hope you have all had a fantastic time, lots of of great goody bags, lovely bling and supported each other!!

Looking forward to all the race reports and pics!!!😁🏅🏅

[Shake-and-run Half Marathon]

just caught up with all these lovely posts! Thank you for the support everyone, report to follow shortly xxx

[Petem56]

Thanks for the mention princess, just to let you know I beat my target of one hour and thirty minutes and made it in 1:25:43, followed by coffee, sausage roll and a doughnut 🙂

Finisher medal.

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Petem56]

What a fab looking medal! Well done to you Pete, for the 10K and for beating your target! Whoop whoop 🥳