Calling all you wonderful eventers! As the autumn racing season ramps up, it’s time to tell us all about your October races.
No matter what distance or what country you're in, we’d love to hear from you.
Fun runs (aren’t they all? 🤗), once-in-a-lifetime runs, a regular race for you, a virtual race - we'd love to hear about them all.
Perhaps you’ve never entered a race before and this will be your first, or perhaps you’re a regular racer and this is yet another date in your calendar!
Whatever the story, tell us about your event so your amazing VRBs can fluff up their pompoms and send loads of virtual support to you for your race day.
Just give us the name and date of your event, and a link to the website if possible. We’ll then add you to our October spreadsheet in readiness for a pompom cheer the Friday beforehand.
Such fun, such great support 🥳
Take a look at the spreadsheet here to see what your VRBs have booked so far:
I am all signed up for the Great South run in Portsmouth/Southsea (10 miles) on 20 October!! Hotel booked, train booked, and only a hundred and one things which might get in the way of my actually getting there! The bits I can do are done, including being up to my race “speed” for the distance.
I will be on the look-out for all of the lovely VRBs who usually grace this run! Last time I ran the GSR (2022) we had a fire alarm in the hotel the night before the race, I managed to injure my calf after about 3k (but I managed to stagger round and complete the course) and I almost got stuck in the bath at the hotel. Why am I going back there? 😵💫. Must be the magnetic attraction of all of those lovely people.🙂
Haha! I remember all that as if it was just yesterday! I hope you overcome/dodge (as appropriate) the hundred and one potential obstacles because it will, as always, be an amazing meet up 🤞
Here’s hoping all the stars align Beachcomber66 , it will be great to see you again, and you will be able to enjoy the run a bit more after all your training.
Hello Linda, UpTheStanley and I (plus a few others) are doing the Great South Run on 20th October again. Our excuse is it is on the doorstep and if we don’t do it we will be watching everyone else, wishing we were. I can’t seem to add a link.
Good evening Linda, after my 54th 10K today at the Cumbernauld 10K in a PB time of 67;38 my 55th 10K will be on Sunday October 6th, I am running the 10K version of The Great Scottish Run in Glasgow which is about 13 miles away from where I live, I have been a spectator at that race for many years so I thought it was high time to take part, there is also a half marathon as well, this will be the first time I have ran with thousands of other runners,
Fantastic AlMorr . Get there nice and early so that you can soak up the atmosphere.
A little tip: If it’s like the Great South Run, I’d suggest taking something old and warm, that you don’t want anymore, to wear after you’ve dropped your bag off. When your race starts, you can just discard it and it will get recycled or used for a charity.
Thanks for that advice Dexy5, I will wear my London Vitality 10,000 T Shirt, depending on the weather I'll also wear a light jumper under it, hopefully it won't rain.
I got your message on a train coming back from a walk along the seafront at Helensburgh, on the west coast of Scotland, that's the same place that I ran run 3 of week 9 of C25K in June 2018, this morning it was a walk, it did bring memories of that graduation run.
Faslane about 6 miles north west of Helensburgh on The Gareloch is the home of the Royal Navy Nuclear Submarine Base, you may remember when I ran that graduation run there was a man with that nuclear armanet arrow on his face cheered me on as I turned round about 20 minutes into my graduation run, yes I do agree it seems a long time ago now but never forgotten.
I know, it’s a fantastic month for races 😢 Of course, happy to let you know. Not sure whether I can add anything in a post anymore but I’m sure there will be some ‘unique’ moments!
I’ll be doing the Bath and Bristol Railway Races 10km on October 20th. This was going to be a marathon, then the 25km and now it’ll be the 10km! Covid absolutely binned my training for the longer distances and I don’t want to push it for too quick a build. Still, I’m excited to run the 10km and maybe even have a go at a fast one (for me!).
It’s the Yorkshire Marathon for me again this year on 20th October. I was a bit disappointed with how it all unfolded last year, so fancied another crack at it. So we’ll see.
Hi Linda, another candidate to add to your GSR list here! 🙋♀️
Plus please put me down for my 2nd Cardiff HM on 6/10. Just realised it’s only 20 days away and I had a little flutter 🦋 . I loved it last year, and now I know what to expect, I’ll love it even more this year. It’s a biggie, so the atmosphere is electric! Mr Cheeky and Flossie are coming to support me this year too (and the GSR again). They’re good groupies! 😅
October is an interesting month for me. For the first half of the month I will be at our home in France, closing it down for winter, and the one race I have in October is in France. It is the Foulee Eymetoise, it is on the 13th October and I will be doing the shorter distance of 8km. This link tells you a bit about it. ahotu.com/event/la-foulee-e... and the photo is the poster from 2022, but you get the idea!! The event starts in the village of Eymet which is where the running group Sandie1961 and I run with when in France, are based. My French running friends say I should be doing the longer one as part of my HM training but I know the terrain, it will be tough with plenty of 'up' and muddy trails, I'm just hoping it will be followed by plenty of down and a delicious hot chocolate. My main aim will be to keep out of the way of the walkers, who are speedier than you think!
Talking of walking, I have 3 sections of the Cotswold way to walk in October. Starting on the 20th, when I am catching up on a section 7 that I missed in July, Haresfield Beacon to Coaly Peak (10 miles). On the 27th I am doing section 10 (the correct one for October) with all the lovely ladies who are sharing this quest with me and 'RJ Fitness and Coaching' rjfitness.co.uk/walking/ Not sure how far it is going (about 10 miles) but we will be starting at Hawkesbury Upton. Then on the 30th I am doing the recce of the November section. I can't be with the ladies when they do it properly so I am going out with Rachel (of RJ Fitness and Coaching) when she does the recce. Rachel has said to dress light for trail running as we can mix up our paces as we go😱 !!!! If all goes well with these sections of the Cotswold Way, I will be all ready for the final section in December when we will end up in Bath after a total of 102 miles, ready for a dip in the spa and a mooch around the Christmas Market. 🎄
Hello I'm also doing the Bath to Bristol Railway run like MissUnderstanding - the 25k route. Running with a colleague. 20th October like everything else!! relishrunningraces.com/bath...
It sounds like a great route and a nice distance too. I thunk MissU has transferred to the 10k though after covid and injury messed up her training plans.
Of course - both of us are being wallopped with school lurgi here so we are just hopeful to get to do it!!! I hope to be able to catch up with you there MissUnderstanding - seems ages since Forest of Dean!
I am signed up for and locked in for the Yorkshire Marathon Festival 10 mile! 20th October. Yikes. Longest distance event to date so trying to eek out my long runs and hope the weather is kind ish. 🏃🏼♀️➡️
I will be doing the Toronto Waterfront Half marathon on October 20th. I had stopped doing strength training after Ottawa and as a result had a slight injury. I’m back on it. I’m short a couple of weeks of my training but should be all set. It will be nostalgic as I used to live in Toronto many years ago. I will be staying at my son’s girlfriend’s place which is a 20 minute walk from the start line. It should be a lot of fun! torontowaterfrontmarathon.com/
Hi Linda, and everyone. This time of year is so exciting for races. I am doing my last race of the year as a big one kind of decided in the spur of the moment some weeks back. The Sticks and Stones 53k solo. I did it three years ago and am hoping to just get around. I have my last longest training run this Sunday at 40k. Hopefully things go better than the 35k the week before last when a dog bit my arm. ☹️😵 All is okay with it now.
Yes this group puts on great events. The last one I did was really well managed with aid stations and volunteers. Last time it rained buckets. Maybe this one will be a bit more dry.
OK it's time to commit! I just survived my last training run, so it's Royal Victoria HM for me on Sun 14th runvictoriamarathon.com/roy... leg isn't right, but I'm going to give it a go. Looks like a lively route along the coast and through the pretty city of Victoria on Vancouver Island.
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