Your kind sponsorship would be greatly appreciated- Great Manchester Run 1/2 Marathon 21st May 2023

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

1 minute ago, Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator said:

Good luck Bagpuss 😁

Thank you kindly, @Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator

[Geezergs]

Good luck well done Ian. 👋

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

7 minutes ago, Geezergs said:

Good luck well done Ian. 👋

Thanks for your kind donation Barry!

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

Thank you, kindly @Andy Westwood 

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

Thank you, kindly @CherryTreeFW

[Glen_I]

Great cause Ian

 

Best of luck to you and the team!

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

10 hours ago, Glen_I said:

Great cause Ian

 

Best of luck to you and the team!

Thank you kindly, sir. It's really appreciated!

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

Just 8 days to go. Many thanks for all those who've contributed to this great cause so far, but please don't let this stop any others contributing to a very worth cause!

 

[Glen_I]

Best of luck  @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO and the others involved for tomorrow!!

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

2 minutes ago, Glen_I said:

Best of luck  @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO and the others involved for tomorrow!!

Thanks, Glen.

 

Wes pent yesterday wandering round London

 

 

Not the rest day, I'd wanted/needed, but it was my daughter's Duke of Edinburgh Gold presentation day, so I couldn't exactly skip that!

 

I'm resting them today! It's looking warm tomorrow, so I'm glad the 1/2 starts at 8:30am. Some of my colleagues are running at 12 for the 10K!, with Mo Farah, (not to be confused with @Paul Aspden (MoFast) ) 😉 One's incredibly talented and eats bacon butties, the other does a bit of running and eats veggie sausages!

 

 

[Glen_I]

Fair play to your Daughter. My eldest done her Bronze weekend hike a fee weeks ago.

 

Regarding you colleagues, a mate of mine who drinks silly amounts of lager and eats junk food started running in 2017 and does these 'ultra' type of events.

The weekend before last he done 100miles in 23hr 20mins and then the following week he done his local park run before he came with me to the Westfield open day....

 

Some are bred differently 🤨.

 

Weather is looking good though👍

[Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO]

Done, good luck.

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

7 minutes ago, Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO said:

Done, good luck.

That's very kind, Paul. Much appreciated.

 

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

1 hour ago, Glen_I said:

Fair play to your Daughter. My eldest done her Bronze weekend hike a fee weeks ago.

 

My youngest has just done her Bronze, so hopefully she'd get to Gold too.

 

1 hour ago, Glen_I said:

 

Regarding you colleagues, a mate of mine who drinks silly amounts of lager and eats junk food started running in 2017 and does these 'ultra' type of events.

The weekend before last he done 100miles in 23hr 20mins and then the following week he done his local park run before he came with me to the Westfield open day....

Yep I run to earn for my food and beer 😉 No point having a light car, otherwise!

 

1 hour ago, Glen_I said:

Weather is looking good though👍

I'd much prefer cold and wet to be honest! Heat's a killer, especially in a city environment! 

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

 

 

Some of us met at our office in Didsbury and took the Tram into town- It was getting warm at 7:15am!

 

 

Here's us ready to run. The start line is shown in red! It took circa 5 mins to cross the start from the gun going, off though my time is based on chip time.

 

 

It was a busy and hot run- Though I'm happy with my time, position was for a field of circa 8000, runners for the 1/2. I did 1H 37M in 2019 and finished 358th then.

 

 

I'll take this position for my age and gender-

 

Here's me just before the finish waiting to cheer the others over the line

 

 

Here's me with some of my colleagues from the 1/2.

 

 

sir Mo, only ran 1/2 the distance we did ! Clearly proof that vegan sausages aren't good for you 😉

 

 

Taking in vital replenishment fluids once home

 

 

We're close to £7K, further donations still gratefully received.