Thursday 8 October 2009

Run 3 miles, Plant a Tree !

The Manchester TreeAthlon, Heaton Park, October 2009

For a few weeks now, I’ve been doing a regular jog, aiming towards last Sunday’s Manchester Treeathlon, a 5km run around Heaton Park in Manchester.

Last Sunday, the big day came, so I set off to meet a few friends and colleagues. Registration was faultless when we got there, so we put on our t-shirts and waited for things to start.

Ian Cheesman from BBC Radio was there, taking the mickey, and half an hour before the run some too-cheerful-looking blonde gym bunny took to the stage and took us all through a thorough warm up. All I could think was "if I warmed up this much every time I ran a couple of miles, I'd never leave my bloody house"!

At 12.00, the run started. At around 12.10, we crossed the start line at the back of the pack. Sometime around Tuesday night, we finished! Well, it wasn't that bad, we actually had a great jog and here's proof that we finished. You have to take my word for it that we went round the course too...

















For those of you that like to see the route, here it is in glorious MapMyRideColour:


It was a brilliantly organised event, plus we got trees and a frizbee at the end! What more could you possibly ask for??

I reckon I'll do it again next year, anyway.... :o)

5 comments:

  1. Thats so cool!!! You both look so chuffed :) xo

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  2. Thank you! We were, and still are! :o) x

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  3. Is that your weight or time on the scales above your head?

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  4. Philllllllllllllllllllll how many times do we have to do this ???? Where...is....the....bike ???

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  5. Joby, It's my weight in grammes. And Gaz, I'm so sorry .... It's ... in .... the .... shed...! But I do promise, I really really do.

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