The runners had taken on a full marathon or half marathon, many of them in Xmas gear. One even juggled three balls for the full 26.2 miles!

And the 4 GoodGymers did a marathon shift of marshalling, in the cold wind & the sleety rain. We handed out refreshments, collected cups and bottles and cheered on the runners.

Well done to Angela, Duncan, Yvonne and Maura who brought out the sun this morning and marshalled at the Portsmouth Half Marathon.

Great job everyone 🙂

The cold and wet didn't deter all the festive runners. Doug and I had the task of first setting up a small water station (should've been a tea hut today!). Then we were directing 10k runners right, shortly followed by 5k runners to the left. Once that was done it got more complicated for a little while as we tried to work out who was coming back to turn to the finish and who was halfway (10k runners).

We met the Grinch too!

We got lots of thank yous and gave up our marshal points about half an hour after we'd lost feeling in our hands and toes!

Happy Christmas everyone 🎄🎅🙂

Well done to the hi viz heroes who git up bright and early on Sunday to marshal the third and final soggy bottom triathlon.

The organisers and participants were very grateful (shame we can't say the same about a few of the locals!)

The reward was a lovely kayak afterwards.

Helped out registering the runners and multi-eventers for their 70km adventure.

Great weather for running, the initial wave of kayakers got a headwind and turning tide to challenge them.

Also packed 90 goody bags for the finishers.

Left after 6 hours as I was also taxi service!!

Angela was the GG rep at the first of the Soggy Bottom Triathlons.

There was lots of lifting and shifting kayaks and paddle boards. 3 waves - 2 of kayaks and 1 of paddle boards. One guy managed to fall in 3 times 😂🤦🏻‍♀️ it was his first time kayaking