We were on holiday in Spain and I used to go running every morning with this cockney bloke who we met while on holiday in 1980.
Didn’t keep in contact and thought I’d never see him again…
I was running the London Marathon in 1989 and discovered that the bloke running by my side at 22 miles was this same bloke…Amazing!
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I’ll take that as a compliment to my storytime skills! Ok if you boys behave yourselves and ask ever so politely I’ll tell the extended Tracy’s Director’s Cut version of it in a few days. How’s that sound? 
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Oh gosh incredible! Some amazing tales of coincidental encounters here
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It was always a joke between us that no matter where we went my husband would bump into someone he knew. The most surprising was when we were in Singapore airport - and yes walking towards us was someone he knew from years previously. I swear he could have been on a balcony with the King and someone would say - oh look there’s Mike!
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Okay Tracey, you’ve got my attention…
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Me too, yes please, pretty please miss!
Looking forward to a very detailed description of…erm…ahem…one area in particular
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What a small world! Congrats on the marathon, would you do it again/ have you done it again since?
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I wasn’t too keen on the London marathon Terry, a bit over subscribed to for my liking.
It was very nice to meet my friend on it though. His name was Terry…it’s not you is it?
I preferred Nottingham, The Robin Hood Marathon, I did that one ten times, probably because it was my first and it had sentimental connections.
I went on to run 36 full marathons in all, but first I was made redundant and went to work away from home, and then in 2004 I suffered a heart attack after a 13 mile training run. I only ran half marathons after that, and finally in 2021 my heart gave up big style and running for any distance was impossible. I have to walk a lot now, although I still jog short bursts when nobody’s looking…
Are you a runner Terry?
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I must have missed that Wonderland story the first time around and have no idea what it could possibly be about, so count me in too! No siree bob, no idea what it’s about…I’m assuming it’s a wholesome, family friendly innocent feel-good tale that warms the heart? Am I correct? 
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Robert, is that you??? I’m joking of course
That’s the problem I kept running into with the London one. Never made the ballot. Done Great North Run several times, did the first Brighton marathon 15 years ago (badly!).
Don’t think I could manage it again but still jog most days. Still get a real rush from it.
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Ooooo yes please! 
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Oh lordy, you lot are absolutely incorrigible 
Fine, I’ll write it up in full when I get a chance, perhaps Friday evening?
Enjoyed Terry being subtle as a brick there… 
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