Great South Run and Pompey All in One Day

On Sunday, we had a pretty busy day. We woke up early in the morning and headed off to watch Phil run 10 miles in the Great South Run in Portsmouth. Phil is pictured above when he saw us waving at him running past at the beginning of the race. It was a rainy and cold day, so Tim and I were kitted out in our waterproof clothing and wellies so we could stand outside the whole morning and enjoy watching the 19,500 people run in the race. There were many runners dressed up including the likes of Borat (in his bathing suit), Paddington Bear, a Bride and Groom, a pair of Devils (one blind) and Batman and Robin. Phil finished in an hour and a half which was pretty good. We didn't run but we had to take a ferry from Southampton to Portsmouth and walk a couple of miles from the ferry to the start of the run and back again and then we did some more walking on the way to the Portsmouth football match so we got our exercise in anyway. The picture above is Tim and I standing in front of the Portsmouth Stadium. The nickname for Portsmouth is Pompey, so the whole game, we were singing the famous, "Play up Pompey, Pompey play up!" Unfortunately, the score was 1:1 against Fulham. We sat right next to the Fulham supporters (because away supporters are always seated in a particular section with stewards patrolling in between the sections), so they were getting rowdy along with one girl in the crown who kept sticking up two fingers at the Fulham crowd and singing "F*&% off Fulham". It was a crazy day spent mostly outside that ended with some Indian take away at Phil's house before we drove home. I had to sleep in until almost 11 am to fully recover.