Did my 16th Great North Run yesterday. I put in a disappointing 2:14:02.And to make it worse, I wasn't even the Millionth Finisher.
I'm not sure what went wrong I've trained and I was well up for it. It was hot though and I don't like running in the heat. Miles 5 to 10 were hard.
This year my disappointment at my time was made worse by a guy in my new much bigger office who, having just turned 50, did it in 1:40. To be fair he didn't crow about it. So today has been a bit flat for me.
My next challenge is the Kielder 10k in 4 weeks time. I signed up for this in in a flush of excitement earlier in the Summer. Now I'm not so sure that doing a bastard hilly run in a wet and cold North Northumberland two weeks before the Amsterdam Marathon was a good idea.
