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I'm feeling lucky! Lucky to be here as fit and as fast as I've ever been.. Fresh at the end of a fantastic block of training. Without a hint of injury or the colds that I've had hanging around since the Great North. And lucky in the sense of the over-zealous, 'this is what I've killed myself for all those months for and I'd die if I were anywhere but here' mind-set that I run best with: cheesy, brings a tear to the eye lucky....
Just the sort of lucky feeling you can to turn into a passionate attack on each passing second when the race really starts at the 20 mile marker.
My plan? A PB for sure. Anything over 2.20 would be disappointing. Depending on conditions and the groups that form, I will head out to go through half in 69.00-69.30.
It says it will be windy. But they predicted a storm for the Great North and that was just a recipe for me to collapse over the finishing line sobbing with satisfaction at how much I had taken of my PB.
69 something should be an ok split. In London in 2011 I ran the first half in 70.30 and my half marathon PB was two and a half minutes slower. Admittedly, that was a day where normal rules didn't seem to apply. But like at the Great North Six weeks ago, I've got that feeling again.
I'll see you on the other side....
I'm feeling lucky! Lucky to be here as fit and as fast as I've ever been.. Fresh at the end of a fantastic block of training. Without a hint of injury or the colds that I've had hanging around since the Great North. And lucky in the sense of the over-zealous, 'this is what I've killed myself for all those months for and I'd die if I were anywhere but here' mind-set that I run best with: cheesy, brings a tear to the eye lucky....
Just the sort of lucky feeling you can to turn into a passionate attack on each passing second when the race really starts at the 20 mile marker.
My plan? A PB for sure. Anything over 2.20 would be disappointing. Depending on conditions and the groups that form, I will head out to go through half in 69.00-69.30.
It says it will be windy. But they predicted a storm for the Great North and that was just a recipe for me to collapse over the finishing line sobbing with satisfaction at how much I had taken of my PB.
69 something should be an ok split. In London in 2011 I ran the first half in 70.30 and my half marathon PB was two and a half minutes slower. Admittedly, that was a day where normal rules didn't seem to apply. But like at the Great North Six weeks ago, I've got that feeling again.
I'll see you on the other side....
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