Great North Run

I got up a silly o clock on Sunday morning to get the train up to Newcastle to do the GNR I went up with a few other runners from the club we got to Newcastle where we walked from the train station to the start, where we saw the man with a fridge on his back we dropped our bags on the bus and went to get in the green area where it took us 40min to get across the line I high 5 Elie Simmonds and Mo Farah as we started I got into a comfortable pace of around about 10.30-11min/ miles pace all the way around the route only stopped to stretch or go to the toilet I ran the full distance without walking any part of the race which is an achievement because I have never been able to run long distances without stopping I enjoyed the run and the atmosphere and all the cheering from the crowd there was that many people walking in the last mile and half that it was hard to keep running and to do a sprint finish but I managed to once I got on to the grass and I was glad to finish because my legs then stiffened up my time was 2hr28.49 which was 1min slower than a few years ago but there was another 7000 runners this year but I was still very happy with my time. Time to go get my medal and t-shirt and go get something to eat from the prostate cancer tent and my photo taken and chat with a few other runners. It then took 3 and a half hours to get home by train time for a rest and shower