A Run .... at last

After 11 days of no running I set out at lunch time from Bellahouston Leisure Centre and ran around the park in my innov-8's. What joy ... the sun was shining and I was running again.

The good news to report is that my chest was fine. It's not quite 100% yet but I couldn't feel it while I ran and I could even clear my nose without any real discomfort.

So I'm all ready for Saturday's race. It will be an interesting test to see whether a taper like I've had to do will help or hinder. I'm looking forward to finding out.

As mentioned the other day the route has been reduced to 54miles rather than 55miles. Murdo pointed out that the predictions for my 'guess my time' will be out by 11mins or so. With the aid of an excel spreadsheet I've been able to work out 54/55th of each guess to come up with a new time!

Anyone who is still to have a go I'll assume you know it's only 54miles and will guess accordingly! You have until 6pm on Thursday (yes that includes you Chris McGl!!).

The plan for the weekend is for Sharon to pick me up at 11am on Friday, drive to Tim's in Ayr and then the three of us to travel to Guisborough together in Tim's car. After a night at the Premier Inn it will be an early start as we need to catch the bus at 5am which will take us to the start at Helmsley.

The race starts at 8am and hopefully I'll be back in Guisborough by 7pm ... or even earlier if I'm going well.

I'll try and post my time asap after the race but it will depend on getting a signal. We weren't too successful in the Hardmoors 110 mile last September.

I'll be posting the full list of guesses on Thursday night.

Wed 17th Mar Run details
3.78miles in 32min 00secs (8.29pace)