Off the pace

The target of sub 1hr 40 mins for the Great North West Half marathon at Blackpool on Sunday was tantalisingly close for most of the time as mile after mile slipped by until the last three miles when the legs cried enough and and pace dropped from around 7.30 per mile to 8.00 per mile.

Even so my finishing time of 1hr 40 mins 36 secs was ample reward for the effort needed to average 7.44 per mile. No results were immediately available and will be published on the internet later in the week.

Conditions early on were slushy and very cold but by the second lap we were running on wet tarmac or concrete.