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[cheekbones3]

Ooh excellent - Hull v Bradford on telly! That's the next two hours sorted.

By the way, myself and kynon are running the Great Caledonian Run tomorrow, and he's doing it in aid of Leukaemia research. See his post: http://www.livejournal.com/users/kynon/215083.html

That reminds me that I'll probably have a quiet night tonight to get set for tomorrow. I feel strangely tired, given that I slept pretty well last night! Too much lie-in maybe...

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[sharmaya.livejournal.com]

Thought I'd see what people are saying on the Runners World forums, but they're just trying to decide where to park! *laughs*

I've had a look at your route, on the greatrun site... looks longer than 10k!! But I'd guess they know better than me. *grin*

Hope the weather's good for you. :)

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

It should be perfect - quite cool. The big hill out of the park is much later than it was last year which I think is a blessing! Last year in the first mile you had to climb up a bitch of a hill, and that finished me before I'd started really...

[sharmaya.livejournal.com]

Ouch! Looking back to the forum thread, it seems everyone thought the course was a bit of a killer.... Looking forward to seeing how you & Kynon did! I'm guessing you've been rehydrating yourselves in the pub all day? :)

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

Aye had a pint this afternoon - my legs are starting to feel a bit tired now.

I think the course was pretty tough on reflection - it seemed a bit excessive to include The Mound instead of using Waverley Bridge to get onto Market Street. The hardest bit was the plod out of Holyrood Park, and since I didn't quite know where the finish line was, I started my sprint finish too early, which meant that I died badly about 50m short! Had to stagger home instead of doing the high-kneed sprint across the line I was hoping for...

In the end I got 48 minutes, Kynon was a couple of minutes behind me.

[sharmaya.livejournal.com]

48 minutes is brilliant though, especially with a tough course. *impressed*

I'm kinda aiming for a time around 35 minutes for my 5k, so somehow not quite in your league, I reckon. *laughs*

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

Maybe it wasn't too bad if everyone's saying it was so hard. Would still like to have done better though!