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**dwestemesse** · 03-26-2009, 03:06 PM

Brilliant

I ran my first (and last) half marathon a couple of years back in the Great North Run.

Unfortunately I had "achilles" issues in the build up and really damaged them on the day. I did it in 1 hour 51 minutes and (I think) 23 seconds! But I had been hoping for something about 15 minutes quicker!

If I ran it now it would be more like 3 hours 51 minutes!!

If you do the training, you'll really enjoy it. One thing I never appreciated was how good a good crowd can be. The crowd really played a part.

03-26-2009, 03:06 PM	#8
dwestemesse Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 478 Senior Member	Brilliant I ran my first (and last) half marathon a couple of years back in the Great North Run. Unfortunately I had "achilles" issues in the build up and really damaged them on the day. I did it in 1 hour 51 minutes and (I think) 23 seconds! But I had been hoping for something about 15 minutes quicker! If I ran it now it would be more like 3 hours 51 minutes!! If you do the training, you'll really enjoy it. One thing I never appreciated was how good a good crowd can be. The crowd really played a part.
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