posted Oct 3, 2008

The running shirt is real important too. I believe cotton is known to chafe more.

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posted Oct 3, 2008

Ill cheer you on Alex. Ill be the excited yorkshireman at Heworth roundabout cheering for anyone that looks knackered.

Good luck Pal.

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posted Oct 5, 2008

There are 3 great races in this world: The London Marathon, the New York Marathon and the Great North. I am lucky enough to have run all three of them. I am injured now and my running days are over. I live in India and road running here is in its infancy, but one thing is for sure we will never have a Great North. I hope it is a perfect run as usual.

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posted Oct 5, 2008

I love the Great North moe then New York marathon.

Tina
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posted Oct 5, 2008

From what I know, Boston is an older marathon than New York, when someone wins Boston, it is oft seen as a sport achievement, I think about '81 was the "duel in the sun" for Boston with Alberto Salazar, Boston's heartbreak hill is reknown and Boston happens in the springtime. Some Boston Marathon winners like Robert Cheruiyot furthermore, are fairly well known for runners.

Still, New York, Boston, it's hard to say, it is kind of a bit like say, Rome, Berlin, London, which are the bigger ones.

You did say "for me" (for you), so there isn't much room for argument really.

The Great North run is on the "Running made easy" author's list of the best runs in the world and indeed, I agree.

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posted Oct 6, 2008

Well done Alex, the time is unimportant - you've completed something that the vast majority of people in Britain will never do, and that's something to be proud of. The decision now is what you do with it. Personally I'd recommend that you keep it going and look for more races later in the year and early next year. You've done the basics and you'll probably be quite surprised how much faster you can run in the future with just a little more training.

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posted Oct 8, 2008

Well done on completeing the GNR, Alex.

I would have gone and done it but had two big cross-coutry races for school and club.

Finished 7th for school then on Sunday in the Northern Athletics Road Relays we got second place which was fantastic.

I agree with soreshins, a little more training can make you run that little bit quicker. As a long-distance runner, I often do some sprints after my main training session to give me that little bit extra for the finishig straight and it has come in useful a lot, especially in 8 and 1500m races in athletics!

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posted Oct 8, 2008

Yeah, it's easy to say you'll train harder. Actually doing it is a completely different thing.

A lot of runners I speak to make promises to themselves to do an X mile run and then won't go for a run at all.

If you're going to do it then just do it! Take an Ipod and run to music, it makes my runs seem a hell of a lot quicker anyway.

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