2011 is going to be a Great Year by man_in_the_stand

Well its been a while since my last post. I have bee trying to keep up with everyone’s posts via my I-phone but I just haven’t had time to get on to the computer. Well on the 15^th May was the Great Manchester Run. We headed into Manchester early and parked up near the Arndale Centre as the parking is cheaper and walked the 10 minutes to the GMEX. We met up with Andy, Jamie, Mick, Alison and Kelvin and Maija and family. It was great to meet up with everyone. I was due to start in the Orange wave but I had been in conversation via twitter with Maija and had decided that we would run together. This suited me as my training had not been the best and I was still feeling on a running downer since the marathon. We started in the Blue wave and it was really packed in the wave are whilst waiting fro the start. We eventually got moving and in no time at all we were over the start line. It was nice to run with someone for a change and have a talk on the way round. It was a bit windy out on the course and we got wet by the odd shower, especially as we headed up hill towards Old Trafford. Considering the weather there was still a lot of support on the course. We finished in 1:14:27 but this was not about the time it was about running with a friend and having a great day. We walked down the from the finish and seen our families before heading back to the GMEX to get warm. It was great to meet up with everyone and we had a great day. This is what the GMR is all about and we all met through Realbuzz.

Since then I have only been out for a few runs of between 5 and 7 miles. I now need to look for some challenges and races to compete in over the coming months and hopefully get my running mojo back. Hope everyone is fit and well and that your running is going well. Take Care and Keep on Running