The Manchester Run

Just to answer a few questions regarding my non-participation in the above run.

I had made my mind up that I intended to take part in the Manchester run, but decided to leave it for a bit to try a couple of practice runs before entering so I could judge whether I would be capable of sustaining some sort of training regime. I didn’t want to sign up and then find I hated it, do hardly any running and then get a humiliatingly pathetic time in May. I (mistakenly) thought that as long as I was signed up by mid/late Feb, I would be in plenty of time (last year as far as I could recall, people were being signed up in April?). But, not being a runner myself or being the sort of person who ever seems to be ‘in the know’, I totally underestimated how popular the run would be. Anyway, I shall try and keep to a small-scale running regime till the end of February. More as an experiment to see if this does give me any side benefits, and to see if I could ever keep to a running schedule over a longer time period. If I don’t notice any benefits by March, I’ll quit.