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Great North Run

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Jul 2009 2:06pm, 20 Jul 2009 1,691 posts	Quote Pin Yes With Cakey sub 2:15 effort for both of us...
Old Croc Jul 2009 2:09pm, 20 Jul 2009 4,269 posts	Quote Pin Old Croc Team Cake on a mission
BanjoBax Jul 2009 2:22pm, 20 Jul 2009 407 posts	Quote Pin BanjoBax anything but mission impossible the way Team Cake are going GNR elevation profile here airclub.pl
Old Croc Jul 2009 2:41pm, 20 Jul 2009 4,270 posts	Quote Pin Old Croc ooh useful info there banjo
geordiegirl Jul 2009 4:38pm, 20 Jul 2009 899 posts	Quote Pin geordiegirl PM I'm attempting a sub 2.15 too - hopefully see you just in front of me at the finish (that's if I get my ass into gear and start training properly!!)
Meglet Jul 2009 4:40pm, 20 Jul 2009 1,182 posts	Quote Pin Meglet will be my first HM. my goal is 2:24 as my sis-in-law had this at her first HM.
DeeGee Jul 2009 5:56pm, 20 Jul 2009 2,517 posts	Quote Pin DeeGee The "hills" are nothing to worry about. The course is gently wavy if anything. It's only the long drag uphill around mile 11 which catches folk who are running based on a longest run of 10 miles before the race. And that's followed by a sharp downhill.
she runs for cake Jul 2009 6:03pm, 20 Jul 2009 1,521 posts	Quote Pin she runs for cake The route is okay apart from a couple of little inclines until you start on the Felling Bypass at Gateshead and then it climbs up and up and up for about 4 long, long miles... You turn off the road and drop suddenly down to Whitemare Pool, then it's reasonably flat for half a mile, becomes undulating to the bottom of the John Reid Road, which is about the 8.5 mile mark. Then it's a miserable climbing slog until you can see the sea at 12 miles (At this point people beside you will be muttering "never again") then it's a sudden drop for about 100m, then the last slog mile along the coast. Overall the last mile is downhill, but it starts with a little imcrease and oddly that last mile is the longest of the whole race Still a great race, but I do wish it was run the other way round.....
she runs for cake Jul 2009 6:03pm, 20 Jul 2009 1,522 posts	Quote Pin she runs for cake The route is okay apart from a couple of little inclines until you start on the Felling Bypass at Gateshead and then it climbs up and up and up for about 4 long, long miles... You turn off the road and drop suddenly down to Whitemare Pool, then it's reasonably flat for half a mile, becomes undulating to the bottom of the John Reid Road, which is about the 8.5 mile mark. Then it's a miserable climbing slog until you can see the sea at 12 miles (At this point people beside you will be muttering "never again") then it's a sudden drop for about 100m, then the last slog mile along the coast. Overall the last mile is downhill, but it starts with a little imcrease and oddly that last mile is the longest of the whole race Still a great race, but I do wish it was run the other way round.....
she runs for cake Jul 2009 6:04pm, 20 Jul 2009 1,523 posts	Quote Pin she runs for cake wow - twice!!