Another long one but had to grind out the second half

[ChrisAllen1]

After a very lazy weekend up to Sunday lunchtime I had to force myself out to do a planned long run prepping for my 10 mile race in 2 weeks.

A new route saw me heading north out of Dinnington to Horton Grange where a left turn took me climbing up the long slow incline up to Berwick Hill.

However, as all runners know for every uphill section there is (usually!!) a nice downhillhill bit and this was certainly the case as a 2km drop saw me head into Ponteland, land of Range Rovers and Waitrose 😂😂.

As I headed up towards the airport the legs were really beginning to ache and the final 5k, past Prestwick and back to Dinnington were a real dig deep effort, I had to walk up the final hill.

Nevertheless another long one in the bank and the adrenalin of an actual race usually helps so very much looking forward to 2 weeks today.

Well done to everyone who got out this weekend.

Run happy, run safe.

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10]

Wow, 10 but your in MILES! Well done. Good luck for your race👍

[ChrisAllen1 Graduate10 in reply to BaddieThePirate]

Thanks, the legs went a bit today near the end!!

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10 in reply to ChrisAllen1]

Not surprised! That's a long way. Top job.

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate10]

Well done on that long run Chris. You dug deep, and have that in your running bank. Stronger and tougher...😊xxx

[mountaindreamer Graduate10]

Well done Chris! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😊🏃‍♂️❤️

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10]

Is that the Waitrose with the worlds steepest car park? That would explain the range rovers.

Nice run and good mental strength

[ChrisAllen1 Graduate10 in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Don't think so!!, it's just that Ponteland is rather well to do!!!

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10 in reply to ChrisAllen1]

We have the same with Alderley Edge

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to ChrisAllen1]

POSH!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10]

Great run Chris.. as ever xxx

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

Amazing run Chris. Digging deep must mean digging super deep on a run of that length, especially with nasty hills - so very well done you! Hope the race goes well. 😀🏃

[misswobble Graduate10]

These runs can be tough, mentally so too. You did it though. Another one ticked off 💪😃👍🏃‍♂️

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

Wow that’s a long run ChrisAllen. I can’t imagine running for 2 hours. Mind you I think I said that about 30 minutes and 1 hour! It sounds like you’ll do really well in your race.