Another crack at sub 2.30 HM, another miss but a lovely route to shake off a stress filled end to to the week.

[ChrisAllen1]

Afternoon lovely running friends, hope you are all well and getting out regularly.

Not had the best work news so I was eager to get out for a long run, maybe not the best thing to do 2 days before the Bamburgh 10k but needed doing,

I parked up in an area called Cowgate, not Newcastles best but it allowed me to start off the run through the Town Moor, the huge area of grassland to the north of the city.

From there it was pretty much downhill all the way to the river, passing St James Park and the Centre for Life, then down to the Tyne, crossing the first bridge upstream from the Tyne Bridge which gave fantastic views of the Tyne Bridge, Millennium Bridge, the Baltic and the Sage.

I dropped down to the riverside and headed upstream towards the Metro centre but passing the Dunston Staithes on the way.

I reached 10k in about 1 hour 7 mins and felt OK, crossed back over the river at Scotswood Bridge and headed back through the riverside park on the north side. 15k came up and I was starting to tire, the fact that this was a spur of the moment run with no prep beginning to tell.

My run ended down by the Quayside, by all the wonderful development's that have transformed the area.

Once again missed 2.30,i think I have run 2.35 about the last 4, hopefully the GNR will be the one.

But a lovely run that cleared my head and now looking forward to Bamburgh on Sunday.

Run happy, run safe. 🏃🏃🏃

[Deals1 Graduate10]

Saw this on strava!

Well done. Great run and great route 😊😊👍 did u have a rough plan or just go with the flow?

[ChrisAllen1 Graduate10 in reply to Deals1]

Rough plan only really, knew I wanted to get down towards the river then run along it but didn't plan an exact route.

[Deals1 Graduate10 in reply to ChrisAllen1]

OK.. Cheers. Good luck for Sunday. Look forward to the report 👍

[Sandraj39 Graduate10]

A fab run nonetheless Chris - well done!🙂 Good luck for your Bamburgh 10k too!

[ChrisAllen1 Graduate10 in reply to Sandraj39]

Thanks Sandra

[Irishprincess Graduate10]

Sounds like the perfect warm up run to me 😂😂

Well done regardless of speed and good luck for the 10K.