16M Kingston Breakfast Run

If you do some running and you're going to enter any race at all, it'll be the one that passes your doorstep twice a year. This is the 4th time I've run in the Kingston event and the second time I've tackled the 16 mile, the previous being prior to the New York marathon.


I set myself a new PB of 2:08:27, which I was very pleased with especially as I'd tried not to treat it as a race and purposefully held back until about 14.5 miles in. I thought there could be no harm in winding it up for the last 1.5 miles and enjoyed a spell of passing a number of people before turning into the finish.

My first attempt, back in October 2007, I managed 2:12:30 and felt absolutely spent at the finish. This time round, I made sure I had plenty left in the tank and I'm stockpiling those reserves for 3 weeks' time! Touch wood, I'm niggle free, cold free and really looking forward to the big day.