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I learned to get a proper running GPS rather than relying on an iPhone, yes.

I can't even imagine how boring running 18 laps of Preston Park must be :lol:

I'd planned an 18 mile route last year. I'd already seen the weather forecast so I knew it was going to snow, but I had no other spare day to do it on. I spent approximately 8 miles running straight into a biting north easterly wind, turning my face so numb I couldn't even drink from a water...

My second one felt so much better than the first. I think perhaps because it's not quite such the great unknown in your mind. You know you can do it, and have done it, and what it's going to feel like. I can see how that would also work against you, but I wasn't so nervous second time around as...

It's amazing how easily we forget those in the midst of the pre-race atmosphere & the post-finish euphoria, isn't it?

For anyone thinking about it, and probably thinking "I can't", you should give it a go. It's an amazing experience. I said never again, but went back for a second, and I'm now getting itchy feet and contemplating 2015.

Ooops :lol:

I'm tempted to have another go. I hate all the training, but I'll see all the runners & the fun & games on the day and wish I was a part of it. How about you, Bozza ? :D Entry for 2014 opens on the 8th April...

I reckon maybe...just maybe...but £61! They should provide someone to carry me for that price.