Beginners do Great North Run...skip along here!!!

[LittlePushka]

Anybody got a a place for the GNR in five months and fancy sharing a training thread?

I am signed up to run for Macmillan and do not run with anyone so would love to have a bit of a chingwag with anyone training away for the GNR.

Currently I am the wrong age and shape for all this sort of caper (though I am seriously considering joining the elite women at the front - for a bit of a head start)- but i have done the GNR three times about twenty odd years ago.

It's a BRILLIANT run to do . BUT, although on the day there are thousands...its a long lonely road to get there!

Hope to chat

Triathlon done now concentrating on my GNR training. I've just printed off the Runner's World half marathon training schedule and am going to spend the evening trying to adapt it to fit in around my shifts/childcare/life. Has anyone else tried using one of these schedules it looks a bit scary to me.