30/12=2.5: hillage ratio fixed (in new shoes) - now just need to not mess it up tomorrow... - Portishead, UK

29/12/25: Avon Way is a nasty addiction - Portishead, UK

28/12/25: bumping into the lads but carrying on regardless - Portishead, UK

27/12/25: parkrun #281: pacing 22’ on a windy bridge [OT: 21’42”] - Severn Bridge, UK

27/12/25: to parkrun - Portishead>Chepstow, UK

[chip time: 1:31'10"]

Gel at mile 8. Followed quickly by a ShotBlok I didn't chew in full, eventually biting and swallowing. And water. Might have been a factor, I don't know... running a couple of miles with a stitch and indeed walking for thirty seconds or so to see if it eased never helps, in my experience. :-)



...the last three miles always get me on this one. Just as you think you're heading for the finish, you're weaving in and out of the most urban streets.



So no 2014 sub-90'. We'll see if I can squeeze one in in 2015, either side of WHW. If I get into that, for starters.



Disappointed but not despondent. A 68" PB is still a 68" PB <will update when I get chip time!>. I'll get this monkey off my back one day.

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30/12=2.5: hillage ratio fixed (in new shoes) - now just need to not mess it up tomorrow... - Portishead, UK

29/12/25: Avon Way is a nasty addiction - Portishead, UK

28/12/25: bumping into the lads but carrying on regardless - Portishead, UK

27/12/25: parkrun #281: pacing 22’ on a windy bridge [OT: 21’42”] - Severn Bridge, UK

27/12/25: to parkrun - Portishead>Chepstow, UK

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