Running28:01 5.37 km (5:13 / km) +53m4:59 / km ahr:122 max:161
Running race 1:06:11 21.19 km (3:07 / km) +97m3:03 / km ahr:143 max:176
Great Scottish run half marathon - 4th
Hip had been niggling and I considered not racing but lots of stretching was making it feel better so I decided have a cup of man up.. Soaking wet day but not too windy so not too bad. Immediately dropped by the leaders but felt good heading up the second group. Andy Butchart had dropped off the leaders at the start and after a couple of miles he started to come back to us - I think I got a bit over keen at this point because I picked the pace up and we caught him around 3 miles. I led the group from this point and we caught one more guy and people slowly dropped off. The pace was dropping off the 5 minute miling I had been aiming for but noone else came through to help set the pace. From about 7 miles I was on my own in 4th and was just slowly descending into the well. Hip started tightening up after 11 miles but didn't slow me.
Overall I'm happy with the position (and a nice scalp!) but I was hoping to run a bit faster.. Whilst the conditions weren't too bad it wasn't half slippy at times and I did have to set a lot of the pace myself..
Selected for doping control which makes it 4 tests in 3 months.. I must be doing something right..