“Failed as a runner” Cmon, stop being so harsh on yourself. This run was 80 mins at easy pace (11:00 min miling). You did 80 mins, in really tough conditions at 10:50. To me that’s a “success”. You did exactly what was asked of you. Hastings parkrun has averaged close to 400 runners every week this year. Today only 275 completed it. So 125 stayed in bed. They are the “failed runners”, not you. So I’d just like to rethink this morning and say, you know what, I got out of bed, in tough conditions, and did exactly what the coach asked me to do. So that was a great run, even if it did feel tougher than normal. Well done Tina, onto the next.