Well done Su. Lovely to be able to run with Jamie. What he says does make some sense, and ultimately you make the final decision. But I had a look on the Run to the Sea website and you can swap your number to another runner. Sorry I’m not going to tell you what to do, but I just wanted to mention that it’s still an option. My advice, and I promise I won’t mention this again and will support your decision, would be speak to Jamie, your husband, maybe a few of the bimblers and see what they think. If they all say the same thing then perhaps it might be worth changing the goal. I promise though, that’s the last time I will try and steer you in a different direction and whatever you decide I’ll do my best to ensure you are well prepared for the challenges ahead. From a personal point of view I’m planning my training going forward with a long term plan of around 15 years. So I’m going to hold myself back, not increase my mileage and do more S&C/cross training to give myself every opportunity to still be running in 15-20 years time. That’s not to say I’m not going to work hard. I will, but I’ll do that work in the gym rather than pounding the pavements.

Coach Simon 🍊