Great Scottish and Great North Runs

Only a couple of weeks until the Glasgow half-marathon and then another fortnight after that the Newcastle one. I've decided to try and go for a decent time at Glasgow and then just enjoy the day at the Great North Run 'cause there's no way you can go fast with 50,000 other runners around you anyway. I'm taking sponsorship for Cancer Research UK and Christie's Hospital in Manchester, so any pledges please email using the link at the top - much appreciated.

The training is going quite well; one more long run this weekend and then taper it down a bit and rest the legs before the big race. Not sure if I'm up to PB standard but I shouldn't be too far off if I have a decent day - unlike last year at Glasgow when I had a bad run. But I've definitely been more commited to the training this year so hopefully that will pay off. I'll soon find out...