Rupp, Seidel, Obiri, Mcsweyn, Scott, McColgan, and Cheserek all running at the Great North Run this week

The route has been changed for this year only, it's not a point-to-point run this year. It will meet the requirements for a record eligible course as the start and finish are close to one another.

It will be back to the normal course next year.

McSweyn to do a "Jack Rayner Cardiff 2018"?

Yep, it's an out-n-back route this year. Means it'll be slightly slower than normal as it's normally net-downhill.

I'm running it - it'll be pretty cool to see all the elites running back past me as I'm heading out!

Psyched about Ches running

I'm still not over Rupp fading after Kipchoge said a few "friendly words".

hobbyjogger1 wrote:

I'm still not over Rupp fading after Kipchoge said a few "friendly words".

If it helps any, he didn't fade so much as Kipchoge hit the gas. His 30-35km split was still 15:3x (5min/mile), whereas Kip dropped the 14:28 bomb.

Mc Colgan should be able to break 67 possibly even 66, McSweyan ability wise can run Under 59:30 but he has mostly run the Mile, still should break 61 at worst, Rupp just ran a Marathon and is training for another in 3 Weeks I hope he gets under an Hour or better yet about 59:40 to get Hall's AR of 59:43 but unlikely because of the reasons I gave, it is slightly downhill, NONE of the ones I have Mentioned are specifically training for the Half Marathon, Very Interesting though.

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