Another wonderful evening at the Blaydon Race - one of my favourite events of the year. Steeped in local history, the Blaydon Race is a 5.9 mile race and major fixture on the North East’s running calendar. Despite the wet and rainy conditions, the atmosphere at the start and finish was awesome as always, and it was great to catch up with so many people across the evening. I went into the race with no real expectations, given some recent injury issues and very little in the way of speed work. I thought 4:00/km may be about where I ended up, but I did suggest to a friend at the start that I might set out around 3:45/km and see how I held up. He had similar plans, so I stuck by him until a little under 7km where he had a bit more in the tank than I did so I lost some ground over the final stretch. Legs were definitely feeling the fatigue from 6km onwards, a sign that I’ve done no speed endurance work in a while, so I was more than happy with 35:25 (an average of 3:46/km). Thank you to @startfitnessuk for the opportunity to once again run one of my favourite races 🤝 #runnersoftiktok #runtoinspire #tiktokrunning #tiktokrunners #marathon #Running #runner #halfmarathon #marathon #runningcommunity #motivation #runningmotivation #GRWM #ASMR #whisper #runningshoes #marathontraining #runtips #runningtips - @jamies.running