Ever since the Great North Run I’ve been having a bit of a problem with knee pain on the inside of my right knee, just underneath the knee. It’s been manageable up until this week with some icing and stretching but now my lovely taper into the Great Eastern Run is not exactly going to plan. This is what it should have looked like: Monday: Easy 6 miles Tuesday: Paced session with 1 mile warm up then 6 x 2 mins fast with 2 mins jog...

I have to say first and foremost this is probably one of the most enjoyable Bupa Great North Runs (GNR) that I’ve done, although this is probably because I was putting absolutely no pressure on myself to run a set time. This year was all about running with my husband. Actually it started off as running with my sister. I was mainly doing the GNR to help pace her to a 2:15 finish after she and her friend went off too fast in 2010 and then faded...