Hastings Half
I wrote a blog post at the end of last year talking about New Year’s Resolutions and goals, among other things. One of the goals I set for 2017 was to run 1,000 miles, the idea being that such a target would lead me to running consistently throughout the year. It was also part of a larger experiment to try to breed a new sense of consistency in my life; something that I feel has eluded me. At the same time as setting that annual mileage goal, having been inspired by the thousands of people running Hastings Half Marathon, I signed up for the 2018 version and set my sights on a sub-90 minute finishing time. I’m not entirely sure why I decided on 90 minutes (my previous best was 1 hour 56 minutes in 2011!) but, clearly, there would have been something to do with it being a nice, round number. I imagine there’s something inside me that thought it would put me into the category of “runner” rather than a person that occasionally runs. After some Internet research I real