Well done Matt. No PB for me on Sunday, I was a good 13 mins slower due to the heat but what a fantastic day, the atmosphere was amazing. As I was crossing the finish the Red Arrows flew past! I ran with a friend this year and we loved it. We met up with the Fordy Run Team on the Saturday and did a shake out run with them and their live podcast. Was a great weekend despite the weather and our bus breaking down and it taking us 4 hours to get back to Newcastle 😂. Great video thank you

@RunThePlanet

10 ай бұрын

And well done to you Lorraine 😃 So good to hear you had a great race too. 13 minutes is fine in that weather. I was 8 minutes behind my PB, and although the PB bell was ringing for some there probably wont have been as many as normal. Great you saw Fordy and Co, for the shakeout, First time for me to meet Chris too - they are a good bunch. A proper day to remember !!

I can tell how special this run is to you Matt. My wife has run it twice(her dad is from Newcastle) so she was telling me about how big it is, the atmosphere etc and she has said it’s better than the Glasgow version! Maybe I need to get down there. I can see how happy everyone is regardless of weather, lack of PBs, travel issues. Great video and your channel is way better than Fordy Runs.😂

@RunThePlanet

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Kenny, your too kind. Yeah this was a great day at the GNR. Ofcourse I'll run some more, probably quite a few over the next decade or 2, but there are other races. I'll have to get to the Glasgow one one day. You'll do great at the GNR I'm sure. I've read the ballot chance is up to about 50% chance now, worth a go !!

Rarely seen such extreme weathers in a city race, well done!

@RunThePlanet

10 ай бұрын

Arrr it was mental Ric ☔🏃‍♂️☀️ but all good in the end 😃 thanks!!

Hey Matt! I was the guy who said hello in the Macmillan vest at the end! Well done on your great time!

@RunThePlanet

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for saying hello Mark and dropping me a message here. What a great day it was too, and so kind of you to help out that struggling runner across the line. Cant wait for next year 😁

@MarkPatersonuk

10 ай бұрын

Absolutely! One of the best events there is.

Well done Matt! Great to see you, fantastic day very hot at the start, great support all the way along the route, the weather was biblical to finish the day off 🌨 my suntan cream didn't protect me from that amount of rain 🤣

@RunThePlanet

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Steve, great to meet you too 😃 Yeah what a day, one to remember. Supports always amazing, even that first one after Covid had a good turn out. Hope you had a good finish !! Coming back next year?

Great job Matt!!! Hot races are very tough

@RunThePlanet

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Otto, it was rather hot 🔥 but probably my best performance in such conditions, very happy with it. Crowd energy ⚡ helps alot I think.

What a race, lucky enough to do it twice including last year which was so funny at the end, nice video mate, just subscribed 👍... Ps doing my first full marathon in Manchester in April, eek!!

@RunThePlanet

5 ай бұрын

Thank you Simon, it was a great race, I agree with you 😃 Manchester's a great race, one of my favourites. Mostly flat with 3 hills, 2 bridges over tracks so you can image not that long, the other a bit longer. Enjoy it Manchester and it's people make it a friendly race 😀

Well done Great time in such tough conditions, I had to back it off and finished in 1hr58 Even the water was warm at the stations 🥵

@RunThePlanet

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Paul. Well done to you too !! Yeah possibly the hottest race i've ever done... might have to think about that but probably its right.

Well done amazing half marathon

@RunThePlanet

10 ай бұрын

thanks Lorraine !! 10 GNR's (I think) and that must be one the of best I did.

Great job, Matt. Those were some brutal conditions. I was watching at mile 8 and was cooking just standing there. Hope it didn’t take you too long to get home. Lots of people stranded with the flooding.

@RunThePlanet

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Daily, Yeah qued for the metro for an hour then it got cancelled, so we were lucky to find somewhere to eat, then the mtro came back online. Probably got home at 9pm, maybe 5 hours late 😂

@Dailydivefix

10 ай бұрын

@@RunThePlanet bit mad all round but Metro and fire service did well to get everything back online pretty fast, considering. I ran home from my viewing spot and got back just as the heavens opened. Soaked in the last 300 metres 😆

Great blog pal👍

@RunThePlanet

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Sean 😃 It's the people 🏃 and surprisingly the adverse weather ☀️🌧️ that made it a great one (one race I'll never forget)

Matt, you're a beast racing on back to back weekends and coming off an injury! How's your knee? Congrats on both Gothenburg and GNR.

@RunThePlanet

10 ай бұрын

haha beast ! Thanks Reto. Well the knee works better after a run and working it and the physio tells me keep doing it. Its not an injury sustained in running rather just woke up with it (not to say running has not played its part), and just generally tight I'm told despite the strength and stretch work I do. A couple years I also ran a half a weekend after a full marathon, so I knew it was possibly (set a HM PR back then too at Silverstone), but the heat of the day got to me this time. had to be an easyish paced full followed by a half marathon, couldnt do it the other way round I dont think (though one year i'd like to do the disney's dopey challenge). I enjoyed it, but in any case all focus on Valencia in December now.

Awesome run Matt in tough conditions. So lovely to meet you again. Let's make it 3 in a row next year. My girlfriend and I ran it in 2.28 😁

@RunThePlanet

10 ай бұрын

Well done Dean and your girl friend too, that's great !! haha yes - I'll try to see you there next year again.

Congrats 👏👏👏

@RunThePlanet

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Kimie 😃 Did you run it too ?

@kimiefabulous

10 ай бұрын

@@RunThePlanet I did not, but I ran the Royal Parks Half Marathon in Oct 2022 🇬🇧

Well done mate

@RunThePlanet

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Kev 😃 cracking day !!

Well done Matt, I finished in just under 2 hours! I think I could have done a lot better if I'd have been a wave or two closer to the start line as I spent a lot of time dodging and weaving people; but still happy with the pacing and what an amazing experience!

@RunThePlanet

10 ай бұрын

Thank you, and well done to you too. In that heat I'd take anytime. I enjoyed the day too 😀 too hot and the storm but enjoyed massively. I'll be back again one day, maybe next year, let's see

@boom_headshot

10 ай бұрын

@@RunThePlanet 1hr40m is a fantastic time in that humidity - I think I was released about 25 minutes behind you, so you were running right in the peak of the heat while I was getting sunburned in the cattle pen 😂 You'll be back!

@RunThePlanet

10 ай бұрын

@@boom_headshot thanks again, and yeah that heat was on me. Kept putting a bit of water on my neck, which helped I think but by the end I was rather wet 😂

Well done Matt

@RunThePlanet

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Graeme 😀 really enjoyed it, would be happy to go again next weekend. But will be worth a years wait. Are you running next year?

@stephenderbyshire5939

10 ай бұрын

I've got to go again next year it's the best supported race I've done, I picked up the 3 year membership, plus there's more time to squeeze from the course, in cooler conditions, definitely one to maintain on the race calendar! Can't wait for next year!

@graemeharlow5689

10 ай бұрын

I didn't run it this year - am doing the scottish half on the 24th Sept- chasing times - GNR is fantastic but not great for pb's.

@RunThePlanet

10 ай бұрын

@@graemeharlow5689 agree, you should do well at the Scottish if the weather's favourable

@RunThePlanet

10 ай бұрын

@@stephenderbyshire5939 see you there then, hopefully I get back in next year again

Looks such a busy big event. Reminded me of Berlin the long road full of people at the start. I’m trying to figure out why I can’t get hyped for it and enter the ballot for this. Would you say it’s the best half event you have ever run?

@RunThePlanet

10 ай бұрын

It's my 10th or 11th (10th I think, I really need to check 😂 ) I probably enjoyed this the best so far. The support was mentally good this year over past years, maybe the heat got people out. If you don't get in the ballot, you have to go for charity and that gets pricy. Though I think you can enter with the 3 year membership now £70. I'm already a member so I've got it. May not be quite a perfect PR course, but still fast enough and great to use it to tune up for say an October mara. We now have a gateshead marathon in May for the first time, also the half, easy to get in, easy to park, about 3000 runners, good but not a patch on the GNR.

Well done, how about the 102 year old who took part, do you think you can keep coming back enough times to beat that record 😊

@RunThePlanet

10 ай бұрын

Yeah thanks, that was fantastic at 102 and in that heat, well I don't think I'll be doing it then but who knows. A few more years left in me yet 😂