After putting in the miles and training most days for the last 3 months the day had finally arrived, the morning of this years VLM. To be honest I was feeling fairly good inside and the weather was great, little did I know at this time it was all going to go horribly wrong. This year saw me start in the 'Fast GFA' pen and this was a great opportunity to get stuck right in from the gun and run freely rather than running in and out of all the people. The first half flew by and I was feeling great as I passed through in 1:21 on the clock. By the time 15 mile had come my left calf seized up so tight out of no where I had to stop immediately and stretch it out, as I thought the worse had already happened on stopping my right calf did the same. Mentally I was out the race..... the last 10mile was a very slow jog/walk home to finish in a disappointing 3:15. Next up Edinburgh Marathon to try and put things right .......

Paul