The Ultimate Impact of the Great North Run on Your Legs
Most Great North Run guides talk about the course in terms of pacing and scenery. I want to talk about it in terms of tissue. Because the route from Newcastle to South Shields makes a very specific set of physical demands, in a very specific order — and almost every runner I see in the weeks afterwards has been caught out by one of them. Usually the same one. Here’s what each section of the course is actually asking of your body, and how to prepare for it during your training block.