Just got back from running the Hastings Half-Marathon.  It's a very well-run half with a good crowd, but jee crikey they downplay the fact that the first 7.2 miles are pretty much all uphill, including one soul-destroying 2-mile uninterrupted stretch through brown grassland.

But I still managed a personal best time of 1:51:37, which is very pleasing, four minutes off my previous (and only other) half, the disastrous Run-to-the-Beat, where it poured rain the entire day.  Not a problem this morning; hottest day of the year.  I'm quite sunburnt.

Once again, here's an opportunity to help the homeless and sponsor me for the Marathon.