Manchester entered 19th april 2015, expected finish time 3:59!!! the challenge has been set

following my withdrawal from the 6633 race, i have decided that i want to focus on running a faster marathon, i have chosen Manchester because of the April 19th date, which gives me  time to recover and focus training on comrades 2015.

in addition to Manchester, i also plan to run Newport half and Reading half as fast training runs in preparation for Manchester.


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