Home from the Cardiff Half Marathon. Official time: 1:44:40. My second fastest Cardiff, and third fastest half. Just 2 minutes 56 outside my PB time. But, I don’t know how to describe it. I felt really relaxed at the start. Limited adrenaline. First 10k was super comfortable: 5k in 22 mins

10k in 44 minutes. At mile 7 I suddenly felt mentally drained. I hit 8 miles in my 60 minute target, but felt like I was running on empty. On 9 miles I could have stopped, sat down and DMF’d. 10 miles I thought I may as well carry on. Hitting 13 miles and turning the corner to see the finish…