So the Great North Run did not go as well as I had hoped.  Sometimes we have a tough day at the office but I can say I did take some things away from the race.  The biggest problem for me today was that I was out way too fast!  It was hard for me to come to this race and not try to take up right where I left off last year.  It has been almost a year since I raced(with the exception of US XC, which was not a very hard effort for me).  After that long time off I really struggled to know where “the line” was and I crossed way over it.