Running

Thank you!
It was really fucking tough morning out. Started off about as rested as I'll ever be and was feeling great, my knee was fine (in a brace) and we were making good pace. We were naff at descending, lost far more places than when climbing, and there's loads of both in Leeds. We feel behind the target 2hr pace makers when my partner was putting on her knee brace but when she saw them in the distance at around 16k she went full monster and reeled them in. We felt fantastic then and knew we just had to keep it up. Around 19.5km in though my unbraced knee did a horrible, painful twinge, but I could manage it with really careful concentration on small fast strides. It happened a couple more times and much more would have had me telling her to go on and walking the last stretch but we managed to get to the end in 1hr57. Considering at the start of the week I was considering dns, and even today I thought dnf was a real possibility, I'm over the moon. It was a great day out, the crowd and atmosphere really took the edge off what was a pretty uncomfortable time after the first half hour. My hr was ridiculous for the last maybe 3k, above 180 and just rising, finally to 200. I feel like it might coincide with my knee pains, is that a thing? The pace didn't ramp up to the extent I'd expect that kind of hr but I guess without much latent fatigue, and at the end of a long hard run it's quite possible.