27M incl Odense Marathon in 2.27.42 (8th)
Just a quick note while it's fresh in my head - crazy day at work on Monday and work to do on Sunday night in advance, so I'll have to keep it brief and regroup mentally in another 24 hours.
In a nutshell: it was an amazing day. An England vest. And my 3rd marathon. But the performance and time were disappointing to say the least.
I went out hard. Too hard it turned out. But I'm glad, I think, that I did. One of my tendencies in longer races, I had worried, was fear of pushing to0 hard. So it's good to know that I've done it.
I went out at 2.18 pace and ran with the leading Kenyan group for the first 5K. I knew from before 10K that I was working harder than I wanted. And my guts were upset from very near the beginning.
My splits were pretty shocking as a result. 6 minute positive split I think.
But I surviived, didn't cramp, or hit the wall and don't think I'll be injured. And gave every last drop.
I will learn from this and come back faster. Better runners have had worse days!
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I would like to point out to all who vew this blog, that the wether was very bad and the rain the worst I have seen all runners were 6/7 mins off ther best.
ReplyDelete8th place was very good on the day.
Ron Cooper Coach