This blog is mainly to help me and Ron (my fabulous coach) keep track of what is going on in my training. Good days. Bad days. Successes and failures. Aches and pains. That sort of thing. But please come visit once in a while to see how we're getting on!

Sunday, 22 April 2012

Proud of pulling out half a performance

27M incl London Marathon in 2.24.42

This wasn't the performance I had hoped for. But I'm really proud of coming out of it with as respectable time as I did. It took a real mental readjustment and far more guts than last year (when it all just seemed to click).

I went out at 2.18 pace as I had planned. And it felt good - fairly easy - for the first 10K. Even easier because it was a decent sized group. But from about 7 miles I could feel I was straining a bit. That was followed by a stitch, and I had to let the group go. The rest of the race I was pretty much alone.

I was in real pain with the stitch from 7 to half way. Once it had passed, my plans seemed in tatters (half in 70.07, having lost 90 seconds in 5 miles).

And that's the point from which I'm really pleased with my performance. I have to credit Team Scott and the Highgate guys for keeping me going. I felt numb initially when it was all going pear-shaped, and it was hard to find the belief that I could salvage something. And I guess that's what I'm most proud of.

A tough day. But I'll take the positives and call it a good one...

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