13M pm incl 5.08M long relay leg (26m19s; 5m11s/M)
I had great fun again at the National 12 Stage Road Relay today. It's always a great event - a bit of a social plus a brief interlude of pain. I ran a long leg, which is great for my marathon build-up.
It was a great team performance - we were leading for most of the first half of the race and finished 9th. We're on the up!
He route was shorter than previously on account of some ridiculous health and safety nonsense, which ales it harder to compare my time to previous years. But it seemed to be about 90 seconds shorter. If that's the case, this was as fast as I ran here in 2012 after my trip to Ethiopia... that year I set out at 2.18 marathon pace the next weekend (and died). The year before, I had been 30s slower and got my 2.22.
Any which way, I think I am hitting some form and should be capable of a decent performance next week. I'll come up with a plan over the next week, but I'm really in the mood for it.
PS Steve Cram was out on the course watching today. Marginally more exciting than overtaking Michael Palin as we both(!) ran up Parliament Hill last night.
I had great fun again at the National 12 Stage Road Relay today. It's always a great event - a bit of a social plus a brief interlude of pain. I ran a long leg, which is great for my marathon build-up.
It was a great team performance - we were leading for most of the first half of the race and finished 9th. We're on the up!
He route was shorter than previously on account of some ridiculous health and safety nonsense, which ales it harder to compare my time to previous years. But it seemed to be about 90 seconds shorter. If that's the case, this was as fast as I ran here in 2012 after my trip to Ethiopia... that year I set out at 2.18 marathon pace the next weekend (and died). The year before, I had been 30s slower and got my 2.22.
Any which way, I think I am hitting some form and should be capable of a decent performance next week. I'll come up with a plan over the next week, but I'm really in the mood for it.
PS Steve Cram was out on the course watching today. Marginally more exciting than overtaking Michael Palin as we both(!) ran up Parliament Hill last night.
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