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VMLM 2014.
Meh. Didn't have a particular goal, and thought 7:05 pace would be there or thereabouts for the current fitness. But if you don't *really* care about holding a certain pace, it's easy to drift off when it gets a bit grippy. Stands to reason really, I just don't think I had ever been in the situation like this before.
I think it was just about 15-16 when it was obvious my legs were not for holding to 7:05 or even 7:10, but there was a bit of a lack of teeth-gritting to keep the gaps as small as possible.
Quads feeling the worst, which only seems to be the case in my 'bad' marathons, or slower ones. It's been calves at the last 2 Dublins, for example.
Felt like I was being passed by just as many as I was passing - but turns out that was complete bollocks.

I actually watched HR for the majority of the race (not having a particular time or pace plan). It held very steady at mid-150s for a very long time, although I was gently slowing to be fair.

Participant
Name Gaskell, Paul (GBR)
Club Larne AC
Category 40-44
Runner no 31066
Finish details
Place (M/W) 2330
Place (AC) 523
Place (overall) 2522
Finish time 03:11:57

Split Time Of Day Time Diff min/km km/h
5K 10:22:31 00:21:52 21:52 04:23 13.73
10K 10:44:47 00:44:07 22:15 04:28 13.47
15K 11:07:24 01:06:44 22:37 04:32 13.26
20K 11:29:53 01:29:13 22:29 04:30 13.34
HALF 11:34:46 01:34:06 04:53 04:27 13.49
25K 11:52:28 01:51:49 17:43 04:33 13.22
30K 12:15:19 02:14:39 22:50 04:35 13.13
35K 12:38:36 02:37:57 23:18 04:40 12.88
40K 13:02:21 03:01:41 23:44 04:45 12.64
Finish time 13:12:37 03:11:57 10:16 04:41 12.83

Over final 7.2k
You passed 306 runners
And 29 passed you

Split Summary
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1) 1m - 6:59(7:00/m) 148/162bpm 98cal
2) 1.02m - 7:06(6:57/m) 155/160bpm 105cal
3) 1.01m - 7:03(7:00/m) 152/160bpm 102cal
4) 1.01m - 7:04(6:59/m) 151/157bpm 101cal
5) 0.99m - 6:56(7:02/m) 154/164bpm 100cal
6) 1.03m - 7:24(7:11/m) 154/158bpm 106cal
7) 1.02m - 7:19(7:10/m) 154/157bpm 105cal
8) 1m - 7:11(7:09/m) 153/156bpm 100cal
9) 1m - 7:12(7:13/m) 153/158bpm 100cal
10) 1.04m - 7:29(7:12/m) 153/156bpm 101cal
11) 1m - 7:02(7:02/m) 153/157bpm 93cal
12) 1.02m - 7:18(7:10/m) 154/157bpm 98cal
13) 1m - 7:11(7:13/m) 156/160bpm 94cal
14) 2.03m - 14:25(7:07/m) 155/161bpm 188cal
15) 0m - 5(/m) 155/155bpm 1cal
16) 0.9m - 7:22(8:13/m) 155/158bpm 96cal
17) 1.02m - 7:25(7:16/m) 156/160bpm 98cal
18) 1.02m - 7:23(7:16/m) 157/160bpm 98cal
19) 2m - 14:52(7:25/m) 156/160bpm 184cal
20) 0.01m - 3(8:41/m) 156/157bpm
21) 0.99m - 7:25(7:28/m) 157/159bpm 99cal
22) 2.02m - 15:10(7:31/m) 158/161bpm 195cal
23) 0.01m - 2(5:19/m) 156/156bpm
24) 1m - 7:28(7:30/m) 156/158bpm 92cal
25) 1.03m - 7:51(7:37/m) 158/160bpm 105cal
26) 1.26m - 9:12(7:19/m) 160/168bpm 131cal