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Bath Half Marathon

Was looking for a PB in this race. Training had gone quite well and I was hopeful of a good time.

In the lead up to the race my legs had been feeling heavy, so I had three full days off before the race - only two 8 mile runs in the lead up week. Still feeling lots of random (phantom?) twinges in my legs before the race and my left glute and right calf were a little tight.

The weather conditions were good - cold, clear and sunny. However, it was a little cold for hanging around at the start. After a gentle warmup I headed over to the start and managed to get very near the front. I was right behind the elites at the start and it only took ~5 seconds to get over the start line.

Not much to say about the race itself . Pace was really consistent (38.08 first 10k, 38.04 second 10k) and I felt pretty strong throughout. Two lap race and I was lapping loads of people on the second lap. The course is generally pretty fast, with a downhill start, a hill up to Queen Sq, a gradual flat/downhill section to the turn, with a hill around the turn. It's then pretty flat back into Bath to end the first lap. The second lap is more of the same, with an uphill finish, which isn't too bad.

Split Summary

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1) - 1.02m - 6:11(6:04/m) - 166bpm avge - 175bpm max - 133cal

2) - 1.07m - 6:33(6:08/m) - 174bpm avge - 180bpm max - 144cal

3) - 0.95m - 5:50(6:09/m) - 173bpm avge - 179bpm max - 126cal

4) - 1.04m - 6:26(6:11/m) - 172bpm avge - 178bpm max - 140cal

5) - 2.02m - 12:37(6:15/m) - 173bpm avge - 180bpm max - 271cal

6) - 0.99m - 6:02(6:05/m) - 174bpm avge - 177bpm max - 131cal

7) - 0.99m - 6:07(6:10/m) - 174bpm avge - 180bpm max - 133cal

8) - 1.06m - 6:29(6:07/m) - 173bpm avge - 179bpm max - 142cal

9) - 0.98m - 6:00(6:07/m) - 173bpm avge - 176bpm max - 130cal

10) - 1.03m - 6:22(6:11/m) - 175bpm avge - 179bpm max - 138cal

11) - 0.97m - 5:57(6:08/m) - 176bpm avge - 179bpm max - 129cal

12) - 0.98m - 5:53(6:00/m) - 179bpm avge - 184bpm max - 130cal

13) - 0.14m - 45(5:23/m) - 184bpm avge - 186bpm max - 19cal

Heart Rate Zone Summary

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HR Zone: 43-151bpm (Sub 70%): 0.4%

HR Zone: 151-159bpm (71-75%): 0.2%

HR Zone: 159-166bpm (76-80%): 2.3%

HR Zone: 166-174bpm (81-85%): 48.4%

HR Zone: 174-182bpm (86-90%): 46.8%

HR Zone: 182-189bpm (91-95%): 1.9%

Pace Zone Summary

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Pace Zone: 4:40-4:59/mile: 1.1%

Pace Zone: 5:00-5:19/mile: 3.1%

Pace Zone: 5:20-5:39/mile: 10.1%

Pace Zone: 5:40-5:59/mile: 21.6%

Pace Zone: 6:00-6:19/mile: 27%

Pace Zone: 6:20-6:39/mile: 19.4%

Pace Zone: 6:40-6:59/mile: 9.9%

Pace Zone: 7:00-7:19/mile: 3.6%

Pace Zone: 7:20-7:39/mile: 1.7%

Pace Zone: 7:40-7:59/mile: 1.1%