Shakespeare Marathon

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  • Rated 78%
  • 26.2mi
  • Mixed
Entrants (18) Club PB SB Pred Time WAVA
#runningman 🏃 Unaffiliated 2:36:28 4:55:15 4:30:00 4:55:15 41.17
Anna Finn VEGAN RUNNERS UK 3:40:54 3:55:11 4:44:04 47.16
carrot top Wirral AC 2:44:05 3:22:08 3:28:19 58.52
Crash Hamster  I'm afraid I'm going to have to bore you all with a race report...it's 9pm, I have a celebratory Pimm's and lemonade in my hand (gay, moi?) and I feel absolutely fine at the moment...

Race morning involved the usual mixture of porridge, Vaseline and visits to the toilet. We drove to Stratford, had a nice chat with the world-famous Plodding Hippo then toddled off to the start. 

Twas a bit crowded for the first two or three miles, but I was running on heart rate (150 as you ask) which should have got me to 20M in three hours...it felt so good at sixteen that I had quite an emotional couple of minutes as I realised that my sub 4 was on the cards. The next four miles were torture as I fought the urge to sod my HR and go for it.

At 20M, I reasoned that I had completed my IM training run and could now race a 10k. To borrow a phrase from someone whose marathon report I read before the big ones, I opened the taps and brought it home...thanks Ratcatcher :o) 51:51 down the Greenway, passing other runners all the way. 

Final time was 3:51:41 (add 1 minute for clock time) against a previous best of 4:08:33...not bad for a fat blook :o)  
Pirate Ship Of Fools 3:29:11 3:51:41 3:51:41 54.11
expatria DNF. :-(  Hopped on curb at mile 17; stepped straight into a hole.  Twisted my knee and ankle; may have stress fracture.  Hobbled to mile 18 (actual time was 3:20 when I walked off, but did not want to list that as it would look like a  PB); got lift from lovely medics.  Cruised through 13.1 at 2:11, was looking @ 4:30 PB when I fell. I'm totally gutted.  I need a hug.

Stratford: lovely, some hills. If you do 26.2 and won't have friends running with you, take music: lap 2 is lonely.  Good conditions.  Well organized, nice locals. Unaffiliated 4:24:42 4:24:42 4:40:00 5:00:00 44.66
Gerund Unaffiliated 3:04:09 3:26:59 3:39:55 62.49
greenb Unaffiliated 3:43:00 3:43:00 3:43:00 54.51
Iron Squishy Watch time! PB for me - really chuffed! Everything went well, bit worried that I'd gone off too fast as I was 9 min miling for first 6 miles so eased off a bit. Mile markers seemed to come up really quickly, knew by 22 miles that I'd do it!! Very tired, sore but happy! Pirate Ship Of Fools 4:26:34 4:26:34 4:30:00 4:26:34 51.20
JAnders 44th Telford Harriers 2:45:48 3:09:07 3:09:07 64.28
Matt the Brum Well organised event on a lovely day.  Started mid padk in a very congested start.  Took first half steady (1:37).  Legs felt ok so picked up the pace for 2nd half.  Made up about 50 places in the last 10 miles.  Finished 21st in 3:02:01. Stourbridge RC 2:33:06 2:33:06 3:30:00 3:02:01 66.78
plodding hippo Bottled out of this 2 years ago-and did the half
First time ever of 3 marathons in 3 weeks
the 11.8 mile cutoff thing makes pacing a joke
but a sub 5.30 finish will do me just fine.Job done! 100 Marathon Club 4:16:46 5:09:22 5:29:05 41.96
RacingSnake26 Sandhurst Joggers 3:21:52 3:21:52 3:26:18 64.94
SoreBits Unaffiliated 3:27:48 3:37:00 3:51:07 59.06
Steve Zodiac Running and training for marathons was becoming too hard but I wanted one more sub 3 hour so I could 'retire' on a high. PHEW ! Just made it with 45 seconds to spare. Spa Striders RC 2:41:44 2:59:15 2:59:15 76.67
TickTock Unaffiliated 2:55:17 3:19:52 3:20:00 3:22:28 61.14
tjrunning Unaffiliated 3:46:44 4:19:21 4:19:21 48.34
Tri Foxy Really enjoyed this race, I had not trained well so I did not have any great expectations. This was just good fun and everything that I think running should be about. Mersey-Tri 3:52:19 3:52:19 3:45:00 3:52:19 55.73
Turbo doesnt count Fine to 19, ouchy calves from there on, should be happy after only 4 or 5 miles running in last three weeks but not, boo! Aldridge RC 3:32:50 3:52:00 3:45:00 3:55:17 53.69

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