Entrants (42) | Club | PB | SB | Pred | Time | WAVA |
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bassy | Unaffiliated | 3:50:30 | 3:50:30 | 4:00:00 | 3:52:00 | 54.04 |
Hollywoof! 20 Mentally picked up the pace and pushed through the hills... never overtaken always overtaking. Had my first ever gel (something new for race day) at 17 miles and came oh so close to throwing it straight back up. Ran past the National Space Center - well cool :-) Still overtaking... lots of people suffering... The legs still felt tired - but actually not much worse than they had at the start. Miles 21->23 Worked out that 200 minutes was not going to happen. Push on to see what can happen. Still overtaking...Really horrid hill just before 22 miles. For the first time today I noticed I was really out of breath. Save it for the last 5km. Save it for the last 5km. Repeat. Miles 24->26.2 5km was too far to think about - take it one mile at a time and one runner at a time. The undulations continued. The overtaking continued. The course organisers thought they'd throw in a good stretch of cobbles... then the high street... then mile 26 was a long gradual uphill drag... Still overtaking... Then downhill to the finish - yippee... legs faster... run... sprint... turn left... bu88er - it's 50m uphill to the finish... pose for the camera... stop the watch... and relax... Garmin splits were: 7.44,7.40,7.43,8.12,7.45,7.26,7.59,7.57,7.41,7.54,8.06,7.37,7.17, 8.24,8.00,7.37,7.52,8.07,7.56,7.49,7.38,8.03,7.36,7.44,7.53,8.07,1.37 Garmin also says total ascent/descent around 500m and shows it rolling the whole way (but I'm sure there was a good long flat stretch along those towpaths?) All the fast and slow miles corresponded to hills so I'm not unhappy with the evenness - splits overall were 2 minutes positive - not really sure why... PB - 3:25:34." title="3rd marathon in a row - 2 weeks between each - going to see how it goes... crash and burn... Long report... (yawn - sorry!) Did my best to get lost in Leicester before the start - how was I to know there were two universities? Queue for the car park was horrid - but I managed to find a short cut :-) Got changed and ready for the start, but then made beeline for the toilet instead... rushed out of the loo a minute late for the start... but then heard them announce that the start was 5 minutes delayed - so went back into the loo again. Miles 1->5 Started right at the back... slowly made my way forwards... helped by the mass of half marathoners and the downhill first mile. My legs felt really knackered - paying the price for a sprint BPTT finish on Saturday? Miles 6->10 The hills were continual... The downhills especially hurt my left ankle (some leftover niggles from 2 weeks ago). Managed to get a few conversations in... was just starting to chat to a nice young DiabetesUK lady when I got a shout from behind - something about Hollywood, the pirates and sexual practices.... then ensued some typical "I've done two long runs but thought it might be fun" pirate banter - Bassy is definitely good pirate fodder... strangley the DiabetesUK lady never spoke to me again... Miles 11->20 Mentally picked up the pace and pushed through the hills... never overtaken always overtaking. Had my first ever gel (something new for race day) at 17 miles and came oh so close to throwing it straight back up. Ran past the National Space Center - well cool :-) Still overtaking... lots of people suffering... The legs still felt tired - but actually not much worse than they had at the start. Miles 21->23 Worked out that 200 minutes was not going to happen. Push on to see what can happen. Still overtaking...Really horrid hill just before 22 miles. For the first time today I noticed I was really out of breath. Save it for the last 5km. Save it for the last 5km. Repeat. Miles 24->26.2 5km was too far to think about - take it one mile at a time and one runner at a time. The undulations continued. The overtaking continued. The course organisers thought they'd throw in a good stretch of cobbles... then the high street... then mile 26 was a long gradual uphill drag... Still overtaking... Then downhill to the finish - yippee... legs faster... run... sprint... turn left... bu88er - it's 50m uphill to the finish... pose for the camera... stop the watch... and relax... Garmin splits were: 7.44,7.40,7.43,8.12,7.45,7.26,7.59,7.57,7.41,7.54,8.06,7.37,7.17, 8.24,8.00,7.37,7.52,8.07,7.56,7.49,7.38,8.03,7.36,7.44,7.53,8.07,1.37 Garmin also says total ascent/descent around 500m and shows it rolling the whole way (but I'm sure there was a good long flat stretch along those towpaths?) All the fast and slow miles corresponded to hills so I'm not unhappy with the evenness - splits overall were 2 minutes positive - not really sure why... PB - 3:25:34."/> | Unaffiliated | 3:21:40 | 3:21:40 | 3:30:00 | 3:25:34 | 59.46 |
nabox | Unaffiliated | 3:26:38 | 3:44:08 | 3:45:00 | 3:44:08 | 56.36 |
TROSaracen | Unaffiliated | 3:13:07 | 3:28:26 | 3:30:00 | 3:28:26 | 60.15 |
angelis | Unaffiliated | 2:55:06 | 3:50:00 | 3:30:00 | 3:50:00 | 55.83 |
herbies gone bananas | Unaffiliated | 3:18:28 | 3:43:35 | 3:43:35 | 54.53 | |
Smartypants | Unaffiliated | 3:24:51 | 3:59:40 | 3:45:00 | 3:59:40 | 52.31 |
gailbell | Unaffiliated | 3:40:18 | 3:55:38 | 3:55:38 | 56.86 | |
ThorntonRunner | Unaffiliated | 3:10:50 | 3:26:47 | 3:25:00 | 3:26:47 | 64.20 |
leysrunner | Unaffiliated | 3:21:25 | 3:21:25 | 3:26:09 | 64.95 | |
psammead | Unaffiliated | |||||
runalong | Unaffiliated | 4:37:16 | 4:37:16 | 4:37:16 | 51.85 | |
Bottom Trotter | Unaffiliated | 3:31:24 | 3:38:58 | 3:45:00 | 3:44:51 | 66.38 |
Blackbird Leys (boy) | 100 Marathon Club, Woodstock Harriers AC | 3:17:25 | 3:21:25 | 3:26:09 | 64.95 | |
plodding hippo | 100 Marathon Club | 4:16:46 | 5:02:10 | 5:06:45 | 45.33 | |
Stewey | 100 Marathon Club, Roadhoggs Leicester AC | 3:37:26 | 4:05:01 | 4:05:01 | 55.61 | |
Foxy | 100 Marathon Club, MK Lakeside Runners, Milton Keynes Lakeside Runners | 3:09:27 | 3:26:47 | 3:49:59 | 3:44:30 | 54.30 |
hellen | 100 Marathon Club, Barrow Runners | 3:12:21 | 4:28:45 | 4:22:00 | 4:38:55 | 48.22 |
steeplechaser | Alchester RC (Bicester), St Austell Running Club | 3:03:12 | 3:11:36 | 3:11:36 | 69.89 | |
Lady Sol | Anstey Amblers and Runners | 5:23:16 | 5:23:16 | 5:30:00 | 5:23:16 | 41.44 |
_j_ | Barrow Runners | 4:09:12 | 4:24:51 | 4:24:51 | 50.68 | |
ironman | Birstall RC, Leicester Triathlon Club | 3:21:57 | 3:30:00 | 3:30:00 | 59.30 | |
brett1959 | Chepstow Harriers | 4:18:44 | 4:18:44 | 4:21:29 | 50.77 | |
lozza | Collingwood AC | 4:01:27 | 4:21:59 | 3:59:59 | 4:21:59 | 53.93 |
eL Bee! | Cumberland AC | 2:59:43 | 3:11:12 | 3:45:00 | 3:44:08 | 55.94 |
Velociraptor | Cumberland AC | 3:36:39 | 3:44:08 | 3:44:00 | 3:44:08 | 62.51 |
B Rubble | Dursley Running Club | 2:59:00 | 3:17:18 | 3:19:00 | 3:17:18 | 64.55 |
Mattw4de TENTATIVE | Gloucester AAC | 3:30:57 | 3:45:00 | |||
Bear Foot | Great Western Runners | 3:03:04 | 3:03:04 | 3:15:00 | 3:03:04 | 66.40 |
www.therunninginn.com | Hailsham Harriers | 3:18:15 | 3:18:15 | 3:18:15 | 68.85 | |
Rubberman | Hermitage Harriers RC | 3:22:12 | 3:26:10 | 3:40:00 | 3:26:10 | 60.04 |
Tutu Much | Kirkstall Harriers | 3:57:07 | 3:57:22 | 4:15:00 | 4:11:42 | 53.22 |
Shades | Maverick Runners | 4:24:02 | 4:49:25 | 5:19:56 | 47.80 | |
malcolm | Newbury AC | 3:46:35 | 3:46:35 | 3:46:35 | 66.50 | |
BigG | North Yorks Moors AC | 2:44:31 | 2:48:51 | 2:53:11 | 70.19 | |
Reg | Old - UKnetrunner - see other | 4:35:59 | 4:35:59 | 6:00:00 | ||
auburnette | Orpington Road Runners | 3:28:47 | 4:44:06 | 5:09:00 | 43.42 | |
Becky80 | Retford AC | 3:37:21 | 4:33:14 | 4:33:14 | 49.03 | |
darkhorse | Ropsley Road Runners | 3:41:08 | 4:17:12 | 3:59:00 | 4:21:38 | 48.28 |
Binks | Serpentine RC | 3:06:55 | 3:16:16 | 3:30:00 | 3:24:20 | 59.49 |
rosa | Serpentine RC | 3:00:54 | 3:12:37 | 3:36:24 | 61.91 | |
Loca | West 4 Harriers | 2:50:00 | 3:19:17 | 3:10:00 | 3:19:17 | 67.35 |
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