Run > Race

Perfect running condition, cold but clear to start with rain at about 16 miles which lifted and then the sun came out for the finish. The conjected start wasn't as bad as I expected and managed only to be 10 secs off pace. First 11 miles was a bit scary as I was getting a pain on the outside of my left knee which got progressively worse on any slight up hill. This seemed to vanish soon after tower bridge. It was probably down to not be able to warm up. my pace was pretty even up to 30 km building to a 2 minute buffer. my garmin was next to useless as it was long on the distance and it lost signal in the underpass. Stupidly I didn't disengage the autostop function so the stop watch also stopped in the underpass. This meant I had no watch for the last few miles. In contrast to Rome my quads were not a problem. I put this down to the weather, taking on lots of fluids from the beginning and a better taper. I felt strong throughout and never lost running form.