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Scheduled was: MicknPhil Half Marathon - Defo PB but also looking to crack 2hrs (which was a bit of a challenge as my last half was back in 2005)
Anyways

What happened was:
It was tough mailnly because of the wind, no only because of the wind it would have been really nice otherwise. Ok so it rained a bit towards the end but that doesnt stop you going forwards. Ate a bag of raisins before start, MicknPhil started us off and I spent the 1st 2miles thinking I was going too fast and trying to slow down, when I was probably OK. Popped a gel after 30mins (as itll take about 30mins to hit home) tnen another at 7m and another about 11m (basically 30min intervals). Was doing well felt good although eric was too far in front for my liking tried to make some inroads into his lead at about mile 5 but everything I gained I then lost into the brutal headwind. Tried to think of ways to combat it but the only thing could think of was putting head down and working hard into it, but it was draining. Having done a bit of sailing, going by the white horses on the water, I would say the gusts coming across were force 6/7. Either way it wer tough running into it. Towards the end probably the last three miles I checked Eric and he was 875ft in front, no way of making that up I thought. But then managed to convince myself to push on for the best time I could. About a mile and a half later I checked Eric again and realised that I was totally wrong (failing eyesight again) and eric was 80ft ish ahead. OK its still on I thought to myself .. it is possible ... but as much as I battled into the headwind down the last mile I couldnt catch him ... still massive PB waiting for the results to be posted for official time. will probably add to this later as Im being hurried by OH at present.
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Summary
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Distance: 13.14m
Time taken: 02:03:37
Average/Max Speed : 6.38mph / 10.17mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:09:24 / 00:05:54
Average/Max heart rate: 163/174
Calories used: 2233

Split Summary

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Lap 1 - 1 miles - 08:55 - 149bpm avge - 159bpm max - 166cal

Lap 2 - 1 miles - 09:33 - 157bpm avge - 161bpm max - 171cal

Lap 3 - 1 miles - 09:17 - 159bpm avge - 165bpm max - 170cal

Lap 4 - 1 miles - 09:06 - 164bpm avge - 170bpm max - 170cal

Lap 5 - 1 miles - 08:46 - 168bpm avge - 172bpm max - 170cal

Lap 6 - 1 miles - 08:50 - 169bpm avge - 172bpm max - 170cal

Lap 7 - 1 miles - 09:15 - 166bpm avge - 171bpm max - 170cal

Lap 8 - 1 miles - 09:26 - 164bpm avge - 169bpm max - 170cal

Lap 9 - 1 miles - 09:16 - 164bpm avge - 169bpm max - 170cal

Lap 10 - 1 miles - 08:42 - 169bpm avge - 171bpm max - 169cal

Lap 11 - 1 miles - 09:51 - 166bpm avge - 169bpm max - 168cal

Lap 12 - 1 miles - 09:41 - 164bpm avge - 172bpm max - 171cal

Lap 13 - 1 miles - 09:39 - 165bpm avge - 174bpm max - 171cal

Lap 14 - 0.1 miles - 01:05 - 163bpm avge - 166bpm max - 18cal

Lap 15 - 0.04 miles - 02:17 - 153bpm avge - 173bpm max - 9cal

Heart Rate Zone Summary

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HR Zone: 90-99: 0.1%

HR Zone: 100-109: 0.1%

HR Zone: 110-119: 0.2%

HR Zone: 120-129: 0.4%

HR Zone: 130-139: 0.4%

HR Zone: 140-149: 1.6%

HR Zone: 150-159: 20.6%

HR Zone: 160-169: 65.3%

HR Zone: 170-179: 11.3%

[Distance and time adjusted to official figures due to not stopping garmin)