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Hastings Half Marathon

Very tough race and didn't get the time I thought I was capable of. It was a bit hotter than I would have liked and the first 5 miles were basically all up hill. I started off too fast and felt quite good to begin with. I was starting to have thoughts of sub 1.25. I had underestimated the hills and really struggled on the long straight hill on miles 4 and 5. I was really disheartened when I got overtaken by the Runners' World 7mm pacer at about 7 or 8 miles, but I overtook him and picked it up over miles 10 and 11, which were downhill. The last two miles were along the prom and into a headwind and I had nothing left. Last two miles averaged HR189 and I couldn't pick the pace up, even though I was just outside 1.30 - to be honest, I couldn't really be arsed.
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Summary
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Distance: 13.13m
Time taken: 01:30:10
Average/Max Speed : 8.74mph / 10.98mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:06:51 / 00:05:27
Average/Max heart rate: 183/192
Calories used: 1897

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Splits
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10:30:26 1.00m 00:06:20 9.45mph 10.98mph 178bpm 184bpm
10:36:48 1.00m 00:06:52 8.73mph 10.19mph 183bpm 188bpm
10:43:40 1.00m 00:06:22 9.41mph 10.89mph 182bpm 187bpm
10:50:03 1.00m 00:07:36 7.89mph 9.14mph 186bpm 189bpm
10:57:39 1.00m 00:07:23 8.11mph 9.82mph 184bpm 186bpm
11:05:03 1.00m 00:06:55 8.66mph 9.94mph 184bpm 189bpm
11:11:59 1.00m 00:06:58 8.61mph 10.26mph 182bpm 185bpm
11:18:57 1.00m 00:06:47 8.85mph 10.26mph 181bpm 187bpm
11:25:44 1.00m 00:06:53 8.71mph 10.14mph 183bpm 188bpm
11:32:38 1.00m 00:06:20 9.46mph 10.28mph 180bpm 188bpm
11:38:59 1.00m 00:06:32 9.17mph 10.14mph 187bpm 192bpm
11:45:31 1.00m 00:07:02 8.52mph 9.22mph 189bpm 190bpm
11:52:34 1.00m 00:07:07 8.42mph 9.28mph 189bpm 190bpm
11:59:42 0.13m 00:00:55 8.45mph 8.83mph 189bpm 190bpm