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NT 10K

Quite a decent pb (down from 45.34), but was not a good race. Looked at my race notes for last year and it went really well, but it felt a lot different this year. First mile was due to the downhill rather than starting too fast and paying the price. Was aiming for around 7.10 pace

The hills were worse than I remember and lots of up and down bits on the promenade. Seemed to be a headwind from 2 miles. Really, really struggled with breathing despite taking inhaler.

The mile markers were all over the place so disrupted my rhythm. Mile 4 was at 3.85, mile 5 was 4.9 so I slowed down thinking Garmin was acting up and the last mile felt forever and hence my slowest of the race! I'd mentally given up at that point though and didn't want to push any further in light of the marathon. Didn't help that you could see the finish (lighthouse) for around 3 miles

Didn't enjoy it at all, but I finally got my sub 45

Split Summary

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1) - 1m - 6:45(6:45/m) - 93cal

2) - 1m - 7:10(7:10/m) - 95cal

3) - 1m - 7:20(7:20/m) - 96cal (steep hill)
4) - 1m - 7:12(7:12/m) - 95cal

5) - 1m - 7:14(7:14/m) - 96cal

6) - 1m - 7:26(7:26/m) - 97cal

7) - 0.24m - 1:36(6:44/m) - 22cal

Pace Zone Summary

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Pace Zone: 5:20-5:39/mile: 1.3%

Pace Zone: 5:40-5:59/mile: 1.1%

Pace Zone: 6:00-6:19/mile: 2.2%

Pace Zone: 6:20-6:39/mile: 6.6%

Pace Zone: 6:40-6:59/mile: 18.3%

Pace Zone: 7:00-7:19/mile: 31.6%

Pace Zone: 7:20-7:39/mile: 24.1%

Pace Zone: 7:40-7:59/mile: 10.4%

Pace Zone: 8:00-8:19/mile: 1.1%

Pace Zone: 8:40-8:59/mile: 2%