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Newark Half Marathon. This race was a disaster. 41st Half marathon and nowhere near even being in my top 20 for times and may be struggling for top 30.

Started at a pace which should have been comfortable for the whole race. Didn't feel comfortable so slowed to 6:30 pace (MP) but that felt uncomfortable too so just bailed it and tried to run a sub 90 race. didn;t have inclination or legs to speed up until after 10 miles but TBH my finishing time is something I should be able to do solo in training having just rolled out of bed.

Looking for possible reasons including 1. Ran 24M/11M last sat/sun. 2. was muggy and I was sweating after a gentle 8mm warm up. 3. didn't train for 5dd after 35M weekend and so perhaps didn't help recovery.

This is probably the worst race I've ever done. Should've run 85mins without any trouble at all. Off to check other runs 7dd after 22M+ runs and look for pattern

Split Summary

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1) - 1.01m - 6:20(6:17/m) - 115cal

2) - 1.96m - 12:50(6:32/m) - 232cal

3) - 1m - 6:43(6:42/m) - 118cal

4) - 1.95m - 13:18(6:49/m) - 230cal

5) - 1.05m - 7:12(6:52/m) - 123cal

6) - 0.99m - 6:41(6:46/m) - 117cal

7) - 1.08m - 7:26(6:54/m) - 127cal

8) - 0.98m - 6:50(7:00/m) - 116cal

9) - 0.91m - 6:07(6:43/m) - 107cal

10) - 1.07m - 7:35(7:06/m) - 127cal uphill
11) - 1.18m - 7:15(6:08/m) - 138cal downhill

Pace Zone Summary

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Pace Zone: 5:20-5:39/mile: 2%

Pace Zone: 5:40-5:59/mile: 5.1%

Pace Zone: 6:00-6:19/mile: 12.5%

Pace Zone: 6:20-6:39/mile: 23.7%

Pace Zone: 6:40-6:59/mile: 26.4%

Pace Zone: 7:00-7:19/mile: 15.9%

Pace Zone: 7:20-7:39/mile: 7.1%

Pace Zone: 7:40-7:59/mile: 3%

Pace Zone: 8:00-8:19/mile: 1.3%