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10st 2lb on day before race. This one didn't go according to plan - for all sorts of reasons. It was a huge disappointment but at one stage I thought I was in danger of not finishing. The weather had been very warm for a number of days but a few weeks ago I'd decided that I wanted to do 3.40 which meant running at 8.15 pace (would have got me in at 3.38). Got up on morning of race and had partly blocked up nose and a bit of a sore throat, so wasn't 100% anyway (came home during day from work ill two days later). What I should have done was look the weather and decide on running at 8.30 pace, which would still have got me in at PB. But I stuck to my original plan, which was a mistake. I went too fast in first half and never really felt comfortable. Even at half way I was feeling tired. It was so sunny I wore a cap for the only time out of Florida. Think I had hydration problems because after first few miles I wasn't even sweating and yet felt too full of water to take all the drink in - I ended up pouring most of it over my head. Had all on putting one foot in front of the other towards the end. Slowed badly and was really disappointed to go over the 4 hours. I was hoping it would be a long time before that happened again. 10k split: 00:50:38, Half marathon: 01:47:50, 30k split: 02:40:37, Overall finish position: 2933, Category finish position: 228. Had one and a half lasagnes at 6pm and a porridge for supper night before. For breakfast had 2 porridges and 2 slices of toast and honey 2 and a half hours before start. 15 mins before start had High 5 IsoGel + 200-300ml water. Had gels every 3 miles including +gel at mile 21. Had shots of Red Bull at approx. 14 miles, 17 miles and 21 miles. Kathryn's splits were 9.26, 9.47, 9.36, 9.45, 9.42, 9.48, 9.51, 9.49, 9.48, 10.00, 9.53, 10.00, 10.00, 9.58, 10.02, 10.00, 9.36, 10.16, 10.18, 10.36, 10.30, 10.45, 11.04, 11.05, 11.04, 11.13, 10.50. 10k split: 01:00:28, Half marathon: 02:09:02, 30k split: 03:04:58, Overall finish position: 4545, Category finish position: 20