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Paris Marathon.

Start on Champs Elysees was as bonkers and chaotic as I imagined but great view behind, all you could see were thousands of heads packed along the avenue all the way back to the Arc de Triomphe, atmosphere was fantastic.

Was sunny but still cold first thing and started off well sticking to good pace even though it took couple of miles for my feet to warm up. Definitely was in the right pen so run was trouble free and plenty of room along the wide roads. Crowds were out in force but definitely not as noisy as London.

First half ticked by nicely and then next goal was 18m, felt ok but had slowed down and was off plan by now. Didn’t feel I could pick it up so kept steady and ok to 20, started stiffening up a little so the last 6 was case of counting down one at a time to finish. Garmin accurate most of the way, lost satellite in the 3 under passes in second half so splits may not be quite right but was only 0.3 miles out at the end.

Didn’t manage to get swept away by any suave French gentlemen, but I did get elbowed in the back several times by said “gentlemen” at the water stations as these were situated on one side of the road only every 5K and each and every one was a scramble.

All in all had a brilliant weekend and a great experience doing Paris. Happy with time although 8 mins off plan. Hasn’t put me off doing another, so where to next??…

Split Summary

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1) - 1m - 9:11(9:11/m) - 116cal

2) - 1m - 9:18(9:18/m) - 120cal

3) - 1m - 9:08(9:09/m) - 119cal

4) - 1m - 9:19(9:19/m) - 120cal

5) - 1m - 9:36(9:36/m) - 121cal

6) - 1m - 9:29(9:29/m) - 120cal

7) - 1m - 9:39(9:39/m) - 119cal

8) - 1m - 9:31(9:31/m) - 120cal

9) - 1m - 9:36(9:36/m) - 119cal

10) - 1m - 9:45(9:45/m) - 120cal

11) - 1m - 9:33(9:33/m) - 120cal

12) - 1m - 9:44(9:44/m) - 120cal

13) - 1m - 9:52(9:52/m) - 121cal

14) - 1m - 9:58(9:58/m) - 121cal

15) - 1m - 9:54(9:54/m) - 118cal

16) - 1m - 9:50(9:51/m) - 116cal

17) - 1m - 9:54(9:54/m) - 56cal

18) - 1m - 8:39(8:39/m) - 74cal

19) - 1m - 10:29(10:29/m) - 117cal

20) - 1m - 9:48(9:48/m) - 120cal

21) - 1m - 9:50(9:50/m) - 121cal

22) - 1m - 10:27(10:28/m) - 119cal

23) - 1m - 10:17(10:18/m) - 118cal

24) - 1m - 9:55(9:55/m) - 120cal

25) - 1m - 9:50(9:50/m) - 120cal

26) - 1m - 10:03(10:04/m) - 121cal

27) - 0.56m - 5:24(9:38/m) - 66cal

Pace Zone Summary

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Pace Zone: 8:00-8:19/mile: 1.6%

Pace Zone: 8:20-8:39/mile: 3.7%

Pace Zone: 8:40-8:59/mile: 8.4%

Pace Zone: 9:00-9:19/mile: 13.4%

Pace Zone: 9:20-9:39/mile: 16.5%

Pace Zone: 9:40-9:59/mile: 17.4%

Pace Zone: 10:00-10:19/mile: 14.7%

Pace Zone: 10:20-10:39/mile: 8.5%

Pace Zone: 10:40-10:59/mile: 4.5%

Pace Zone: 11:00-11:19/mile: 3%

Pace Zone: 11:20-11:39/mile: 1.9%

Pace Zone: 11:40-11:59/mile: 1.4%