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Virgin Money London Marathon

Warm day. Good final experience of Championship start. Watching it back on TV I feel very lucky to have to have experienced that for the last 3 years - starting so close to the elite men.

Generally felt quite comfortable & ran on feel rather than looking at my watch - wouldn't have been able to go any faster anyway. Got really choked up seeing the D88s at half way as there were so many of them. A load more shouted out for me around the course which was great.

My foot was generally OK till about 14 miles then it started to ache. Started to feel a bit rubbish around mile 17 but not as bad as I've felt before. Was able to pick it up a bit in the last 3 miles and finish stronger than previously. The last mile goes on for so long though!

My time was actually faster than I realistically hoped (sub-3:30) but I still couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. Medal this year is really good however, glad to get round for that alone.

Split Summary
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1) 1.01m - 7:31(7:27/m) 117cal
2) 1.02m - 7:38(7:28/m) 123cal
3) 0.98m - 7:07(7:14/m) 117cal
4) 1.02m - 7:36(7:26/m) 122cal
5) 0.98m - 7:27(7:34/m) 118cal
6) 1.02m - 7:43(7:34/m) 123cal
7) 1.01m - 7:44(7:38/m) 122cal
8) 1m - 7:31(7:29/m) 121cal
9) 0.98m - 7:31(7:40/m) 118cal
10) 1.04m - 7:53(7:34/m) 125cal
11) 1m - 7:30(7:32/m) 119cal
12) 1.01m - 7:46(7:42/m) 122cal
13) 0.99m - 7:39(7:45/m) 120cal
14) 2.03m - 15:19(7:33/m) 244cal
15) 1.08m - 7:53(7:17/m) 113cal
16) 1.01m - 7:52(7:46/m) 123cal
17) 1.03m - 8:03(7:49/m) 123cal
18) 0.89m - 8:02(9:02/m) 127cal
19) 1.03m - 7:56(7:44/m) 129cal
20) 1m - 8:01(8:01/m) 120cal
21) 1.01m - 8:21(8:15/m) 120cal
22) 0.99m - 8:05(8:09/m) 121cal
23) 1.08m - 7:51(7:17/m) 97cal
24) 1.03m - 8:13(7:57/m) 122cal
25) 1.02m - 7:56(7:47/m) 124cal
26) 0.23m - 1:41(7:27/m) 27cal