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London Marathon
An epic first marathon!
Went to plan for first 10 miles and OK at half way (official half way time 1:36:24), but really struggled with the heat (and no doubt the missed training was a contributor) over the second half - despite slowing significantly, had a significant break (nearly 15 mins) at Lucozade gel station at 21.5miles where I had 2 gels and a bottle of water to try to get back going. While I was there the 8mm and 3:30 finish pacers went past. Struggled to get going again from that stop, but was determined to finish (and keen to keep within 3:40)! Having finished, ended up checking out the medical facilities as I was very unsteady on my feet after receiving medal and medical team decided to take me in - couple of bottles of rehydration solution and while I was there some physiotherapy on my legs. On return home, discovered a couple of toes on right foot were a bit of a mess too. I think the old adage that you have to forget your last marathon before entering another one will hold true for me after this!

Split Summary

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1) - 1.01m - 7:35(7:31/m) - 121cal

2) - 0.99m - 7:11(7:14/m) - 121cal

3) - 1.01m - 7:06(7:00/m) - 123cal

4) - 1.03m - 7:18(7:05/m) - 126cal

5) - 0.99m - 7:11(7:14/m) - 121cal

6) - 1.09m - 7:56(7:17/m) - 133cal

7) - 0.98m - 7:03(7:12/m) - 120cal

8) - 0.99m - 7:12(7:14/m) - 121cal

9) - 1.01m - 7:25(7:20/m) - 124cal

10) - 1.01m - 7:25(7:20/m) - 123cal

11) - 2.03m - 14:48(7:18/m) - 248cal

12) - 1.96m - 14:34(7:26/m) - 242cal

13) - 2.09m - 15:48(7:33/m) - 244cal

14) - 1m - 7:45(7:43/m) - 124cal

15) - 1.05m - 7:54(7:31/m) - 130cal

16) - 0.99m - 8:05(8:08/m) - 138cal

17) - 1.06m - 8:10(7:43/m) - 131cal

18) - 1.02m - 8:35(8:23/m) - 125cal

19) - 0.49m - 14:14(28:58/m) - 59cal

20) - 0.52m - 5:40(10:51/m) - 57cal

21) - 1.01m - 9:34(9:30/m) - 120cal

22) - 1.01m - 8:30(8:24/m) - 111cal

23) - 1.06m - 9:02(8:30/m) - 130cal

24) - 1.01m - 8:28(8:24/m) - 124cal

25) - 0.23m - 1:42(7:32/m) - 27cal

26) - 0m - 2(6:39/m)

Pace Zone Summary

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Pace Zone: 6:00-6:19/mile: 1.9%

Pace Zone: 6:20-6:39/mile: 4.3%

Pace Zone: 6:40-6:59/mile: 10.1%

Pace Zone: 7:00-7:19/mile: 16.7%

Pace Zone: 7:20-7:39/mile: 17.7%

Pace Zone: 7:40-7:59/mile: 12.2%

Pace Zone: 8:00-8:19/mile: 10.5%

Pace Zone: 8:20-8:39/mile: 6.7%

Pace Zone: 8:40-8:59/mile: 4.8%

Pace Zone: 9:00-9:19/mile: 3.6%

Pace Zone: 9:20-9:39/mile: 1.9%

Pace Zone: 9:40-9:59/mile: 1.5%