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London Marathon
Well, what to say about this? Today my legs didn't want to play ball so I had to reassess pace at 5 miles; HR was fine, or what HR used to be for a marathon but I just felt I couldn't sustain the pace. I had to got about 5 bpm lower than in my PB attempt - undoubtedly the lack of training contributed to this.

But OMG it was mental, both in a positive and in a negative meaning. The crowds were unbelievable, had tears in my eyes a couple of times. Running was very stressful though because I had to concentrate so hard on avoiding collisions with runners suddenly changing speed and/or direction, dripping over bottles and other things. Mentally this was tough and I was utterly exhausted at the end and just wanted to leave the finish area. No more crowds! I'm definitely a lone runner, prefer smaller races like Wrexham marathon last month. At times it was so much fun, e.g. the group playing YMCA at mile 15, we were all doing the moves while running. It was really an emotional rollercoaster. The samba and other drum groups were awesome, as were the bag pipes. Chariots of fire made me tear up, too. And then there were moments when I cursed it all, the course, the masses of runners, the weather (it was sunny and warm).

Split Summary
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1) 0.62m - 5:24(8:42/m) 142/156bpm 44cal 6.89/7.1mph
2) 0.62m - 5:17(8:30/m) 154/160bpm 45cal 7.06/7.56mph
3) 0.62m - 5:04(8:09/m) 161/168bpm 45cal 7.36/7.53mph
4) 0.62m - 5:02(8:06/m) 163/167bpm 45cal 7.41/7.66mph
5) 0.62m - 4:41(7:32/m) 165/172bpm 42cal 7.96/8.35mph
6) 0.62m - 4:58(8:00/m) 167/170bpm 45cal 7.5/8.43mph
7) 0.62m - 5:04(8:09/m) 167/171bpm 46cal 7.36/8.01mph
8) 0.62m - 5:12(8:21/m) 168/172bpm 48cal 7.18/7.33mph
9) 0.62m - 5:13(8:24/m) 169/172bpm 47cal 7.14/7.33mph
10) 0.62m - 5:20(8:35/m) 169/173bpm 47cal 6.99/7.1mph
11) 0.62m - 5:22(8:37/m) 168/172bpm 47cal 6.96/7.22mph
12) 0.62m - 5:26(8:45/m) 168/172bpm 50cal 6.86/7.31mph
13) 0.62m - 5:20(8:35/m) 167/171bpm 48cal 6.99/7.14mph
14) 0.62m - 5:29(8:49/m) 167/172bpm 49cal 6.8/7.08mph
15) 0.62m - 5:34(8:57/m) 167/174bpm 49cal 6.7/7.14mph
16) 0.62m - 5:37(9:02/m) 166/170bpm 48cal 6.64/7.08mph
17) 0.62m - 5:23(8:41/m) 165/168bpm 46cal 6.91/7.01mph
18) 0.62m - 5:24(8:42/m) 164/167bpm 44cal 6.9/7.12mph
19) 0.62m - 5:27(8:46/m) 165/168bpm 45cal 6.85/7.08mph
20) 0.62m - 5:45(9:15/m) 163/168bpm 41cal 6.48/6.95mph
21) 0.62m - 5:32(8:54/m) 163/168bpm 43cal 6.74/6.97mph
22) 0.62m - 5:27(8:46/m) 167/172bpm 47cal 6.85/7.16mph
23) 0.62m - 5:26(8:44/m) 164/168bpm 40cal 6.87/6.93mph
24) 0.62m - 5:25(8:42/m) 165/169bpm 44cal 6.89/7.18mph
25) 0.62m - 5:29(8:50/m) 165/170bpm 44cal 6.79/7.45mph
26) 0.62m - 5:43(9:12/m) 164/171bpm 42cal 6.52/7.01mph
27) 0.62m - 5:32(8:54/m) 165/168bpm 44cal 6.74/7.2mph
28) 0.62m - 5:45(9:15/m) 163/168bpm 41cal 6.49/6.97mph
29) 0.62m - 5:47(9:19/m) 162/169bpm 36cal 6.44/7.31mph
30) 0.62m - 5:49(9:22/m) 165/169bpm 44cal 6.4/7.35mph
31) 0.62m - 5:12(8:23/m) 166/170bpm 42cal 7.16/7.97mph
32) 0.62m - 5:25(8:44/m) 168/177bpm 45cal 6.87/7.24mph
33) 0.62m - 5:40(9:07/m) 167/173bpm 47cal 6.58/7.06mph
34) 0.62m - 5:18(8:33/m) 170/174bpm 46cal 7.02/7.37mph
35) 0.62m - 5:36(9:00/m) 167/171bpm 43cal 6.66/7.2mph
36) 0.62m - 5:38(9:04/m) 166/171bpm 43cal 6.61/6.7mph
37) 0.62m - 5:19(8:34/m) 169/175bpm 45cal 7/8.16mph
38) 0.62m - 4:57(7:57/m) 174/178bpm 46cal 7.55/8.33mph
39) 0.62m - 5:34(8:58/m) 174/180bpm 51cal 6.69/7.74mph
40) 0.62m - 5:17(8:30/m) 173/176bpm 48cal 7.05/7.39mph
41) 0.62m - 5:21(8:37/m) 173/176bpm 47cal 6.96/7.37mph
42) 0.62m - 5:07(8:14/m) 173/180bpm 46cal 7.28/7.6mph
43) 0.28m - 2:27(8:35/m) 173/177bpm 22cal 6.99/7.39mph