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Apr 2018
8:44am, 23 Apr 2018
3,777 posts
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
In the early stages I was behind a 3hr pace group. It was very small even then. When I was passed by the 3.15 pacer he was also pretty much on his own!
Once again my experience is like your Baz. Legs feel pretty good so I am contemplating a wee jog around a London Park.
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Apr 2018
9:03am, 23 Apr 2018
12,960 posts
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Bazoaxe
Fergus, I decided to reset to a 3:10 target on the start line (actually 1:33:45 to halfway so was a touch fast) and even that was too ambitious as I ended with 3:20:57.
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Apr 2018
9:26am, 23 Apr 2018
983 posts
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Chris
Bloody show offs with your ability to still walk!
I'm going to try and have the week off running but may get on the bike and do some swimming.
I've been trying hard to not use the heat yesterday as an excuse but there were plenty of runners who are better than myself who really struggled yesterday. Is it the reason I didn't get under 2.50 or is it just not in my legs....
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Apr 2018
9:28am, 23 Apr 2018
2,462 posts
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FergusG
I reckon you can point to the heat Chris. That was awesome run.
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Apr 2018
9:36am, 23 Apr 2018
3,530 posts
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Windsor Wool
it's tough to read you being hard on yourself Chris after what was a fabulous run. Look at the chaos all around you to realise that you too could surely have gone much faster on a better day. You need to be pissed off with the weather gods, not with yourself.
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Apr 2018
9:55am, 23 Apr 2018
2,776 posts
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jdarun
Chris, check out what time your position would have been worth last year or the one before. I’m betting it would have been significantly quicker. There’s no doubt different people suffer to differing degrees but anyone within a few mins of target like you and jomo can probably be reasonably confident they’d have done it on a better day. Certainly Vienna 2015 sticks out for me as a poor result (again, to the tune of 2-3 mins) and that was also a 20C+ sunny day when many wilted.
Runningbob off the 2:45 thread only managed 2:49 I think! And that was still quite high in his age cat.
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Apr 2018
10:00am, 23 Apr 2018
223 posts
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Lee78
3:22:32 for the sidebar........2:55 will have to wait another year! 😄🤞🏻
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Apr 2018
11:15am, 23 Apr 2018
754 posts
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Little Miss Happy
The heat is going to have had an impact Chris, even if you managed it better than most. Swimming is great recovery.
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Apr 2018
11:32am, 23 Apr 2018
984 posts
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Chris
Cheers for the support everyone, just annoying when you've trained so hard.
JDA - I finished 559th, looking at the 2017 results that would have been good enough for a 2.45.10 
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Apr 2018
11:46am, 23 Apr 2018
224 posts
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Lee78
Most people crashed and burned yesterday Chris, which sucks after all the training we also put in!
Think I was on target for sub 2:55 the first 4 miles! 😄
Your time was awesome considering the conditions and you should be proud mate!
Sub 2:50 is a given and I would put money on you going under 2:45!
Don’t be too hard on yourself! 👍🏻
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