Shakespeare Marathon

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Entrants (18)
Club		 PB SB Pred Time WAVA
Matt the Brum Well organised event on a lovely day. Started mid padk in a very congested start. Took first half steady (1:37). Legs felt ok so picked up the pace for 2nd half. Made up about 50 places in the last 10 miles. Finished 21st in 3:02:01.
Stourbridge RC 		2:33:06 2:33:06 3:30:00 3:02:01 66.78
#runningman 🏃
Unaffiliated 		2:36:28 4:55:15 4:30:00 4:55:15 41.17
Steve Zodiac Running and training for marathons was becoming too hard but I wanted one more sub 3 hour so I could 'retire' on a high. PHEW ! Just made it with 45 seconds to spare.
Spa Striders RC 		2:41:44 2:59:15 2:59:15 76.67
carrot top
Wirral AC 		2:44:05 3:22:08 3:28:19 58.52
JAnders 44th
Telford Harriers 		2:45:48 3:09:07 3:09:07 64.28
TickTock
Unaffiliated 		2:55:17 3:19:52 3:20:00 3:22:28 61.14
Gerund
Unaffiliated 		3:04:09 3:26:59 3:39:55 62.49
RacingSnake26
Sandhurst Joggers 		3:21:52 3:21:52 3:26:18 64.94
SoreBits
Unaffiliated 		3:27:48 3:37:00 3:51:07 59.06
Crash Hamster I'm afraid I'm going to have to bore you all with a race report...it's 9pm, I have a celebratory Pimm's and lemonade in my hand (gay, moi?) and I feel absolutely fine at the moment... Race morning involved the usual mixture of porridge, Vaseline and visits to the toilet. We drove to Stratford, had a nice chat with the world-famous Plodding Hippo then toddled off to the start. Twas a bit crowded for the first two or three miles, but I was running on heart rate (150 as you ask) which should have got me to 20M in three hours...it felt so good at sixteen that I had quite an emotional couple of minutes as I realised that my sub 4 was on the cards. The next four miles were torture as I fought the urge to sod my HR and go for it. At 20M, I reasoned that I had completed my IM training run and could now race a 10k. To borrow a phrase from someone whose marathon report I read before the big ones, I opened the taps and brought it home...thanks Ratcatcher :o) 51:51 down the Greenway, passing other runners all the way. Final time was 3:51:41 (add 1 minute for clock time) against a previous best of 4:08:33...not bad for a fat blook :o)
Pirate Ship Of Fools 		3:29:11 3:51:41 3:51:41 54.11
Turbo doesnt count Fine to 19, ouchy calves from there on, should be happy after only 4 or 5 miles running in last three weeks but not, boo!
Aldridge RC 		3:32:50 3:52:00 3:45:00 3:55:17 53.69
Anna Finn
VEGAN RUNNERS UK 		3:40:54 3:55:11 4:44:04 47.16
greenb
Unaffiliated 		3:43:00 3:43:00 3:43:00 54.51
tjrunning
Unaffiliated 		3:46:44 4:19:21 4:19:21 48.34
Tri Foxy Really enjoyed this race, I had not trained well so I did not have any great expectations. This was just good fun and everything that I think running should be about.
Mersey-Tri 		3:52:19 3:52:19 3:45:00 3:52:19 55.73
plodding hippo Bottled out of this 2 years ago-and did the half First time ever of 3 marathons in 3 weeks the 11.8 mile cutoff thing makes pacing a joke but a sub 5.30 finish will do me just fine.Job done!
100 Marathon Club 		4:16:46 5:09:22 5:29:05 41.96
expatria DNF. :-( Hopped on curb at mile 17; stepped straight into a hole. Twisted my knee and ankle; may have stress fracture. Hobbled to mile 18 (actual time was 3:20 when I walked off, but did not want to list that as it would look like a PB); got lift from lovely medics. Cruised through 13.1 at 2:11, was looking @ 4:30 PB when I fell. I'm totally gutted. I need a hug. Stratford: lovely, some hills. If you do 26.2 and won't have friends running with you, take music: lap 2 is lonely. Good conditions. Well organized, nice locals.
Unaffiliated 		4:24:42 4:24:42 4:40:00 5:00:00 44.66
Iron Squishy Watch time! PB for me - really chuffed! Everything went well, bit worried that I'd gone off too fast as I was 9 min miling for first 6 miles so eased off a bit. Mile markers seemed to come up really quickly, knew by 22 miles that I'd do it!! Very tired, sore but happy!
Pirate Ship Of Fools 		4:26:34 4:26:34 4:30:00 4:26:34 51.20

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