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Newport Marathon. 50th

Disappointed not to go under 2:50, but happy with the effort.
Ran with a group of half marathon runners for the first 4 or 5 miles until they split. Then paired up with another marathoner until a group of 5 of us formed. We were passed slowly by a 6th runner who split the group as we partly went with him and generally couldn’t decide how to manage our pace. Eventually by about 8 or 9 miles I was back with my initial buddy, choosing not to push the pace yet. Felt good and pretty comfortable, but aware that I was working a tiny bit harder than I’d have liked, even if I felt strong doing it.

My buddy had to stop for a toilet at about 11 or 12 miles, so I cracked on. Ended up speeding up and found myself cracking on slightly at half way - not what I’d planned but I was feeling good enough and it had worked for me before.

However, it came back to bite me with a long painful run in progressively slowing over the final miles.

Turns out it was also a long course: worth about 70 seconds based on my final speed..

Adjustment is up: 101 Matthew Young 02:50:14 00:01:06 02:49:08 (time to use on gfa)

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1) 3.02mi - 19:00(6:17/mi) 153/165bpm [962b/mi] 282cal
2) 3.04mi - 19:10(6:19/mi) 162/168bpm [1022b/mi] 291cal
3) 2.96mi - 18:37(6:17/mi) 164/169bpm [1030b/mi] 285cal
4) 0.06mi - 22(6:31/mi) 163/164bpm [1062b/mi] 5cal
5) 3.01mi - 19:04(6:20/mi) 163/171bpm [1031b/mi] 288cal
6) 3.01mi - 18:53(6:17/mi) 167/174bpm [1049b/mi] 290cal
7) 3.02mi - 19:03(6:19/mi) 168/178bpm [1060b/mi] 295cal
8) 3mi - 19:22(6:28/mi) 169/174bpm [1092b/mi] 300cal
9) 3mi - 19:47(6:36/mi) 172/176bpm [1136b/mi] 310cal
10) 1.17mi - 8:02(6:51/mi) 172/176bpm [1179b/mi] 125cal
11) 1.28mi - 8:58(7:02/mi) 173/178bpm [1217b/mi] 139cal