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Delighted with this. Couldn't believe how easy it felt. Aim had been marathon target pace (6:06/2:02:00), but taking into account: 1) the course was undulating and 2) it would have been nice to get under two hours.

First 10 miles felt like an easy training run and never struggled to keep up the pace. Only really pushed it in last two miles (the biggest uphill part of the race).

Official time 1:58:39. 1:58:09 on Garmin for 20.

In hard statistical terms, equal to my best PB at any distance. About 20 seconds outside PB for half-marathon on the way.

Problem continues with hamstring - very tight all the way, though it eased the longer it went. Two hamstring "twinges", but managed to carry on running.

I may need to revise target for marathon to sub-2:35.

Only downside is that feet were hurting in flats by about 18 miles so I don't think I can run a marathon in them.

Split Summary

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Lap 1 - 1 miles - 6:00(6:00/m) - 115cal

Lap 2 - 1 miles - 5:59(5:59/m) - 118cal

Lap 3 - 1 miles - 6:08(6:08/m) - 116cal

Lap 4 - 1 miles - 5:40(5:40/m) - 119cal

Lap 5 - 1 miles - 5:59(5:59/m) - 118cal

Lap 6 - 1 miles - 6:03(6:03/m) - 116cal

Lap 7 - 1 miles - 5:48(5:48/m) - 118cal

Lap 8 - 1 miles - 5:57(5:57/m) - 116cal

Lap 9 - 1 miles - 5:45(5:45/m) - 118cal

Lap 10 - 1 miles - 5:55(5:55/m) - 117cal

Lap 11 - 1 miles - 6:02(6:02/m) - 116cal

Lap 12 - 1 miles - 5:47(5:47/m) - 117cal

Lap 13 - 1 miles - 5:50(5:50/m) - 119cal

Lap 14 - 1 miles - 6:01(6:01/m) - 117cal

Lap 15 - 1 miles - 5:56(5:56/m) - 117cal

Lap 16 - 1 miles - 5:50(5:50/m) - 118cal

Lap 17 - 1 miles - 5:59(5:59/m) - 116cal

Lap 18 - 1 miles - 5:58(5:58/m) - 118cal

Lap 19 - 1 miles - 5:53(5:53/m) - 116cal

Lap 20 - 1 miles - 5:40(5:40/m) - 117cal

Lap 21 - 0.1 miles - 30(4:59/m) - 11cal

Pace Zone Summary

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Pace Zone: 4:40-4:59/mile: 3.5%

Pace Zone: 5:00-5:19/mile: 10.4%

Pace Zone: 5:20-5:39/mile: 19.5%

Pace Zone: 5:40-5:59/mile: 22.1%

Pace Zone: 6:00-6:19/mile: 20.5%

Pace Zone: 6:20-6:39/mile: 12.7%

Pace Zone: 6:40-6:59/mile: 5.7%

Pace Zone: 7:00-7:19/mile: 2.5%

Pace Zone: 7:20-7:39/mile: 1.1%