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HAWESWATER HALF MARATHON. So Sunday morning dawned with wuzzy legs and a fuzzy head. Got everything together and set off on a beautiful morning over to Haweswater. Ran up and down the road a bit to warm up, and thought the legs seemed ok. Dazz was fab being my sherpa and timekeeper, and carried discarded gloves, gels and water, and more importantly; my splits from the last time I ran this. I'd pretty much given up any hope of beating my previous time after such poor preparation. The first 2 miles I was sluggish, and lost about 15 seconds per mile. But then I started knocking them out faster. Suddenly, it seemed that I might better my 2008 time. But alas, my tired legs began to suffer again towards the end, and I came in 10 seconds slower. Pretty delighted with that though to be fair. 8.40 (+0.12), 9.26 (+15), 9.30 (-21), 8.44(-11), 8.46(-7), 9.22(-), 8.20(-), 9.51(-29), 8.32(+28), 8.47(+3), 8.45(+11), 8.30(-), 8.25(-4), 1.09(+18).
Overall 361/512, F 78/160, F40 36/63