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The marathon. Hot day in Brighton, apparently reaching 20 degrees but it definitely felt warmer! Am now very burnt but pretty happy.

Caught up in the crowds for the first mile before getting to the pace I wanted to see. Pretty good, even splits for the first half, the 2 slower miles were the worst of the hilly section.

Second half I was still feeling pretty ok until 23.5 miles where turning back for the home leg facing the sun and the wind I suddenly lost all momentum and found myself crawling along the seafront. From that point it stopped being fun.

Despite the couple of low 7's miles before hand I was still hopeful of a sub 3 until then as I had time banked and the 23rd mile was actually back where it needed to be (6:40s)until I dramatically slowed.

59th apparently and pretty pleased simply to have run a marathon. Both Lucy and I achieved the Good For Age target too so can run London next year without worrying about the ballot. A memorable weekend!

Split Summary

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1) - 1m - 7:21(7:21/m) - 116cal

2) - 1m - 6:41(6:41/m) - 118cal

3) - 1m - 6:42(6:42/m) - 119cal

4) - 1m - 6:44(6:44/m) - 118cal

5) - 1m - 6:43(6:43/m) - 118cal

6) - 1m - 6:45(6:45/m) - 118cal

7) - 1m - 6:55(6:55/m) - 118cal

8) - 1m - 6:47(6:47/m) - 118cal

9) - 1m - 6:52(6:52/m) - 118cal

10) - 1m - 6:49(6:49/m) - 118cal

11) - 1m - 6:45(6:45/m) - 117cal

12) - 1m - 6:47(6:47/m) - 117cal

13) - 1m - 6:44(6:44/m) - 119cal

14) - 1m - 6:38(6:38/m) - 118cal

15) - 1m - 6:55(6:55/m) - 118cal

16) - 1m - 6:47(6:47/m) - 118cal

17) - 1m - 6:53(6:53/m) - 119cal

18) - 1m - 6:58(6:58/m) - 118cal

19) - 1m - 6:44(6:44/m) - 117cal

20) - 1m - 7:01(7:01/m) - 118cal

21) - 1m - 7:09(7:09/m) - 118cal

22) - 1m - 7:09(7:09/m) - 119cal

23) - 1m - 7:25(7:25/m) - 120cal

24) - 1m - 7:42(7:42/m) - 120cal

25) - 1m - 7:55(7:55/m) - 119cal

26) - 1m - 8:03(8:03/m) - 119cal

27) - 0.27m - 2:07(7:58/m) - 32cal

Pace Zone Summary

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Pace Zone: 6:00-6:19/mile: 6.1%

Pace Zone: 6:20-6:39/mile: 16.3%

Pace Zone: 6:40-6:59/mile: 27.6%

Pace Zone: 7:00-7:19/mile: 22.7%

Pace Zone: 7:20-7:39/mile: 10.3%

Pace Zone: 7:40-7:59/mile: 8.4%

Pace Zone: 8:00-8:19/mile: 5.2%

Pace Zone: 8:20-8:39/mile: 1.1%