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Abingdon Marathon - first half went well, but thirsty and cool. Sun came out and became really thirsty and in need of sugar. Lucozade came round too later for me really (about 13 and 22 miles?). I thought the second bottle would never come. Did pick up a bit and back to running (slowly) after it kicked in. Learn to use gels for next long race I think! In fact I passed so many that had been dropped that I could have been away if I knew what to do with them. I did manage a few jelly babies (thank you to that lovely marshall that gave me two). I had some in my pocket but by 18 miles lost the will to open the zip!

Great to see frank, mum and dad near the end - nearly cried then! Did at the finish. F thought it was because I was slower than I hoped, but not at all, just tired and emotional (I had warned him!). He did manage to give me a big hug (been debating this all week as he doesn't like smelly post-running me!) Coped by wearing my coat - clever lad!

Phew it's over. Just the small matter of a wedding next saturday and I can relax...



Lovely (HOT!) shower at the end.

Thanks also to the guy who I asked "why are we doing this?" and he reminded me... apparently it's better than staying at home. I can't say that I agreed much at the time, but he was right of course.

The advantage of not running as well (fast) as I'd have liked is that there's lots more potential for a PB...
Split Summary

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1) - 1m - 10:36(10:36/m) - 155bpm avge - 170bpm max - 120cal

2) - 1m - 10:17(10:17/m) - 164bpm avge - 169bpm max - 124cal

3) - 1m - 10:30(10:30/m) - 166bpm avge - 171bpm max - 123cal

4) - 1m - 10:20(10:20/m) - 169bpm avge - 173bpm max - 124cal

5) - 1m - 10:16(10:16/m) - 170bpm avge - 177bpm max - 124cal

6) - 1m - 10:17(10:17/m) - 174bpm avge - 178bpm max - 124cal

7) - 1m - 10:23(10:23/m) - 175bpm avge - 180bpm max - 123cal

8) - 1m - 10:10(10:10/m) - 176bpm avge - 180bpm max - 124cal

9) - 1m - 10:14(10:14/m) - 176bpm avge - 182bpm max - 123cal

10) - 1m - 10:20(10:20/m) - 175bpm avge - 179bpm max - 124cal

11) - 1m - 10:20(10:20/m) - 175bpm avge - 178bpm max - 124cal

12) - 1m - 10:07(10:07/m) - 175bpm avge - 179bpm max - 123cal

13) - 1m - 10:19(10:19/m) - 177bpm avge - 183bpm max - 124cal

14) - 1m - 10:47(10:47/m) - 178bpm avge - 183bpm max - 123cal

15) - 1m - 10:48(10:48/m) - 176bpm avge - 184bpm max - 124cal

16) - 1m - 11:05(11:05/m) - 177bpm avge - 181bpm max - 125cal

17) - 1m - 10:47(10:47/m) - 177bpm avge - 181bpm max - 125cal

18) - 1m - 11:18(11:18/m) - 175bpm avge - 180bpm max - 123cal

19) - 1m - 11:12(11:12/m) - 175bpm avge - 177bpm max - 125cal

20) - 1m - 11:24(11:24/m) - 174bpm avge - 177bpm max - 126cal

21) - 1m - 11:59(11:59/m) - 169bpm avge - 176bpm max - 119cal

22) - 1m - 11:41(11:41/m) - 170bpm avge - 173bpm max - 124cal

23) - 1m - 15:35(15:35/m) - 157bpm avge - 168bpm max - 93cal

24) - 1m - 11:51(11:51/m) - 164bpm avge - 170bpm max - 116cal

25) - 1m - 12:42(12:42/m) - 164bpm avge - 172bpm max - 110cal

26) - 1m - 10:58(10:58/m) - 171bpm avge - 178bpm max - 124cal

27) - 0.4m - 3:56(9:50/m) - 175bpm avge - 186bpm max - 48cal

Heart Rate Zone Summary

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HR Zone: 45-154bpm (Sub 70%): 3.4%

HR Zone: 154-161bpm (71-75%): 6.6%

HR Zone: 161-169bpm (76-80%): 16.1%

HR Zone: 169-177bpm (81-85%): 53.4%

HR Zone: 177-185bpm (86-90%): 20.4%

HR Zone: 185-192bpm (91-95%): 0.1%

Pace Zone Summary

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Pace Zone: 8:40-8:59/mile: 1.2%

Pace Zone: 9:00-9:19/mile: 1.9%

Pace Zone: 9:20-9:39/mile: 4.7%

Pace Zone: 9:40-9:59/mile: 10.3%

Pace Zone: 10:00-10:19/mile: 13.4%

Pace Zone: 10:20-10:39/mile: 15.9%

Pace Zone: 10:40-10:59/mile: 14%

Pace Zone: 11:00-11:19/mile: 10.7%

Pace Zone: 11:20-11:39/mile: 7.7%

Pace Zone: 11:40-11:59/mile: 4.5%

Pace Zone: 12:00-12:19/mile: 2.8%

Pace Zone: 12:20-12:39/mile: 1.3%