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Norwich Half Marathon. A tad breezy. A day of mixed feelings. Went out at a reasonable pace to aim for a strong PB, but realised on the steady uphill sections at 5 and 6, that I was a little optimistic. So then settled into a slightly easier pace. But there seemed to be not a lot in the legs - strange feeling really, not one I have ever had this early in a race. It was a race of 2 loops, so when I hit the hills again at 11 and 12, I was totally spent. Pleased that I persevered and finished the race, because clearly a PB was not on and felt terrible. Every muscle in my legs was telling me to stop. The gels seemed ineffective. A similar time to a training run at Christmas (with short stops). Strange that I am not as annoyed as I thought I would be - put it down as learning, as this is theoretically a training run for May's marathon. I WILL learn lessons from this:-
1. Went out a LITTLE optimistically. 2. Try my original gels. 3. Have I done too much training recently? 4. Put less pressure on myself for this race, as felt a good time was there to be had. Also at about 6 this evening, really felt chilled and had uncontrollable shivers - classic signs of 1, dehydration, 2, low glycogen levels or 3, Got too cold when finished - though bizarre it took so long to kick in. Maybe a rest is due - don't you just love running - I do!

Split Summary

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1) - 1m - 8:26(8:26/m) - 175cal

2) - 1m - 8:13(8:13/m) - 177cal

3) - 1m - 8:35(8:35/m) - 177cal

4) - 1m - 8:22(8:23/m) - 177cal

5) - 1m - 8:55(8:55/m) - 178cal

6) - 1m - 8:59(8:59/m) - 176cal

7) - 1m - 8:57(8:57/m) - 177cal

8) - 1m - 8:58(8:58/m) - 176cal

9) - 1m - 9:13(9:13/m) - 177cal

10) - 1m - 9:04(9:04/m) - 176cal

11) - 1m - 8:55(8:55/m) - 178cal

12) - 1m - 10:05(10:05/m) - 179cal

13) - 1m - 9:20(9:20/m) - 177cal

14) - 0.15m - 1:12(7:48/m) - 26cal

Pace Zone Summary

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Pace Zone: 7:00-7:19/mile: 1.1%

Pace Zone: 7:20-7:39/mile: 3.4%

Pace Zone: 7:40-7:59/mile: 6.6%

Pace Zone: 8:00-8:19/mile: 10.7%

Pace Zone: 8:20-8:39/mile: 16.6%

Pace Zone: 8:40-8:59/mile: 15.6%

Pace Zone: 9:00-9:19/mile: 12.8%

Pace Zone: 9:20-9:39/mile: 11.2%

Pace Zone: 9:40-9:59/mile: 6.4%

Pace Zone: 10:00-10:19/mile: 5%

Pace Zone: 10:20-10:39/mile: 3.5%

Pace Zone: 10:40-10:59/mile: 2.2%