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RNR stage 15. Lovely stage, from misty dawn into bright Indian summer morning. Abysmal run. Was never going to be pretty, given I'd had about 5 hours' sleep on the Friday night and none at all on the Saturday. Didn't get the fuelling right (should have eaten much more in the few hours beforehand) and also had an unpleasant reaction to all the caffeine I'd had before I set out. Target time was 1 hr, as I knew I wouldn't be on top form, so should be pleased I was only fractionally outside that, but so desperately wanted to do myself justice on this and know I didn't. First mile was optimistic and it just went downhill from there. Took 3 gels and a shot block during this just to get round as had nothing in the tank and had to walk briefly at the end of miles 5 and 6 while I refuelled. Managed to pick it up downhill on mile 7 and tried to push it to the finish but ended up with cramp in both calves so the glorious sprint finish morphed into a straight-legged hobble! Thanks to C for keeping me going! (Garmin stats - other runners on this stage seem to agree with distance, vs official distance of 7.2m.)