Took part in the North Vs South duel in Hyde Park this morning. Good fun, although with so many people it's really packed and you spend a fair amount of time swearing internally about the people around you getting in the way :) Managed 55:45 which wasn't what I was hoping for (not as fast as last year, for instance) but still not bad considering I'm still at a Body Pie Index of 32.
As with last year, it was fun up to the half-way mark, but then dragging back up to the north side and along the top seemed to go on for ever.... I got into a weird zone-- normally I can concentrate on my breathing, and everything flows properly, but I just couldn't get into that this time. Maybe the pressure of the moment put me off? Oh well, need more practice then :)
Not sure what to do next--- hopefully not lay off until next summer like I did last year! Considering the Reading half-marathon next spring which would make a nice challenging goal to aim for.
Split times from stopwatch so not canon.
RunLondon 2006 | ||
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1Km | 05:30.85 | |
2Km | 05:13.43 | 10:44.28 |
3Km | 05:42.03 | 16:26.31 |
4Km | 05:30.53 | 21:56.84 |
5Km | 05:25.19 | 27:22.03 |
6Km | 05:48.98 | 33:11.01 |
7Km | 06:01.18 | 39:12.19 |
8Km | 06:03.09 | 45:15.28 |
9Km | 05:25.39 | 50:40.67 |
10Km | 05:04.81 | 55:45.48 |
Position = ?? out of ~30,000 |