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Mile Split time Comments
1 7.16 Not a bad time for the first mile. Pretty near the front and the pack moving off quite quickly.
2 6.10 Definately too fast for the second mile. Downhill off the centre of the bridge but still pushing it a bit.
3 6.47  
4 6.59  
5 6.37  
6 6.46  
7 6.54 Good steady pace right through Brooklyn. Keeping this up for 26 miles would produce a great time.
8 6.57  
9 6.59  
10 6.54  
11 7.05  
12 7.14  
13 7.30 1.30.14 - not a bad time for half way down the course.
14 6.40  
15 7.27  
16 7.39 Up hill over the mid town bridge slows things down a bit but the distance and (lack of) training beginning to tell.
17 6.58  
18 7.35 More up hill working up First Avenue towards Harlem. Definately feeling the strain now.
19 7.11  
20 7.43 2.21.31 - off the pace now and not going to make that 2hr 7min target.
21 7.42  
22 8.01 The hills of Central Park look like mountains.
23 8.35 Drinks stations now an excuse to stop and walk to avoid a spill. And I was still cruising at this stage in the Paris marathon!
24 8.35  
25 8.10  
26 8.41  
26.2 1.45 3.13.02 on the stop watch. Even that last stretch uphill to the finish was tough.


So what was the verdict?

For me, at least 6 hours training per week in the build up including 5 or 6 2.45-3.00 runs at a steady pace are essential to get through those last few miles. I managed this in the training for Paris in April (3hr6min) and definately was off the mark here.

It was pretty painful. London 99 looks a dubious proposition but you always forget the bad bits pretty quickly.

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