Notes
My first race in 18 months and I was very disappointed. I was looking at a sub 35:00, but fell apart badly on the hills and struggled in with 36:52, (7:22 pace). I felt fine at 2 miles, but as soon as I got the the hilly stretch, I fell off the map. Mile 3 was just under 8:00!
PW by a minute. Previous PW was Gelston 2019 35:53.
I know I always need a few races under my belt before I pop a good one, but no excuse for going almost a minute slower on the 3rd mile.
Last week I comfortably did a 4 mile half marathon tempo at 7:14 pace on a rolling course, so no way I should run as bad as I did.
Hopefully, it was just a bad day at the office and I will bounce back in the half marathon on 10 days.