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Congrats! Thought the course was good, the start was a bit frustrating. Got stuck at the 2:00 pace section and spent the first mile or two desperately trying to move up. Support on the course was fantastic.
5awyr-
Yeah they could have done with staggering the start or giving people different colour race numbers to divide up the start. I had to walk a couple of bits in the first mile too, once where the road just narrowed a bit and then going through the underpass. I think the first mile took us over 10 mins.
The first water station couldn't keep up with the numbers either, cups were being taken as soon as they were filled. It was a lot better at the later stations when everyone was more spread out.
But overall it was very good, nice to have support pretty much all the way around and the marshals were all shouting encouragement too.
Arducius
I did! At 1:45 I was a minute slower than my last half, but I was running with a friend for the first 7 miles who was targeting 1:50 so I was running a little slower than I would have been if I was on my own. After the 7 mile marker I sped up a little and ran the rest at my own pace.
Seemed quite a nice course, lots of cyclists out along the route as well as kids giving out sweets. Highlights for me were the 4-in-a-row high five I gave to a group of children, and overtaking a lot of people who had gone past us in the first 7 miles.
I feel a million times better than after the last half I ran which made me pretty useless for a couple of days, so that's a good sign for general running fitness gains. Legs are a bit stiff but I'll have a little jog later and do some stretching which should help.
The winner got around the course in 1:07:35, which is ridiculously fast!