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Brighton sounds truly brutal yesterday. I was watching various people on the tracker and all but one slowed significantly from about 25k, everyone missed their target times by a considerable margin.
I'd defer to the vastly experiences @philpub on the question of marathon pacing. My current thoughts on strategy are to run what I think I can hold until 20miles; then hopefully pick it up and pick off some clubmates and others who went off too hard in the final 6 miles. Sitting on the 3 hour pacer would make a lot of sense to me, it removes the mental challenge of watch-checking although there could be quite a lot of people around there as well, which can be annoying in its own way.
I'm going so far as practising the journey to the start this coming Sunday. You can never be too prepared.
juanito-
I'm very lucky in that my parents friends live about a mile from the start line, so will be staying there overnight so I don't have that stress!
will stick to my original plan unless mr @PhilPub has a better idea, or wants to come out for a jog and be my personal pacer!
Sainsburys_Ed
well done both, two of the guys I pace with were doing brighton and both struggled in the heat.
I did my final "trainig" run yesterday with a half marathon at marathon pace so 4:15 per km, I did it round dorney lake, so 4 laps completely exposed and I did begin to feel it on the last lap, but then the two guys I was runningwith had pulled the emergency eject cord at 12k so i'll take it that conditions were tough.
The one thing dot watching and yesterday has told me is that I need to be prepared frot hings to get very tough from 25k onwards, and be mentally ready for the fight that will ensue not to drop my pace.
what are the fast kids views on strategy, in my head I plan to sit with the pacer and try to zone out/draft for as long as possible saving mental energy for when the fight gets hard, then make a decision at 18,19 and 20 ish miles as to how hard I'm working to stay with the group and if I'm already at 7 out f 10 then I should ease back and focus on getting to the end in a GFA/PB time rather than a spectacular blow up at 22 miles and walk the rest of the way -sound sensible?
Feel like I've done everything I can at this stage, stuck to the training plan, lost 4kg, sorted race kit out, now its just down to strategy/execution!