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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!
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Sorry, not this year. I'll give you a heckle on the way round! I can't remember who's on which start but all three sub-3 Runner's World pacers this year are experienced and should be dependable for a 2:59, getting to halfway in 1:29. (That's always been my strategy anyway.) So if you're fit enough to run sub-3 and want to ensure you don't fluff up the pacing, I reckon it's a good plan. Bear in mind conditions on the day though; I doff my hat to anyone running in Brighton yesterday, and if it's another hot one for London you might be better off going for the B target.
Ah well, this won't be my first time as spectator due to injury but at least I know how I like to watch it. Anyone I recognise can expect a shout at miles 7, 15 and 21 (ish). Then refreshments at the Red Lion and the Chandos. Best running day of the year, even if you're not running.
@juanito - achilles may well have recovered sufficiently for an easy run, but I'm still being ultra cautious since I don't have any major race targets at the moment, so I'll probably be on the bike when you're on your course reccy. Enjoy the rest of the taper and see you on course.
PhilPub
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.