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It’s a funny one, it’s not that hilly and should be a fast course but I’ve struggled in exactly the same spot all three time I’ve run it!
Think it’s a combo of the hills all being in the first 9 miles and the power station section being so miserable just at the miserable point in a marathon…
I took part in a medical study that was being run about temperature, interestingly just as I started to struggle my external temp spiked, interesting to see if that was reflected in my internal temp, haven’t seen the data yet though…
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I don't know what it is about Brighton but it always seems tougher than the course profile suggests. Most of my running mates are 2:50-3hr runners and a couple of them have had DNF's there and my old weekly running buddy has gone sub 3 everywhere but Brighton. Even James Cunnama only managed to just scrape under the 3hr mark last year. I live there and always have a decent half but the marathon course has defeated many handy (far handier than me) runners over the years and because of that and the extra pressure to do well there i find it wierdly intimidating and have yet to run it.