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Last year was my first 100, and my pace was pretty consistent the whole way i.e. dropped off at a relatively consistent rate into the night and picked up again in the day (to a lesser extent). Nobody's going to negative split this race, but it's amazing how much you have left when you think you're finished - despite doing 14-15min miles in the middle of the night, I was able to close out with 10-11min miles.
Abingdon to Oxford was fine at the weekend, as it was frozen, but from what I hear, is likely to be the worst bit if it's wet - not what you want for the least bit of a hundy. I recce-ed London to Henley on NYE, and it was fine apart from a mile or so around Marlow. It's pretty firm track most of the the first half, so shouldn't get too bad. Don't expect to wear anything other than road shoes for that.
If it's nice and freezey, there'll be no issues with roadies all the way. Otherwise, I'm relying on updates from people who live nearby on which bag to put the trail shoes into. Whatever I find out, I'll let you know.