I imported some of my old runs into Strava, and found that Strava placed me amongst the other Strava users and even let me see in real time how I fared with the other runners
I imported some of my old runs into Strava, and found that Strava placed me amongst the other Strava users and even let me see in real time how I fared with the other runners
Source: 10 things no one tells women before they run the London Marathon
Surprisingly a couple of these made me laugh.
#5 you’ll get penis envy. Actually, it’s not a good thing – especially if you forget to wear tight pants. Trying to run around the park with your little friend trying his darnedest to distract you is definitely not fun. Funny, yes. Uncomfortable? Damned so.
#6 you will become a running bore – guilty.
#10 you will want to do another one – yes, but not yet. The atmosphere when I ran the RPHM was electric. I want to experience that again, but not yet.
Just posting this here for my reference in future. My time splits during the RPHM. Held a good pace until 13KM
1
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4:57 | — | 4’57″/KM |
2
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10:29 | + 0:35 (-12%) | 5’32″/KM |
3
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15:54 | – 0:07 (2%) | 5’25″/KM |
4
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21:21 | + 0:02 (-1%) | 5’27″/KM |
5
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26:53 | + 0:05 (-2%) | 5’32″/KM |
6
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32:23 | – 0:02 (0%) | 5’30″/KM |
7
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37:55 | + 0:02 (-1%) | 5’32″/KM |
8
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43:28 | + 0:01 (-1%) | 5’33″/KM |
9
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49:23 | + 0:22 (-7%) | 5’55″/KM |
10
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55:27 | + 0:09 (-3%) | 6’04″/KM |
11
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1:01:05 | – 0:26 (7%) | 5’38″/KM |
12
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1:07:16 | + 0:33 (-10%) | 6’11″/KM |
13
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1:13:43 | + 0:16 (-5%) | 6’27″/KM |
14
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1:20:13 | + 0:03 (-1%) | 6’30″/KM |
15
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1:26:36 | – 0:07 (1%) | 6’23″/KM |
16
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1:32:55 | – 0:04 (1%) | 6’19″/KM |
17
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1:39:20 | + 0:06 (-2%) | 6’25″/KM |
18
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1:45:50 | + 0:05 (-2%) | 6’30″/KM |
19
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1:53:03 | + 0:43 (-12%) | 7’13″/KM |
20
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1:59:59 | – 0:17 (3%) | 6’56″/KM |
21
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2:06:35 | – 0:20 (4%) | 6’36″/KM |
Via Marathon-Videos. I cross the camera at 17/18 seconds.
Official results for the Royal Parks Half Marathon are up:
The Royal Parks Half Marathon was my first full-blown race, officially-timed, and my first attempt at the 21.1K distance. Never did that distance before, even during my practise runs, and my body is screaming at me not to do it again. But we’ll see.
The race was pretty comfortable for the first 10K, but when I hit 13K, my hip started to hurt and I had to drop down to a walk to recover.
The remaining race was much slower than the first half with my hip and my hamstring (both of them) hurting like hell. Even when I got to towards the finish line, people were walking. One of them had pulled muscle, so I stopped to help him out for a bit. He was concerned about my time, but as long as I finish, I’m happy.
I got over the finish line in 2:03:35 according to Endomondo, and my official time was 2:07:33. Considering this was my first half marathon, and I managed to average 6:00 min/km (I hit 20K at 2:00:00).
It was a painful journey home too. My legs hurt like hell, climbing up or down stairs made the pain spike, but it’s getting easier now.
I don’t think I’ll be running a full marathon any time soon, until I can get the Half Marathon distance down comfortably. It was really hard going at the end:
And plenty of new achievements and awards from Nike+
Just got an email from the RPHM organisers. There’s an app in the Google Play store that allows you to track the runners (including me) during the race, and also provides split times as they run over the timing mats. For runners, it also shows you where you are on the course at that time. Although I wouldn’t recommend it — you need to make sure you’re not running into the barriers :D
Google Play: http://royalparksfoundationemail.org.uk/1L97-3PL8Z-ERXF5H-1SKAD2-1/c.aspx
健毅 黃 was out running. He tracked 10.24 km in 1h:04m:05s.
http://app.endomondo.com/workouts/609724257/2918479
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10Ks are going to start being my foundation runs – like 5Ks used to be. Today, I beat my recent 10K record too.
健毅 黃 was out running. He tracked 15.60 km in 1h:38m:57s.
http://app.endomondo.com/workouts/604368970/2918479
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