Connemarathon

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Connemara half Marathon run with Marc O. Run goes from Leenaun to Mamm Cross. It was a glorious day, in a glorious setting. Marc and I ran the first half together, but we felt the pace was mis-matched to we split and he pulled ahead of me from the 10.5 Km point. He went on to finish 4 mins ahead of me, but blew on the last mile as he was pushing to go under two hours.

The race features two big-ish hills. The first out of the start and the second (the hell of the west) at the 10 mile point. This is a cruel hill to put in the 23rd mile of a marathon.

Total Time (h:m:s) 2:07:47 5:57 pace
Moving Time (h:m:s) 2:06:55 5:55 pace
Distance (km) 21.45
Moving Speed (kph) 10.1 avg. 14.0 max.
Elevation Gain (m) +298 / -270
Avg. Heart Rate 174 bpm Zone 5.4
Temperature (C) 10.5 C avg. 11 C high
Wind Speed ( kph) NE 18.0 avg. NE 22.2 max.



Intresting points:
5:55 min/km pace is not quick enough to keep into Marc, and I really have to train more towards 5 min pace to put in a good marathon time.
Heart rate was screemingly high the whole race, either something was wrong with the heart or with the monitor. I couldnt really beleive the numbers I was seeing so I ran off how I felt. Could have been the heat, but I suspect equipment problems.

Either way the result was this expresion :


Still I felt better than Marc O, particularly on the chaffage front
:-)