Anyway, enough of that, lets get to the run. I was hoping to average 4:00min/km, but I was a bit short of that unfortunately, a couple of rookie mistakes didn't help.
My splits were:
1km 4:04
2km 3:53
3km 4:03
4km 4:01
5km 4:11
6km 4:14
7km 4:21
8km 3:58
8.6km 2:21 (3:46min/km)
The mistakes were starting too far back in the field, the first kilometre was more hard work than it should have been as I tried to work my way past slower runners. The second was failing to make sure my shoelaces were wll tied before the race, I had to stop in km 5 to tie up my left trainer. I'm not sure how much time I lost, it doesn't look like much because my splits in both cases were pretty good. The sixth and seventh kms involved turning away from the sea and heading up the hill, I'm a little disappointed at how much pace I lost as a result, in km 6 it was fairly steep but km 7 was less so. I think some training on hills may be in order. I managed a strong finish, I think I passed 6 or 7 runners in the last 400m. I finished 72nd of about 500 runners:
As I said, I would have liked to have gone a little bit quicker, but it was still a good run and there are a few useful lessons learned that should help when the bigger challenges come along in the next few months.
Finally, hope you enjoy a few pics from the day:
The last one is Benidorm seen from a distance.
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