The good is that today's result is my best half marathon time this year at 02:03:36. The bad is that's over 9 minutes slower than my PB set on this course last year.
Of course last year I hadn't run an ultra marathon just five weeks before - which has a lot to do with today's result.
The first 6 miles were fine with my pace actually a little faster than last year. It even felt easier than last year, not feeling like I was even breathing that much harder than I would on an easy run (which fits with my experience of running this pace in training the last few weeks). Then my left knee started to hurt.
I managed to maintain a respectable pace until about mile 9 - which would have brought me in just under the two hour mark. But from then it was a real struggle - I even resorted to walking for a minute at about 11 miles to see if that would ease off the pain. It didn't so I carried on running but now very slowly - more a jog than a run. All of which pushed my time over the two hour mark.
Meanwhile Scott, my running buddy from the Westminster to Cheltenham ultra marathon finished in a very respectable 1 hour 52 minutes.
Oh well, there's always next year.
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