satriales wrote:Thames Trot 50 tomorrow. As it has got closer I'm starting to feel very underprepared
Main goal is just to finish within the 11hr cutoff, but I'd love to finish around 9hrs. We shall see, it all depends on if I can keep walking to a minimum in the second half. Wishing I had done lots more training now.
I made it!
9hrs 45min. Not too disappointed with that, it was about what I expected. I did get off to a good start, felt great up to 20 miles and was on for 8hr pace. Then between 20 - 35 miles it became a struggle. My quads kept seizing up, forcing me to keep stopping. Feet were hurting bad. And I had some knee pain. It was hard to get into a rythm and when I did it was only at 11:00/mile pace.
Once there was only a half marathon remaining I managed to push on slightly. My quads and knees were no longer a problem, but feet were still bad. I tried to keep walking to a minimum, but I was on my own at this point and had to stop and check the map a few times. Running pace was also still very slow, so despite digging deep I wasn't that much quicker in this section.
At halfway I had called my girlfriend to tell her I expected to finish around 5:30 - 6:00pm, and ended up finishing at 6:15pm, so despite everything I wasn't too far off and happy with the result. I'm sure I'll be back next year and now have a time to beat!