It's over! I managed to run the whole distance and my knee wasn't too bad. Walked in places, particularly in the penultimate mile, but ran most of it. My body is sore, my toes are blistered, but I feel amazing!
Had some great support from friends and family which kept me going. It was a very sunny day, hot but with a sea breeze helping out over the second half. Stopped to load up on gel packs, drink and sun cream at mile 6 and mile 18. Had one gel pack every 45- 60 minutes, think I had six of them. Ran with my hand held bottle and drank water and Neuro Sport. Didn't need to go to the toilet so didn't have to stop and queue.
Was aiming to run at 4 mph and finish in 6.5hrs so exceeded my target. Felt pretty good until mile 10, that's when the quads began to hurt. Prior to that it was mainly my knee and my achilles tendons. The knee was ok, was hurting before the race and a little bit at the start, stopped and walked briefly when it twinged. In the second half of the race it was less of a problem. The bigger problem was my right quad, which still really hurts - was probably compensating for my weak left knee by running more on my right side. I have blisters on the inside of my right toe and outside of my middle toe. My face has gone red and patchy for some reason, possibly due to sun and wind exposure, hopefully will settle down a bit tomorrow so I don't look too mad!
Yay for me! Will aim for 5 hours or less next year...
Final stats for today:
Place: 6741 (of 7419 finishers)
Marathon time: 05.35.22
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