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This was me yesterday while Guapo was hobknobbing with the speedsters - 07:30 throw-in and a stunning morning as the sunny dawn came up through the freezing fog - but christ, it felt long and it was a tough last hour. I was wrecked at the end of it. The first three miles had a lot of skating but the rest of it was at around 7:20 pace average for the miles. I had company from 3 to 17 so that was dacent but it meant the remaining 5 were a slog.
The Lee Road was slippy but the views were unreal over the flat misty fields of the River Lee as we tracked in towards town - intoxicating stuff. No wind meant I could run in the shorts which was a decent boost. In hindsight, Seville might be too early a marathon for someone from Ireland to enter - too much heavy training in the rain and freezing cold and over the Christmas. In fairness, Rotterdam was the one I wanted but it was full up when I tried to enter last October.
timeout was out with us - great to see him on the road to recovery from the chest infection. He didn't get to be one of the first purchasers of the Alphafly 3.0's during the week (LOL, his connection
timed out on the Nike site) but watch out for him sporting a jazzy pair after the next batch come on stream!
