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Half Marathon Trip 2024 |
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2024-09-23 - Huntington |
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I’m doing the Oxford Half/Oxford Canal trip again this year! |
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Race |
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I have done less preparation than last year. I’ll aim to do |
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it in about 1:38, based on a 1:50 time[1] that was:- |
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1: https://strava.app.link/9ZG2dhJpaNb |
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* At a lower pace (+5 min) |
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* Not run in my race shoes (+5 min) |
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* Hillier (+2 min) |
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This will be a lot slower than last year[2], about the same as the |
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year before[3], and a lot slower than Richard this year. I’m |
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not going to worry about it too much; I’ll try to get a lot |
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of intensity in over the next 2 weeks, then take it easy for a |
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week or so before the race, and then see what happens on the day. |
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2: https://strava.app.link/v5FaNMEqaNb |
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3: https://strava.app.link/csK5nNIqaNb |
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Boat |
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The last two years that we did this, the “time on canal |
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boat actually cruising” part of the holiday has been short, |
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and bitty. We’d take the boat on Saturday afternoon, cruise |
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a bit up and down, moor at the boatyard again because it’s |
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the closest spot to the half marathon, and then get ~1.5 days |
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of cruising Sunday afternoon to Tuesday morning. |
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But! This year we booked the boat for a whole week, with all |
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cruising happening in the week leading up to the Half. We’ll |
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have Tuesday afternoon-Saturday evening to cruise. |
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Much better. |
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