So close!

After saying I wanted to go sub-two hours, I ran 2:00:06 in the New York Road Runners Club's 18-mile race in Central Park today. I'd forgotten quite how hilly the park was in places, and I had to push hard to get close to two hours.

There were 3,552 finishers – I came 71st overall and 10th in my age group (male 20-29) at an average pace of 6:40 per mile (2:53ish marathon pace). The event was managed superbly (we need more races like this in central London) and there were volunteers giving out ice lollies at the finish. Excellent!

(Update: technical gremlins are still preventing the comments from working – it should be fixed tomorrow…)

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