Paris Marathon 3:08:43

Running on merrily until about the 25k mark doing 4:20k pace or 22 min 5 k pace when the tunnels came and I lost touch with the garmin and it and I didn't recover till the 30k mark.

By that stage I was doing 4:35-4:40k's and couldn't get it back.

Conditions were great. Nice and cool and crowded as you expect with 40,000 runners.

Forgot to look at Youtube for the cobblestones in the last 10ks. They hurt like hell on more sore Achilles. Remember Youtube next time. Heaps of support on the course with plenty out watching in the streets and cheering the runners.

Expo was huge. Largest since I was at Boston.

I finished the race 1884th and 3:08:43 which was my best since the PB in 2010. Which makes it a 45-49 Age Group PB as well. And I'm faster than Blue Dog for the age.

Splits 10k 43:55, Half 1:32:26, 30k 2:12:27.

Not too bad splits 1:32:26/1:36:17.

1884th out of 40,259 Finishers. Top 5% in a Marathon I'll take that.

Lost in Rome 19ks

Lost in Rome was rather dramatic but the map probably shows how bad it was. Cold day and I had so much trouble when I got back to the hotel as it used keys I couldn't turn the key and had to get hotel staff to help me. Fingers were frozen.

https://www.strava.com/activities/280481658

It ended up being 19.2ks in 1:40:30. Intention was and hour and a half but getting lost didn't help. Last run before the Marathon next week in Paris.

Hopefully the course is marked.