The new course for the Sussex Beacon Half Marathon is supposed to be faster, though I'm afraid I have to report the slowest time ever of my three attempts. Hastings, though hillier, is faster, at least for me. A new route took runners through more of inland Brighton, past the Jubilee Library. I started too quickly, and was struggling to keep my pace up by miles 10-11. The weather was not as good as promised.
Time: 1:49:44
Distance: 13.23 (says the Forerunner)
Pace: 8.18 (best 6.03)
Total mileage this week: 31.68
Three weeks till the Hastings Half Marathon
Eleven weeks till the Neolithic Marathon.
PS: Monday. The results are up. I came 1370th out of 3202, gun time of 01:51:04, chip time of 01:49:45. I was roughly 70th in my class, Vet Men 50-59, which I think consisted of around 190 runners.
