The tale of the tape

It's somewhat fitting that the plot of my race speed looks similar to the River Thames, given that it provided the backdrop for the majority of the route. I got round the course in a respectable 55 mins - not as fast as my first attempt, which I have to admit I was surprised about. I felt I was running at least as quickly on Sunday as I did a couple of years back.

Thanks, then, to my Nikeplus for shedding some light on proceedings. It would appear that, at around the 5 km mark, I decided to start moonwalking for a short while. I do remember that being the point where we went up onto a bridge and down the other side, but I didn't realise that I was crawling on my hands and knees for a short period.

Check out the grandstand finish though! I ran as fast as I possibly could for the last kilometre, looking for all the world like someone with absolutely no understanding of the phrase "consistent pace". You can't see it on the screen capture but apparently my speed at the end was 4.03 mins/km. Which is pretty damn quick. Now if I can just do that for the other 9 km, I might have an outside chance of making it to Beijing....

Oh, and by the way - the reason it says 9.64 km is because the thing didn't turn on until I was about 200m down the track. I think the calibration's out a tiny bit as well. I did finish, honest.