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Personally I’d want to be a bit further ahead of the pacer, as maintaining or speeding up in the final stages of a marathon is tough. Maybe bank some time but discipline yourself to run 7:55’s. Good luck.

Official 18:20 today at Hove Prom Park Run today. Good conditions, but I couldn’t get going until the last K and it was too late. 76.73% age grading so not in @Garry Nelson's teacher league, but a reasonable start to 2024.

A late entry to the leaderboard please - 2023 best time of 18:19 at Hove Prom. Age grading 76.80% Nice to race one at full effort after just over 2 years of using them for marathon pace only. Saw plenty of friendly faces including @Simgull on the start line.

I won Bevendean in 2019. A few second places too.

Nice to see the PB table back, just the one update for me:- Marathon 3:04:49 Hopefully I can get back to a few races soon.

I’m away with work on the 21st, hopefully everyone who wants to run, finds a team. I still prefer the marina course, but either way, it’s a great night.

Great effort today @Greg Bobkin - and well done for getting this thread back on the front page. I had a rollercoaster 3 weeks after my first ever DNF at The Brighton Marathon, followed by a PB of 3:04:49 at London. I fully committed to sub 3 at Brighton, but wasn’t good enough and pulled the...

I didn’t like these at first, but just recently have started to love them. I can hold tempo paces far more comfortably with these.

Some good distances ran recently by yourself, fingers crossed the injury problems are behind you now. Brighton Half next up for me, hopefully conditions are like this weekend.

I’m looking for a team which can match my own ambition! 4 pints is tempting though. Throw in a packet of pork scratchings and I might put pen to paper.

Strange 2022 for me in as much I rarely race nowadays. Volunteering to coach my sons Under 9’s football means weekend races are mostly out of bounds. Luckily I enjoy the training and the 3 big races I ran I performed well in 2. X2 marathon PB’s to edge me closer to 3 hours, but at 3:06 a...

Back from Chester Marathon which is a brilliantly run event, but it felt like running Barns Green HM x2 in terms of hills. I was fairly confident going in and perhaps ran the first half a bit too quick in 1:30:16. Paid for it second half and found things tough from about mile 16. Got through...

Good to see you this morning. I didn’t have a token, so unofficial time on my watch was 20:48. I’d run 9.5 miles before the start, the final 5 at 6:49 average pace. Rounded up after to around 23k. Tough going with 8+ miles at 6:45ish. It’s pushing me towards entering the Chester Marathon on...

Is anyone doing the ‘Beer Mile’ at Preston Park Velodrome Thursday? https://m.facebook.com/events/1245592489600896/

I’ve never tried midweek, but a fair few weekend’s I’ve got in through an open door, which is down the disabled ramp, in between the pub and leisure centre. If you can’t sneak in it’s £5.05, not sure what it is for pensioners though!

Very good pacing. I used to like our post race beer in the Brunswick or the Better Half. Hopefully next year we can get back towards previous numbers.

I’m glad you enjoyed it. Mile 2 up to Mile 3 is brutal and just running up that hill is a sign of good fitness. It’s a good event, well organised and supported in a nice setting. I’ll be there next week, but in a marshalling capacity, so I can hurl abuse at you, where ever I’m stationed.

Interesting question. I can only recall 3 falls in the best part of 10 years running. Hopefully ‘your friend’ makes a speedy recovery and continues their streak.

You’ll note, I did a ‘Glen Murray’ and didn’t celebrate when I crossed the finish line. Great to have The Weakest Link back. The course was better than I thought, would probably edge towards the original still though overall. If they were to run two a year, then alternating would be ideal...

I’ve signed up with a Phoenix team, I agreed personal terms yesterday. I’ll see you all there though. It’s a great event, so anybody who hasn’t done it before should, it’s great. Will be interesting to see how the flatter course plays out, I’ll miss the Asda zig zag on the original route.