Enjoyed this hugely. After the full marathon last year, I was much better prepared this year, ran around 6 minutes faster than I was pushing for and had I known how close I was would have pushed harder to break those pesky 59 seconds that put me over 2 hours.

Not a lot. My pacing was pretty good for my training. Fuel & fluid intake was about right and I felt great the whole way around. Possibly kick for home a little earlier. I started to push hard at 1km and could probably have gone at about 3km if I'd dug hard.

Some relatively gentle stretching


My mind. After last years full marathon I never want to feel that pain again so have a little block that won't allow me to push to what I believe is my maximum.


Great run, just a shame that there are so few spectators. You only really get the feel that people are supporting you when you are in the Laguna complex, but other than that. A lot of fun.