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Saturday 9th June 2018 Helsinki Half Marathon No 8 Finland

Saturday 9th June 2018 No 8 


Richard 01:56.36 Jackie 02:19:02


We knew very little about Finland before we went . I now know it is very expensive the 3rd most expensive country in the EU , nearly everyone speaks English , it has a population of 5.5 million with 1.5 million living in Helsinki .
   It was one of the smaller events we had entered with 2211 runners which made registration and getting to the start more relaxed . Also there was less demand for the toilets !! I loved the course it followed the coast line and harbor area along tarmac  paths perfect for running . Everything about this event was well organized , the start and finish areas, the drink stations, and the t-shirt was the best quality yet  .The results were instantaneous and detailed and included a finish line photo. My only problem was I had my first Marathon the weekend after and I definitely let it play on my mind .

                                        RESULTS FOR RICHARD MASON

locationtimespeedo/asexcatsplitspeedo/asexcattime of day
5 km27:13  5:27 min/km881  6711127:13  5:27 min/km8816711109:14:23
10 km54:30  5:27 min/km8916831127:17  5:28 min/km9136981209:41:40
15 km1:22:27  5:30 min/km9117011227:57  5:36 min/km10377841510:09:37
21 km1:56:13  5:33 min/km9367151333:47  5:38 min/km9897411310:43:23
21,0975 km1:56:36  5:32 min/km9467231323  3:53 min/km672502410:43:46
official start time08:45:04
actual start time08:47:10
net time01:56:36 (finish time)
gross time01:58:42
rank overall946 of 2237 starters
rank gender723 of 1220 starters
rank category13 of 29 starters





    RESULTS FOR JACKIE MASON



locationtimespeedo/asexcatsplitspeedo/asexcattime of day
5 km30:25  6:05 min/km1434  4831230:25  6:05 min/km14344831209:17:37
10 km1:01:51  6:12 min/km15225241231:26  6:18 min/km15935681309:49:02
15 km1:35:48  6:24 min/km16496081733:58  6:48 min/km18747692510:22:59
21 km2:18:25  6:36 min/km17436842142:37 7:07 min/km18877862511:05:36
21,0975 km2:19:026:36 min/km176169021376:17 min/km21189513611:06:13
official start time08:45:04
actual start time08:47:12
net time02:19:02 (finish time)
gross time02:21:09
rank overall1761 of 2237 starters
rank gender690 of 1017 starters
rank category21 of 39 starters










I liked Helsinki it was different to the other Cities we had visited and had a definite character of it own

                      







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