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Saturday 15th September 2018 Stockholm Half Marathon No 13 Sweden

Saturday  15th September 2018 Stockholm Half Marathon No 13

Richard 01:57:50 Jackie 02:14:15

After the problem with my calf in the last 2 km of the Tallinn race I was very worried I had picked up an injury . We had a sports massage in Tallinn and after a couple of days it started feeling better , but I was still left with the feeling that an injury could jeopardize the whole challenge . The thing about doing the City races is that there is loads to do and see before and after the race so resting can be difficult and it is easy to clock up 10 to 15 km sight seeing . The highlight of our Tallinn trip was a visit to the Sea Plane Harbour Museum . Highly recommended if you get the chance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaplane_Harbour

 We caught the ferry from Tallinn to Stockholm an overnight crossing and we were treated to a nights cabaret entertainment Ukrainian style . Once in Stockholm the sightseeing continued with a visit to the Abba Museum and there was a Andy Warhol exhibition which which we enjoyed . Oh and we visited the Royal Palace which was very impressive.







  So what about the race , it was a 3pm start which gave us extra time in bed , but I have to admit our enthusiasm was waning as it was our third race in three weeks . Jackie was worried about blisters which had been troubling her and I was worried about my calf . I decided on a tactic of sticking with the 2hr pacer but I felt ok and decided to push on a bit and was pleased with my time . Jackie did her best time for a while getting under 2 hrs 15 min. So much for lack of enthusiasm we both really enjoyed the route and the support all the way round  was probably the best we had experienced . The weather was good and it was a bit cooler than the last few races .

   Our attitude to half marathons has started to change and we are now viewing them as races rather that "lets just make it to the finish "

 We have become big fans of the split results and try to see where we can improve . Here are Jackies for Stockholm

splits Jackie

split
time diff min/km km/h   place gender
5K
00:31:21   31:21   06:17 9.57 2624
10K
01:02:30 31:10 06:14 9.63 2521
15K
01:34:39 32:10 06:26 9.33 2438
20K
02:07:34 32:55 06:35 9.12 2372
Finish
02:14:15 06:42 06:07 9.83 2363
 

splits Richard

split
time  diff min/km km/h   place gender
5K
00:28:14   28:14 05:39 10.63 4035
10K
00:55:50 27:36 05:32 10.87 3822
15K
01:23:27 27:38    05:32 10.86   3604
20K
01:51:54 28:27 05:42 10.54 3479
Finish
01:57:50 05:57 05:25 11.08 3459
 




splits first male

split
time    diff          min/km km/h  place
5K
00:15:12 15:12 03:03 19.74 1
10K
00:30:10      14:58 03:00 20.06        1
15K
00:45:19 15:09 03:02 19.81 1
20K
01:00:48 15:30 03:06 19.37 1
Finish
01:04:13 03:26 03:08 19.21 1

splits first female

split time diff min/km km/h    place
5K
00:17:25    17:25    03:29 17.24    1
10K
00:35:07    17:43 03:33 16.94    1
15K
00:53:16    18:09 03:38 16.54    1
20K
01:11:44    18:29 03:42 16.24    1
Finish
01:15:43     03:59 03:38 16.52    1


The current world record for the half marathon is 58:23 minutes for men, set by Eritrea's Zersenay Tadese on 21 March 2010 at the Lisbon Half Marathon, and 64:51 minutes for women, set by Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya at the Valencia Half Marathon on 22 October 2017.
 Freckleton stages the Freckleton half marathon each year in June. The race has been staged since 1965 and is the oldest half marathon in the UK. The first race was won by Ron Hill who participated in the 1964 Olympic marathon. It attracts over 700 entrants.
Hill was the first winner of the Freckleton half marathon  and still holds the course record of 1 hour 4 minutes 45 seconds set in 1966.


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