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My first half marathon of 2023 and first race ever with a Go Pro.

I set out mainly to figure out where my current level of fitness was. As a benchmark, I tried to aim for 1:46:00 which is my PB from September 22 at The Big Half. I planned for a large negative split for this race so that I wouldn’t ruin myself in the first 20 minutes. The plan was to push in the second half if I could. Turns out, I couldn’t. The sun was out, it was probably 15-18 C, which is basically a heatwave in England. The first 3-4 miles were difficult with the sun and the hills but I gradually settled to a pace I knew I could maintain till the end. In the end, I finished at 1:50:03 which is my second fastest time. Pretty pleased with that at this stage.

On to the next one, Derby Half in 4 weeks.