Keith Nolan was out running. He tracked 26.22 mi in 3h:51m:32s.
Personal best Marathon of 3h:51m:32s which is a 40m:24s improvement.

Dublin Marathon

I felt really strong until the end of mile 22, at this point I believe I still had loads of energy, but the pains in my legs just wouldn’t allow me to continue the pace – My head had been telling me the pain in my legs was too bad for the previous 3 miles, I told John to go on without me and I’d see him at the end.

I was able to pick up the pace a bit for the last mile

Place overall: 4532
Place in cat (M35): 1003
10km time : 00:53:09
1st-half time: 01:51:50
20 mile time: 02:50:51
Chip time: 03:51:32
Finish time: 03:52:38

Mile/Pace
1 8:57.3
2 8:27.0
3 8:29.1
4 8:19.5
5 8:23.8
6 8:29.8
7 8:20.9
8 8:26.5
9 8:19.0
10 8:26.3
11 8:23.1
12 8:33.1
13 8:37.8
14 8:27.5
15 8:26.6
16 8:25.3
17 8:28.2
18 8:25.8
19 8:34.8
20 8:46.0
21 8:24.7
22 8:34.3
23 10:01.7
24 10:38.1
25 11:04.9
26 9:29.2

Recovery: I was very cold after the race and the 25 minute walk to the hotel was a killer – my groin was really at me and my walking pace was really slow.

Between icing and a hot shower I felt a bit better and when I got home I had a hot bath – this really helped. The back of my left knee and my ankles/top of my feet are still at me today, but a second bath means I walk climb the stairs ok 

Peter will work on me at 16:30 and it would be great to be able for a 30 minute easy (10:00 pace) run at 19:00 with the Club.