bigswing wrote:
I usually like Phily's videos and find them authentic but this one was rough. That was the smallest swing ever, she was on world standard pace for a whopping 5km. She mentions she is 3rd Brit (forgets to say it's out of 4, one jogged it in and a non elite was faster).
Just come out and say you massively overestimated your fitness and/or overtrained. That voiceover from the dead trying to frame it as an act of heroism is beyond cringe. Starting to suspect that the initial talk with the coach might have been shot after the race...
Think about it this way. Philly's marathon best is 2:25 in Valencia. From experience, the London course is about 1.5 minutes slower than Valencia. It was a warm and humid day in London - so maybe 3.5 minutes slower than Valencia. Women-only race in London, so she ran a long way alone - that's perhaps worth about 1 minute.
If we assume above stats are correct, London course was maybe 6 minutes slower than Valencia course, and Philly ran 5 minutes slower. So maybe she actually had a better performance than she did in Valencia!?