Some Stats

Here is a summary of the mile splits:

Mile 1 - 5:37
Mile 2 - 5:38
Mile 3 - 5:25
Mile 4 - 5:44
Mile 5 - 5:34 (27:58)
Mile 7 - 11:35
Mile 8 - 5:37
Mile 9 - 5:35
Mile 10 - 5:42 (28:29)
Mile 11 - 5:36
Mile 12 - 5:49
Mile 13 - 5:42
Mile 14 - 5:32
Mile 15 - 5:35 (28:14)
Mile 16 - 5:55
Mile 17 - 5:49
Mile 18 - 5:46
Mile 20 - 11:33 (29:03)
Mile 22 - 11:52
Mile 23 - 5:57
Mile 24 - 5:50
Mile 25 - 6:13 (29:52)
Mile 26 - 6:02
Mile 26.2 - 1:17

Total 2:30:55

These are the official splits from the results in metric:

5km 17:16
10km 17:48
15km 17:36
20km 17:43
25km 17:31
30km 17:57
35km 18:16
40km 18:36
42.2km 8:12

Total 2:30:55

Here is the training volume in the 12 weeks up to and including the marathon:

Week 1 - 85.8kms
Week 2 - 119.6kms
Week 3 - 126.1kms
Week 4 - 112.3kms
Week 5 - 124.7kms
Week 6 - 109.3kms
Week 7 - 84.0kms
Week 8 - 115.9kms
Week 9 - 104.1kms
Week 10 - 103.0kms
Week 11 - 98.5kms
Week 12 - 67.9kms

Total - 1,251.2kms (average 104.3kms per week)

As a comparative, for the same period in the build-up to Dublin 2010 I averaged 90.9kms so a big increase in volume for me. The result sort of blows the theory that more is less but I believe there are reasons behind this. Umm.

Here is one photo I found of me being chased by a big blue bus. This must have been in the second half of the race as I'm running solo: