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Nice Half Marathon, Race Report 🏃‍♂️

Race information

Nice Half Marathon
April 21, 2024
21.12 kms
Nice, FR
https://www.nicesemimarathon.com/2024/
Finish time: 01:59:00

Goals

Goal	Description	Completed?
A	< 01:56	No
B	< 2 hours	Yes

Splits

Km	Time
1	05:25
2	05:24
3	05:30
4	05:17
5	05:23
6	05:33
7	05:31
8	05:31
9	05:32
10	05:30
11	05:54
12	05:45
13	05:49
14	05:43
15	05:54
16	05:47
17	05:59
18	05:50
19	05:48
20	05:39
21	05:34
0.13	05:02

Training

I was training sharp for a full marathon at 19th may, but got a grade2 ankle sprain while playing padel. This did not let me train for a good amount of time, and still not %100 recovered. So, while rethinking the full marathon after that incident, Nice half marathon was planned as a long run, not a target race.

Pre-race

We did a 6km shakeout run in Saturday morning. It was nice, weather was perfect. After that, we discover the city, went to Monaco and come back, finished the day with 30k steps.

Race

Weather was already hot at 08:00h. With a good carbo-load, I was ready to roll. My ankle felt okay, so I started fast. First 5kms was very nice. Tried to hold to 05:30 pace/km until 11th kilometer. However, between 10 and 15, there were up and downs in elevation level, constantly, which resulted with losing my momentum.

I had two choices between 15 and 21:

Go for the PB and kill legs
Take it easy and take the sub2 hour, enjoy the rest of the week

I took the option two given that I've just recovered from a nasty ankle sprain. :)

Post-race

We traveled to Eze village, and see around. Legs are ok. :) It was a nice race overall, and great city to visit.