It was meant to be another long awaited PB and anything less than a 3:30hr finish would deem total failure! Standing at the A category starting line, I was quietly confident of a 3:20hr finish. Never would I expect my 23 weeks of preparation for Gold Coast Airport Marathon would have ended in such disappointing nightmare.
Prior to the pain I was doing fine with good running pace of about 4:35min/km, unknowingly I was even slightly faster than the 3:15hr pacer group before I soon see them just 50 meters ahead. I was feeling excited as how I wish I could end up with 3:15hr finish instead of 3:20hr. However, it was not to be as the pain soon caught up with me.
It all started with a painful right forefoot, something which never happen to me before. Soon at around 21km it was my left foot (posterior tibial tendon) that gradually started with slight pain before it became unbearable at 27km where I had to stop and walk to relief the pain before I could pick up with slow jogging pace of around 6min/km.
Net Time
Official Time
Net Time
Official Time
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OFFICIAL SPLIT
TIMES
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split point
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split time
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s/rank
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race time
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r/rank
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activity
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distance
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pace
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speed
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Five Kilometre Splits
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5KM
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0:23:27
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907
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0:23:27
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907
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RUN
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5
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4:41
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12.79
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10KM
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0:23:00
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728
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0:46:27
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849
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RUN
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5
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4:36
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13.03
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15KM
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0:22:54
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675
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1:09:22
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808
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RUN
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5
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4:34
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13.1
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20KM
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0:23:08
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693
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1:32:30
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799
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RUN
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5
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4:37
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12.96
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25KM
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0:24:10
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862
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1:56:41
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806
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RUN
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5
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4:50
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12.41
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30KM
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0:28:26
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2031
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2:25:07
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930
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RUN
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5
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5:41
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10.55
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35KM
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0:33:27
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2791
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2:58:34
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1248
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RUN
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5
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6:41
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8.97
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40KM
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0:29:33
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1262
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3:28:07
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1174
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RUN
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5
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5:54
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10.15
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Finish
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0:14:07
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2380
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3:42:15
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1251
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RUN
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2.2
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6:25
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9.35
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Half Way Splits
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Half Way
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1:37:47
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958
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1:37:47
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807
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RUN
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21.1
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4:38
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12.95
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Finish
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2:04:27
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2380
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3:42:15
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1251
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RUN
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21.1
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5:53
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10.17
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Garmin Splits
Split
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Time
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Distance
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Avg Pace
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1
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04:51.2
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1
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4:51
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2
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04:30.0
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1
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4:30
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3
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04:40.8
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1
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4:41
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4
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04:38.5
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1
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4:38
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5
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04:38.1
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1
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4:38
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6
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04:32.1
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1
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4:32
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7
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04:29.0
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1
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4:29
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8
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04:30.2
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1
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4:30
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9
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04:31.8
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1
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4:32
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10
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04:37.3
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1
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4:37
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11
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04:29.9
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1
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4:30
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12
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04:30.9
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1
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4:31
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13
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04:33.1
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1
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4:33
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14
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04:40.5
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1
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4:40
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15
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04:38.6
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1
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4:39
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16
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04:29.7
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1
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4:30
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17
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04:34.1
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1
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4:34
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18
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04:33.8
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1
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4:34
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19
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04:39.2
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1
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4:39
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20
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04:44.3
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1
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4:44
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21
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04:45.8
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1
|
4:46
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22
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04:44.1
|
1
|
4:44
|
23
|
04:45.3
|
1
|
4:45
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24
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04:50.1
|
1
|
4:50
|
25
|
04:53.0
|
1
|
4:53
|
26
|
04:57.5
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1
|
4:58
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27
|
05:02.7
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1
|
5:03
|
28
|
05:12.3
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1
|
5:12
|
29
|
06:48.1
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1
|
6:48
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30
|
06:01.0
|
1
|
6:01
|
31
|
06:50.0
|
1
|
6:50
|
32
|
06:05.1
|
1
|
6:05
|
33
|
06:26.6
|
1
|
6:27
|
34
|
07:01.5
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1
|
7:02
|
35
|
06:51.4
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1
|
6:51
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36
|
06:43.8
|
1
|
6:44
|
37
|
05:55.6
|
1
|
5:56
|
38
|
05:18.0
|
1
|
5:18
|
39
|
05:49.3
|
1
|
5:49
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40
|
05:35.2
|
1
|
5:35
|
41
|
06:48.8
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1
|
6:49
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42
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06:17.6
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1
|
6:18
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43
|
02:41.6
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0.5
|
5:25
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Summary
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42:17.2
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42.5
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5:14
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