Thank you much!
Life has been wacky for a while (family medical, tight financial, etc.) so I’ve had little time for Internet. Wishing you all well, it’s good to see all the familiar folks still around here!
Cheers, Bish
Congrats! You didn't reach your time goal, but you finished and you learned things. The first marathon is the hardest cuz of all the unknowns, the biggest being "can I actually run 26.2 miles?". Now you know you can so the next one will be easier to train and plan for. You learned one of the...
Best wishes! (What works for me)
-Drink a glass or 2 of water an hour or so pre-race. At aid stations alternate between water and Gatorade. Consume a gel pack or shotblock once an hour with water.
-Start further back than you anticipate running. It's way better mentally to pass people than to be...