Beautiful day for the race. Low 40's at the start but warmed up and was sunny most of the way. This went pretty much the way that I thought it would. I started off easy and the running felt good but started having pain in my legs around 15 miles and it just went downhill from there. I just didn't have enough base built up. After cutting back the last few years on running this was a little too quick of a build up for me to run a decent marathon. It was weird. I felt good otherwise. Plenty of energy and no cardio problems just my legs were trashed. The last 6 or 7 miles was just cramps and pain in various parts of the legs. Just slowed down and was able to keep it somewhat manageable. Glad to finish but disappointed that I was not really ready for it. Need to get a more of a base built up before I try to tackle another marathon. Went out in 1:46 and came back in 1:56. For now I want to drop back and work on building a solid base and run some shorter faster races. Then I will see if I want to tackle another marathon. On a positive note, I ran for World Vision and raised money to provide clean water to people in Africa so that makes the day a success!
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