My First Marathon

I set off with the expectation of an easy 4 hour marathon on a pancake flat course, I finished with the realisation that marathon running is as hard as people make out it is, and a 4 hour marathon is harder than I anticipated.

At the half way point I was well on for a sub 4 hour marathon, but the reality is that the second half of my first marathon didn't go as well as the first. I pulled up with cramp on multiple occasions and spent a large portion of the last 5 miles walk / jogging.

 

Final time - 4:23:26