Notes
Coming into this marathon, my A, B and C goals were as follows:
A) The ""feel great and fall into it" goal - a 3:40
B) The realistic goal that I would be very happy with 3:45
C) 3:50, matching my time from last fall at MDI
As is the case for many marathoners, the first half, and even up to about the 25k point, felt great. My pace to that point was about 5:12 per kilometer, which put me on pace for a 3:40. The weather was cool but not so cool that I was cold, and there was negligible wind.
However, as great as I felt, as we were about to cross into Dartmouth at around the 25k point, I knew how difficult the last rest of the race was going to be. Crossing over the bridge is a long, gradual hill, then going up Nantucket