Just wondering what people's thoughts are on "big" (ie New York, Boston, LA, etc) marathons vs. "small" marathons. The two I've done were both moderate size (Carlsbad and O.C.) but a couple of friends and I are doing an unofficial marathon beginning of April due to lack of suitable races in our area at that time. Is it that much harder running with only a couple of spouses as support??

Yeah, the place where we're gonna do it has a sign in log, and everyone's got to be out by dusk, so that should be okay. I figure, why pay the fee and travel and hotel and all that, when there's plenty of road and trail out there for free?