I ran this race yesterday. It went fine, my time of 3:20 was about what I expected and it was a fun experience. Beautiful weather, sunny, no rain. I was hampered by spasms/cramps in my calves in and after the 19th mile, and this limited by pace. Of my four lifetime marathons this was my second slowest, and it was 15 minutes slower than Edinburgh nearly two years ago, but given my injuries and limited training over the past year and a half I think 3:20 was about the best I could have done. Abingdon is in six months and hopefully I'll be a good bit closer to my Edinburgh time by then.
