A really great race, lot's of water/nutrition stations, really don't need to carry water. I was doing great until my calf seized around the 15km marker, followed by some GI issues.

Stop to take care of the GI issues as soon as possible after they present themselves

lot's of calf stretching, to relieve the muscle in my right leg, tried to get out of the rain asap, the line-up for food/hydration was stupid long, so foraged for food elsewhere.


calf seizure and GI issues


My one complaint was the food spread, when I finally got into the food tent (went after hubby came in from marathon) they had a very limited spread compared to the previous marathon my husband ran, but they did a great job on hydration/food on the course, and lot's of photographers along the route as well, which his previous race didn't have, so I suppose it all evens out in the end.