Last minute Marathon tips please! (Page 2)

I like this!  Very true... the race starts at mile 20. 

I ran my first when I was 11 and my first mile was 5:42.( a PB mile time) I ditto the slow start advice.

More importantly I was encouraged my many other runners and it helped very much. You have 26.2 miles so look for someone hurting more than you and run along side for awhile and encourage them. About mile 20 an older man ran up beside me and said, "I don't know if I can make it." I spent the next 6 miles trying to convince him that he could and all but forgot about my pain. Looking back I think he was a wise old angel in disguise.

Be an Angel!

Edited by Karibu 2010-06-02 2:15 PM