My First Marathon
Long Beach 2021
Final Time: 3:49:34
Description
Like all first races, this one was very tough.
Going into the race I was determined to not go out too quickly. I ran the first 6 miles at an easy pace, but those miles were so easy that I felt I would be letting myself down if I didn't speed up. This went well until around mile 17, where I started to feel the first premonitions of the wall. Soon after the pain started, which gradually got worse until the finish line. The last 3 miles took over 50 minutes.
