4:16 finish, 1/7 place overall. Tiny rural marathon in the Ozark Mountains of northern Arkansas, about two hours north of Little Rock. Nice scenery but extremely hilly and unseasonably warm. Very friendly volunteers providing support along the course, but otherwise it was more like a solo training run. I did not need the state for sub-four (only for second round), and considering the conditions and short two-week turnaround from last marathon, I went in expecting the slow finish. Only goal was to get the state done with the added benefit of a long hilly training run for an even hillier course in Portugal next month.
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Marathon #150 (sub-four state #43, second round state #34): Des Moines St. Paddy's Marathon, IA
3:43 finish, 46/202 place overall. Nice small race mostly along park and riverfront paths, starting and finishing downtown in front of the Iowa state capitol. A little windy but otherwise ideal weather with a flat course; decent sub-four finish.
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