the first light marathon. others in my training group have done it many a time, but they are far braver than i. we spent what felt like ages (i.e., weeks) discussing the plans for this event. there was a local 10 mile race that we planned the long run around. we planned to get to the race about an hour and a half before it started, to run the course “easy” beforehand and then to run the race at or close to goal marathon pace. this was definitely a key workout in my training and i was looking forward to it. we all talked about it a good bit over 