I ran the OBX marathon in Nags Head. I placed 45th for my age group with a time of 4:08, which is an improvement over my last time. I felt pretty good throughout the entire course and was able to beat my previous time of 4:25. Now, I will try to get under 4 hours while preparing for the Shamrock marathon. My new strategy will be to do a long run of 20 miles every Sunday rain or shine. That way, I will be more accustomed to running long distances. I also will try to increase my overall weekly mileage to over 40 miles per week.
Since I am an amateur, I will concentrate less on speed training and more on getting at least the mileage per week I would need to train effectively for a marathon.
All in all, I am satisfied with the improvement I made.
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