What a race. The crowds on this really keep the energy up. Personal best by 9 minutes (with a bathroom break and a BioFreeze stop), and a sub-4 hour is definitely within reach. I felt good about the pacing (without going into a rant about Garmin’s increasingly inaccurate distance/pace metrics), fluid and fuel intake, and didn’t hit any insurmountable walls in the last 8 miles like I did last year. I had plenty of gas in the tank to pick up the pace on the last mile or so and have a strong finish. Now that the marathon is done, back to speed work for the winter to get back to where I was early summer before the bike crash injury set me back. And work on the swim stroke. 🏊‍♂️. #tcsnycmarathon2019 #onepeloton #iamicaniwillido #whatifican @mattwilpers @becsgentry @iamicaniwillido