Whidbey Island Marathon – 3:03:08, 1st place (as a workout)

Whidbey Island Marathon – 3:03:08, 1st place (as a workout)

What an absolutely beautiful marathon! Wow. Wish I could have taken pictures during the run! I ran very smart, starting in about 7:30 pace and warming into sub-7s. It was hard to judge paces since there is about 1200ft of elevation change. Two of the hills are literally 1.5 miles long and average 3.3% and…