This is a good finishing time, and I hope the unrealistic goal doesn't take away from that for him. That was more a problem with the goal setting than this actual race.
I don't have the video feed. But it sounds like SJD is having a good time. This message board will not like that one bit. They like self-loathing and negativity.
Well he ran a PR. Good for him for not bonking. However, he was not remotely close to his goal. Will Seth consider this a success, or will it make him reevaluate his training? If your debut marathon was 2:23 and you’re still not much better than that, then the training needs to improve. As for his adoring fans, I’m assuming they will shower him with congratulatory messages and believe that he proved the LetsRun community wrong.