optimistic doubter wrote:
The race was a disaster. It was windy but I took the chance at the 3. I tucked into the pacing group of 200 strong and felt pretty covered in there. My shot was over at 8 miles when the pacers ran an uphill mile at 6:31 which put me over my lactate threshold. I hung on for as long as I could but a major crash was always going to happen. DNF at 19 miles. I'm finished with f***ing marathons. I trained my a$$ off for months to do this race and the pacers blew my chance's with that one mile. What a bunch of tw@'s.
It happens. That pace sounds a bit insane though. Don't give up on it yet. With you're newness to running and what looks like some good talent, one more cycle and a sub-3 might look unambitious to you if you keep improving. Good luck!