I completed this race this morning and only realised when I got home that it is the first full marathon I've done for a few years. I'm sure that there is an unwritten rule that says you can't describe yourself as a marathon runner if you haven't done one in the last twelve months.
The Portsmouth Coastal Waterside Marathon is an annual event in support of the RNLI. The use of both "Coastal" and "Waterside" in the title should give you a clue as to what the course was like; alongside the Solent and occasionally in it! It was also pancake flat which should have made for a good time. Unfortunately the conditions underfoot plus the wind didn't help with that.
