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Yes water was a problem, insufficient and the volunteers giving it just weren't on it.
Coming back through the "Event Village" was shithouse as it was open to all and sundry, so had to battle through hoards of public.
Highlight was tucking behind that sea wall coming back from the Powerstation, only shade in the whole race.
Still my fav marathon though.
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Melted in Brighton. 5h56 or so.
First half ok-ish in 2:31 (I was aiming for 4:59:59) but then the heat got to me (it was hot) and knew I'd be running myself into the ground chasing a lost cause, so 6-7km of run/walk and then walked most of the last third as the fuck-it valve had blown.
Might have been a lucky escape as there was a water shortage with many of the water stations having no cups (just 2L bottles), no water or neither; saw plenty of people being tended to by SJA. Although this might just be because I was further back than on the last one.
Have entered again for next year but only doing another marathon if I'm under 80kg. It's simply no fun at 90kg+.
Plenty of HMs between then and now to do though, which should help get the weight down.