Inaugural Navy Marathon - RunMarathon

Loved the course, hated the wind! We checked the National Weather Service and the winds at the start of the race were 43 miles per hour! It was amazing. During the course of the day they "died down" to 23 mph winds. Fortunately for much of the race the winds were either at our backs or to the side, however, I learned that strong side winds slow you down and suck your energy about as effectively as headwinds and tail winds that strong give you a bit of a boost but not as much as you are slowed by the side and head winds. The last eight miles of the course was directly into a headwind.

I can't think of anything. I did the best I could under difficult conditions.

I really liked the course and I hope this first time race grows but there were some real organizational issues. The instructions for the busses were practically useless and nobody really seemed to know how it would work out so that added a huge amount of unnecessary stress. The aid stations were woefully insufficient and I was glad I brought my own water and gel but I still ran dry between miles 20 and 24 or so. Basically I think that way fewer people registered for the race than was hoped for and so the organizer was operating at a loss and struggling to pull it off. A huge problem may have been that it took place the same weekend as Rock-n-Roll Dallas, which probably drew a huge number of Texas runners who otherwise might have come and done this race.