West Palm Beach Marathon

This course was an absolute nightmare because it got way too hot. See, I’m from the northeast and I’m thinking, «Gee, temperature is probably perfect at West Palm in December.» Nope. I was shriveling up like a raisin 26.2 times. The start of the marathon was temperature perfect, but it got hot way too fast. The course is nice because you run on the street that borders the shore. It’s a very flat course, it just loops around a lot so when you see people at their 15^th mile passing you in the opposite direction when you’re only at the humbling. And this happens all throughout the course. Runners keep asking each other when the turn around is.
The expo was pretty lackluster. To be dim is whatever, but it was pretty much one of the least bustling ones I have been to next to Harrisburg.
Two tips:
1. Don’t run this unless you plan on finishing in less than 3 hours
2. Run this if you love the heat (80+ degrees, and that’s just standing around)
The first finisher was about 2 hours and 30 minutes, which is bad for a marathon. That’s sub-​elite time — that’s how intense the heat was.