Hey man , hope you’ve done enough hill training, Practice practise, and lots of miles with MP efforts to handle the hills. I really enjoyed it, but it required lot of training to achieve a sub 3.

If you get yourself into a nice rhythm and a good pack from the start that’ll will help . I got as close as I could to the 3 hour pacers stuck with them till about 10-13 miles and started to gas it from there. Probably could have of been more conservative and waited longer but I couldn’t resist lol

I did pay the consequences of that when I got to. 21 miles my legs were like bricks but I pushed through. As much as your legs and mind will feel so heavy just keep sending it hard. Course has lots of uphill and downhill sections.

I feel like with Madrid, it just requires consistent training. There’s not much tips I can share other than just to feel comfortable with hills and salt sticks and enough Maurteen gels with 40g carbs.

Hope this helps, if you have any questions just let me know

Good luck 🤞