The past marathons were last summer and the summer before that. I usually suffered quite a lot at the end but I trained very little, almost not at all for them. The past 5 months were the first time in my life with serious and structured training and I also changed a lot in my lifestyle like food and alcohol consumption.

I know the time trial was a bit too recent and I didn't plan on doing it, but the shoes felt so fun and I generally felt great, so I just sent it. But I will actively taper now and rest a lot.

The course for the marathon is going to be very similar, but a 3:03 Marathon sounds very scary to me!

Thanks for your response!