You can do it when you set your mind up.

That recalled me of an event called Tirol Speed Marathon. Full marathon distance from Brenner pass all the way down to Innsbruck. Around 800 meters of drop. Constantly running downhill.

It was dubbed as "come here to set your marathon PB" race.

The reality was that people are not used to run downhill all the time. Specific muscles were overburdened and the runners were dropping out like flies.

Not to mention afternoon summer thunderstorms and running in the pouring rain almost all the time.

This was the only marathon I've seriously contemplated of DNFing. In the end I survived in the time around 3:40 and was super satisfied. My PB at the time was roughly 3:22.

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