06yellowpursuit said:
it went really well, I beat my best time by over 3 minutes

. the weather was awesome, about 11*, a bit of overcast, and the sun was out till 11 or so. the people running the half marathon and the 8km race couldn't have asked for better weather. perfect for running! I felt bad for the people running the full marathon though, because it was just pouring cats and dogs at that point, for about 2 hours (so about half way through their run).
and I saw a bit of the story on the chicago marathon (was that the one?) where there was a really bad heat wave, and people were getting taken away in stretchers?