Edinburgh Marathon 2015
I completed my first ever marathon last week, on a windy 26 mile coastal route from Edinurgh, out to Long Niddry and back to Musselburgh.
![EMF2015_Marathon_Route_Map](https://mlblmfunbrbo.i.optimole.com/w:648/h:432/q:mauto/f:best/https://i0.wp.com/stu73.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/EMF2015_Marathon_Route_Map.gif?resize=648%2C432)
All in all, a really amazing experience (although if you’d asked me that around the 22 mile mark I might have said different). My knee went a bit at 20/21 miles, so hobbled for the last 4-5 miles of the race, but that didn’t dampen the atmosphere or the occasion. Managed the run with the following times/splits, so not quite what I was hoping for, but still ok.
- Position: 5805
- Total Time: 04:54:48
- 10k Time: 00:56:46
- Half: 02:06:34
- 30k: 03:14:48
I though that’d be it for me and it would be a one off “bucket-list” type thing, but I reckon I’m getting itchy feet and wouldn’t mind trying another one next year!
![And we're off!](https://mlblmfunbrbo.i.optimole.com/w:640/h:640/q:mauto/f:best/https://i0.wp.com/c1.staticflickr.com/1/346/18536195745_c978938163_z.jpg?resize=640%2C640&ssl=1)
![Coming up to the finish](https://mlblmfunbrbo.i.optimole.com/w:640/h:640/q:eco/f:best/https://i0.wp.com/c1.staticflickr.com/1/468/18348469630_8ee7e5f0d2_z.jpg?resize=640%2C640&ssl=1)
![Sprint finish](https://mlblmfunbrbo.i.optimole.com/w:427/h:640/q:eco/f:best/https://i0.wp.com/c1.staticflickr.com/1/542/18348384008_8ecc0071c5_z.jpg?resize=427%2C640&ssl=1)
![Dit it!](https://mlblmfunbrbo.i.optimole.com/w:427/h:640/q:eco/f:best/https://i0.wp.com/c1.staticflickr.com/9/8884/18536198155_4b3c3ddb13_z.jpg?resize=427%2C640&ssl=1)
![Photo](https://mlblmfunbrbo.i.optimole.com/w:640/h:400/q:eco/f:best/https://i0.wp.com/c2.staticflickr.com/8/7784/18184466458_6befcc9d19_z.jpg?resize=640%2C400&ssl=1)