Tips to help you smash your first marathon - #1 Manually lap your watch instead of auto-lap. Prevents any GPS issues and makes sure that you know you’re running the pace you want to run. A lot of marathons you will end up running further than 42.2km due to being unable to take the perfect line that the elites take - so don’t let this ruin your marathon result! #2 Don’t neglect nutrition. Fuelling both before your marathon and during is so important with both carbs AND electrolytes. I didn’t have