Good luck on the marathon! Which one are you doing? I have done one in Wisconsin as well as a few half marathons in Arizona and the Vegas marathon. The Vegas and Tuscon courses were great, though Vegas was a little too windy last year when I ran.
My goal is still to qualify for Boston, and I am thinking about trying to do it at the Tuscon course since I liked that one so much--gives me plenty of time since that isn't until December. My only advice is to train exactly how you plan to run the race--I made the novice mistake of training with water and then during the race drank PowerAid which ended up giving me stomach cramps and killed my time.
Good Luck and enjoy yourself!
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