Isle of Wight Marathon 2018
A PB? Highly likely. Beating my younger brother Andrew's best marathon time of around 3:10? I'd be disappointed if I didn't. Achieving a London Marathon Good For Age time of 3:05? A very achievable target. The all-elusive sub-3 marathon? I'd trained to better that. What sort of time was I aiming for? To be honest, I was hoping for somewhere around 2:58 to 2:59. Race day proved to be the wettest I've known for this new Isle of Wight Marathon route. The forecast was particularly dire, suggesting we were in for very heavy rain for the first hour or so of running, having to contend with stiff 15 mph breezes all afternoon long. Already anxious about achieving my race goals, I was now confronted with the vexing question of what…