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Dunno, dude. My first half-marathon is weekend after next. I'm pretty pumped for it.
I'll say this: to work toward something the way you have to work toward a marathon, and then have it fall short of your expectations... Seems like at the very least some disappointment is to be expected. Whether or not the shortcoming was in your hands.
Also, from the reading I've done, it seems that second events are hard for people. The first one is a total triumph because you never thought you could do it and just finishing is a victory, and then you start to set up all sorts of goals and expectations for the next one, and you forget to just run your own race. My buddy who got me started running just totally fell apart at his second half a couple months ago--he was over 3 hours for the half. Brutal. He's had to pretty much completely rebuild himself to prepare for next week's race (he's doing the full).
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