42 years old, w/wife, six kids, full time job, and a 2:47 PR from my 20s that I’ve tried and failed to break several times in the last 5 years. I have no business looking up the pace for a 2:39:59 marathon, yet here I am doing just that. That’s the @bromka effect.
@pmumbower@hunterco I didn’t see much verbal encouragement from the men around her until the last 100. I feel like that alone could be a huge performance booster as soon as things start to hurt.