I think it was stupid to move the marathon from July to May, given that you need 18 weeks to train, and given the weather. Training on the tread-mill is borderline useless. I'm missing this year's due to being too fat
. I want to do one every year, but given the crappy scheduling in Calgary, might have to make a vacation out of it, and go somewhere more suitable.
BTW, for those running the full for the first time, watch out for the Shaganappi hill. It's not hard going up in the first part of the race - it's actually coming down at the end that really kills the legs...