Not that anyone's asking, but I thought I'd give a quick update on how my marathon went. The course comprised of two loops: the first loop was 6.2 miles long (so all of the 10K racers stopped there) and a second loop that was 6.9 miles long (making the total length 13.1 miles). Half-marathoners did the two loops once, full marathoners did it twice. You can see the course map here.

The weather was lovely and so was the scenery. I was having an absolute blast most of the time feeling lots of adrenaline and whatnot. I started nearing the wall at around mile 19 or so and officially hit the wall at mile 21. Part of the problem (and I emphasize that this was only PART of the problem) was that there was almost a 2.5 mile stretch without an aid station and I ran out of water pretty soon into it. It was stupid of me not to have filled up completely at the aid station at the beginning, but it was also kind of bad support. Bottom line was when I finally got to the aid station I was completely beaten and could not jog any more of the uphill sections. Of course, the route had about 3500 feet total of climbing, so that meant that for a good chunk of the final 5 miles (probably 2.5 miles) I was walking (though I did force myself to jog the downhill sections).

I ended up finishing 38th out of 45 and my time was 5:59:20. Considering that my goal was to finish, I have nothing to complain about. I can't help but feel that on a course at low elevation (this race was probably close to 8000 ft elevation) that is relatively flat I would have gone much faster (and potentially been able to jog the whole time), but I accomplished everything I hoped to.

Recovery took about 3 hours, but by 6:00 or so I was fine with just a little bit of soreness.

Final thoughts: I was pretty sure at the end of the race and for a few hours afterwards that I would never want to run a marathon again, but in the 24 hours since then I've decided that I do want to do it again next year and see how much I can improve.