As the previous marathon post said, I was not planning to run a marathon in 2023. A busy year with the start of residency, finishing a book manuscript and regular family and work life seemed enough already. Yet, in early August, at the end of our summer holidays, I started to think what if... So I picked one of the latest marathons of the season which was reasonably close and still big enough for a runner with my pace. It ended up being the Frankfurt marathon. With its flat

I have wanted to run a marathon for 13 years now and finally, it happened! I have trained twice for it before but needed to quit for...