There is a good selection of spring marathons that would work. I like the National Capital in Ottawa. However there are merits of qualifying in a fall marathon--better weather for training and a 2 year qualification for Boston. There is another thread where people list the courses where they PR'ed--that would give you an idea of good runs.

3 minutes off a BQ on your first marathon is great--you won't have a problem finding 3 minutes the next time.


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Flying Pig in Cincinnati in early May....

I think Nashville on 4/29 is a good race depending on the weather. A few hills though.

Is there a reason you want to race so soon? You could qualify in the fall and still run Boston next year after you qualify.

It seems to me that since this is your first marathon, you don't know yet how fast your body recovers from this distance. I can recover from a goal HM in 1-2 weeks, but for the full it takes me 3-4 weeks before I feel like I could do some quality work again (I've run 6 marathons so far).

What is your running history ... are you new to running or just new to running the full marathon. Are you younger or older and therefore need less/more time to recover.

I agree that there are plans out there to do back to back marathons and many do them successfully but you also run the risk of injury and then instead of running the second marathon you end up not being able to run at all and then you'll be back at having to build your base again.

IOW ... listen to your body and don't force it, there's lots of marathons out there.

GL
rs