Guess I'll be Annatheapple spotting at the Portsmouth Coastal this Sunday. I've run the ultra before but never the marathon and if she's going for the sort of time I think she is we'll probably overlap at some point. We both negative split most of the time, though I don't pretend it's an accident. It's quite fun in some ways, like when a shity celeb runs the London Marathon and you look out for them. We'll see if she's taking it easy as she claims and whether this elusive anonymous friend makes an appearance.
There's also Anna bingo to play when she posts her recap, like running only the first mile at easy pace, having Kyle run all over the course handing her tit she forgot (he comes off as such a doormat. Like, does he have a personality or life of his own because he seems like just an extension of her and her interests), dragging both her parents and in-laws along to cheer for her because God forbid she just runs the race she's so happy to be doing alone without a million external emotional and motivational crutches, stupid poses and cheesy smiles for the cameras, switching from a podcast to music and natrually speeding up in the last 10k and running the last mile at least a minute per mile faster than the first because it's so very easy guys.
At least I'm guaranteed good weather now she's started turning up to the races I run. Her dumb luck even extends to the conditions: I don't think she's ever had to run a race in rain. Closest she's come is the GSR in what she thought was strong winds, but by the standards of that race was only a mild breeze.