I certainly hope that each and every runner at the Kent Roadrunner Marathon feels very special. A marathon is a substantial undertaking, whether it's your first, 100th, 800th or anwhere in between.
As runners it's our mission to give runners the very best race we'd wish to enjoy ourselves. If we can do that then we'll go to bed on 1st June very very happy indeed
ITB soreness is a common problem in distance athletes as it gets over-used when the normal leg muscles get tired. The great thing, as you know, as it's not really an "injury" and it usually healed quickly.
I agree about the weather, and in a way I'm quite happy we're generally a lot cooler so far this May than normal.