The Importance of Competing in a World Championship Marathon

I think on a personal level it's better for me to focus on competing throughout the race and yet not stress too much about what the time is I think just mentally that's a better situation for me but there was a lot of importance just on a personallevel of running the last time in the marathon like I really wanted that. So yeah me throughout the race I was just thinking about my positioning and you know getting my bottles staying very much present with that and then looking to be rewarded with a good time after the fact basically what was the energy plan like? No it was pretty much the same just less total fluids for this one being a cooler day yeah but still about the same amount of carbohydrates