Help!

I need advice from you experienced racers.  In my first marathon I was clueless, I didn't know what I was doing in my training, race day, and the marathon itself and I ended up basically crawling across the finish line with the wall smacking me in my head. This time I have stuck to the training, worked on my nutrition before, during and after my runs.  But I am at the taper section of the training (3 weeks race day 2/12/12) and I am not confident it what I should be doing.  So I am asking for help.  I will accept any and all advice!!!

Let me know what info you need from me.

Thank you,

Reist Clydesdale Mummau

http://runhard-alwaysfinish.blogspot.com/

Finally a break in the weather has occurred and so I did not have to resign myself to the treadmill.  The last two or three runs have been on the treadmill because of the minus 30 degree cold and a wind chill to minus 45 degrees C.  Today was a nice -2 degree high with a very light wind.  I started out low in the river valley by the boat launch area and made one long climb out of the valley on the access road.  That hill is 1 kilometer.  Then I ran along the paved but still snow covered paths in the Town of Devon.  Once I climbed out of the valley, the course was pretty flat with only an occasional tiny hill.  I ran 5 km out then back again so the last kilometer was all downhill.  I made that 10 km run in my VFFs in about 1:19.  I wore my VFFs with toe socks and before I went out I also donned extra layers of protection from my ankles to my knees in the hopes of keeping my toes from freezing.  That consisted of wrapping  Velcro Tensor knee braces loosely around my ankles, then a…

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I'd say I was pretty much recovered and can now begin my training...5 km today in my VFFs in 35:51 ...still too much glazed ice on the roads which pretty much kills your pace.  No falling down for me today.