Category: Races
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Boston’s Run to Remember Medals
What a great day for a race! Temperature was in the mid 50’s the entire race. As we crossed the Mass Ave bridge The Charles looked like glass. People did go down for the count along the way and some required medical attention. 8,000 lined up for The Half and 4,000 lined up for the…
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Boston’s Run To Remember
Boston’s Run to Remember 2014 I went to the Expo on Saturday to pick up my packet and shirt. There were 20 or so vendors at the Seaport World Trade Center and at 2PM the crowd was still pretty strong. Finding a parking spot was a challenge and I…
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Your Boston Marathon Experience
Your Boston Marathon Experience I’d like to thank the 54 people who took the time to complete the survey. I know you are always being asked to fill out surveys and join mailing lists. If you are like me, you have little spare time to sort through your in-box and answer surveys. Survey Results First, the…
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Double booked – again
Have you ever registered for two races on the same day? I don’t mean sitting at your computer registering for a bunch of races during lunch. I mean signing up to run two races on the same date. I did this once last year. I was signed up for the Smuttynose 6K and got an…
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Boston Marathon Expo – 2014
Boston Marathon Expo highlights I went to the Expo Friday night. Last year I was there when it opened and greeted hundreds of runners as they arrived to pick up their packets. In years past I’ve gone on a Saturday. This year I took Friday off to go early, but had an afternoon conference call,…
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10 Days and Counting!
I took this screen shot from the BAA’s site on April 10th. Is anyone else getting nervous? I’ve run Boston five times and eleven marathons all together, and I still get nervous thinking about Marathon Monday. With 10 days to go, there isn’t much left to do. I have one more long run this Sunday…