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Since no one will be running that fast anyways, perhaps this would be the ideal race to break a stunt running world record. Fastest male backwards marathon is 3:42:41 for the men and 4:42:39 for the women. Looks soft to me.
"Way to make Borat look overdressed"
Alas, Boston is ineligible. Net downhill.
That somehow feels like it would be worse running backwards. Like there would be a greater chance of landing on your butt.
Who is the governing body of this nonsense? This is all I know. And it turns out it is known as "retro running". Fancy. And I will admit to occasionally doing it on the treadmill. I think it strengthens and stretches the legs. Plus it creeps out the people that you are facing at the gym, so that's fun.
"Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood." -Daniel Burnham
Interval Junkie --Nobby
Best of luck tomorrow, everyone!
2013 Goals: 18:49 5K • 1:25 HM • sub-3 Marathon • run lots of races
Current Status 5/13: challenging my Achilles issue -- building some base
Eye of Sauron
I laughed.
...and it was no exaggeration. People in coats everywhere today.
I did see one dude with a Boston Marathon 1992 shirt. That was cool in a retro way, but damn most old race shirts are hideous.
And once again Mr. Wizard (aka: Stevie Ray) explains the internet.
Best wishes to all youse guys and gals running Boston tomorrow.
Have fun and play it cool!
"It's hard to dance with a devil on your back, so shake him off, oh wo-oh!" - Florence Welch (Florence + The Machine) - Shake It Out
elle aime courir
...and it was no exaggeration. People in coats everywhere today. I did see one dude with a Boston Marathon 1992 shirt. That was cool in a retro way, but damn most old race shirts are hideous.
heh. Looking back, some old clothes seem hideous now. Good luck everyone!!
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Long Drawfs Fast
Run until the trail runs out.
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Race officials are recommending first timers or non experienced or undertrained marathoner to not do the race because of the heat!
Those who try, fail! Those who do what it takes to succeed, succeed!!
mileage hound
Smart. They've been warned.
Weather Channel is showing a starting temp of ~70 and a finishing temp of 82-85, depending how fast you are. So not quite a repeat of 2004, but sucky, that is for sure. Moving the start back 2 hours was golden.
2013 goals: Kick some arse. Moreso than 2012.
"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand
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HobbyJogger & HobbyRacer
They have these things called "water bottles". What you do is, you put water in them. That way if it's hot and you need a drink but aren't near a water stop, you can drink some--right out of the bottle! Some of them are even refillable.
Youngsters with newfangled ideas and technology.
Salazar didn't need these, and he was fine. Well, more or less fine.
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
Treadmill Addict
Good luck everyone!
If anyone is stuck at work with no TV and wants to watch, I found a live stream here-
http://bostinno.com/2012/04/16/live-stream-the-2012-boston-marathon-follow-all-of-the-marathon-coverage-online-video/
Sarah (33)
Mom to Abby (8) Jacob, (5) and Colton (2)
12 half marathons, 4 full marathons
Goals- run more, lose 15lbs, sub 2 hour half and 4:10 full.
Me and my gang in Breck
<http://universalsports.com/video/boston-marathon-april-16-2012/>
Live Stream
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I'm following the splits of a few RA'ers.
Oh my, it's painful to even follow.
Food
It's all about Kenya. And the heat. Jason Hartmann had a great race, though.
Best wishes to all the RAers!!! (I'm following a few, too.)
testing testing
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