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This will be my first time doing the full Boston experience including riding the BAA buses from the common.
I thought the bus ride was kinda cool. I ended up sitting next to a Tuft's student who was a charity runner. It was her first marathon and she was pretty nervous from what I remember. I looked her up after the race and was happy to see she finished.
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I'm leaning toward no check. Unless there's some reason I would want to hang around before walking back to my hotel?
Not that I recall. And, I ran in 2012 so there was no need for extra clothes. I did get turned around in Boston Common, though. I think I did two or three circuits around the park before I figured out how to get back to my hotel. But, it was okay because a half dozen people congratulated me on finishing the race. (No, it didn't occur to me to ask one of them for directions).
Yeah, the new bag check situation threw me a bit. No checking bags in the Athlete's Village. I'm staying with family outside of Boston and will have someone drop me off at the Hopkinton State Park to take a shuttle bus to the start village. It would be ridiculous for them to drive all the way in to Boston so I could take a bus back out to Hopkinton. But that means no bag check option for me. It looks like the weather will be pretty warm -- predicting 60's in the afternoon, so I think I'll be okay until I can get dry clothes from my husband. But spectators can't be carrying around large bags or backpacks, so I'm planning to pack extra clothes in a clear bag for him to carry for me. That's the plan at the moment.
Yeah, the new bag check situation threw me a bit. No checking bags in the Athlete's Village. I'm staying with family outside of Boston and will have someone drop me off at the Hopkinton State Park to take a shuttle bus to the start village. It would be ridiculous for them to drive all the way in to Boston so I could take a bus back out to Hopkinton. But that means no bag check option for me.
It looks like the weather will be pretty warm -- predicting 60's in the afternoon, so I think I'll be okay until I can get dry clothes from my husband. But spectators can't be carrying around large bags or backpacks, so I'm planning to pack extra clothes in a clear bag for him to carry for me. That's the plan at the moment.
My understanding from what I've read on the BAA site is that the shuttle bus from Hopkinton State Park does not go to the Athletes village, They are billing that as the spectators parking area. The official runners are supposed to drive to the South St parking lot to get the shuttle to the village from there. Double check, though. I could be wrong. I often am.
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Right, thanks. So it's the South St. parking lot. Still closer than going into Boston.
Since I won't be checking a bag, I guess I'll be wearing a cool finisher's poncho on the T heading back to Concord after the race!
I'm getting quite a collection -- still have the poncho from New York. I'm trying to think of inventive ways to use these. Maybe I'll keep one in my car for emergencies.
If they're giving out the same type of poncho as NYCM did, people said they were pretty warm so I think I'll be okay until I can get back to my hotel.
The NYC poncho kept me warm enough as I had to walk about a mile to get to my bus due to how the roads were closed off around Central Park. The challenge was how to hold it close enough in the wind to keep me warm while I was also holding the post-race bag and my hands were getting a bit stiff from cold since my gloves were damp and not very warm. It was kind of a crazy sight to see all these people shuffling around the West side of Manhattan in these bright orange ponchos with hoods -- it looked like an invasion of crazed gnomes.
Any bib numbers or anything of RA folks that we can track?
Just watched wave 2 start, probably a few RA folks in that group. I think LedLincoln is in that wave.
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I stepped out of the room for like 2 minutes, and when I came back, Shalane was gone. What happened?
They dropped her a little after 20. Jeptoo is dominating.
Sure hope Meb can keep it up. That would be something for a 39 year old to pull this off.
Oh, ok. But way to go, Meb!
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Whoa. She rocked that race.
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i don't know. don't see Meb holding on here.
Shalane did herself proud today. Gutsy effort. Huge PR.
Meb is gonna make me cry. GO MAN, GO!
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