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I haven't seen the jacket live. I have the storm half-zip, which looks purple on the website and in the booklet we got this week, but I would say it's blue. I'm waiting to see it at the expo. My wallet might be safe this year.
Here's a recent shot of the jacket on a Boston office worker walking and reading his phone while on his way to catch the commuter rail back to his suburb.
In case you didn't know, this year's colors are inspired by the Swiss Guard uniform. They claim it's dark blue.
It's April. How the eff did that happen??
Runners run
saw a runner wearing it running the course Sunday. It's purple.
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Fight The Future
None of my marathons have had locusts. I'm predicting locusts.
Doesn't look all that bad, you know
(Shivers). I couldn't. I could barely leave the house during the week of Cicadas Brood X a decade ago. (Shivers).
Cool temps and a little sun would be nice.
My blog is JT Running DC. It's awesome. Guide to Washington DC Area Running Routes. Guide to the New York City Marathon. Guide to the Boston Marathon. Guide to Running Gear. Guide to Running Clothes.
So I broke up with Pfitz last night for good. It wasn't him it was me.
Had a great 20-miler last Sunday, felt easy. So I'm confident I can execute a sub-maximal effort from Hopkinton to Boston on Monday the 20th. Becoming more confident I'll be ready to pop a good one at VCM 34 days later.
Still not sure how I'm getting to Hopkinton on race day ... details.
Sayhey! MM#130
I find obsessing about the weather is always good to start up along about now: [Accuweather for Hopkinton]
The forecast only goes through the 18th. What you see for Sunday and Monday is just the historical averages.
Plenty of sun
61° Lo 38°
Variably cloudy with a shower
62° Lo 35°
Rather cloudy with a shower
59° Lo 37°
A couple of showers; colder
50° Lo 35°
Sunny and warmer
57° Lo 39°
Cloudy with a few showers
54° Lo 33°
Mostly cloudy with a shower
58° Lo 37°
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i was pretty true to him this time round...except for the tune up races, havent done a one.
did a hard tempo today in lieu of racing tomorrow, felt good over hills, and almost on race pace. last longish outting with 17 tomorrow am, then a couple days off at the family's request. i'm thinking PR could happen in boston.
would love to do the VT race, have many friends up there. but mostly magic hat. maybe next year if my lifetime ban gets lifted.
btw pfitz said he's sorry and can he have one more chance.
btw, just started reading "26 Miles to Boston" by M. Connelly. a few chapters in and its an easy read with some decent anecdotes about the history of the race. thought i'd mention it in case anyone is looking to get oriented. also, Bill Rodgers latest book contributed to my interest in running Boston and was a good read with a lot about the race/scene and i found it motivating.
if anyone with experience in boston has any favorite course advice (race reports, articles, etc) pls point them out, i'm trying to get mentally prepped and i'm sure others would enjoy.
I'm reading the Connelly book right now too. I'm In Framingham at the moment I've definitely been enjoying it.
btw, just started reading "26 Miles to Boston" by M. Connelly. a few chapters in and its an easy read with some decent anecdotes about the history of the race. thought i'd mention it in case anyone is looking to get oriented. also, Bill Rodgers latest book contributed to my interest in running Boston and was a good read with a lot about the race/scene and i found it motivating. if anyone with experience in boston has any favorite course advice (race reports, articles, etc) pls point them out, i'm trying to get mentally prepped and i'm sure others would enjoy.
We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems.
For any of you who are familiar with Boston, what would you think will be the best way to get back to my hotel at the end of the race? I'm staying at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge, Overlooking Boston, which unfortunately is about 2.5 miles or so from the race end. The only other time i ran Boston, I had to get off the subway after the explosions and there were no taxis so I walked 2 miles to my hotel. Would be great to avoid that this time! Think I can catch a cab at a hotel near the end, or do they only work for staying guests? Or make a try for the red line (maybe the Park street station), then get off at the Central station and somehow get over to the Hyatt? Wish I'd found a hotel closer to a T station.
Uber.
Hopefully there are no explosions this time and cabs are easier to come by!
2018 Goals
Figure out the achilles thing...... and THEN try to get running regularly again.
No racing goals
I ran 18 miles this morning. I've been having high hamstring issues since a few days after RnR DC when I probably ran my medium run too hard. Today's run wasn't too bad. I ran rolling hills at the end in an effort to simulate Newton and the downhill into Boston. I'm happy with how it went. I'm feeling very positive about running the course well.
Lagwagon, I don't really have any advice on running the race. I haven't run Boston very well but am intent on running it better this time. I usually just watch Spirit of the Marathon to get inspired... I think my favorite parts of Boston include:
I would say the one thing that always surprises me is the anti-climax at the finish. There isn't a post-race festival that you see at a lot of races. You walk a very long way, grabbing fluids and food along the way and that's it. Off you go.
Northernman, I don't have any advice. I've always stayed about a mile from the finish so I could walk. And, even that felt like a lot. I would take a cab (or Uber) if at any point I thought I might have to walk more than a half mile.
"Hopefully"? Yikes.
I'm heading in to full on taper this week. Did 16 miles yesterday day quite comfortably, so that's good. I have one more speed work out tomorrow, and then mostly easy miles with some strides until race day.
I have apparently entered the race anxiety dream phase of the taper. Yesterday I dozed off on the couch and dreamt that I started the race, and then a few blocks in discovered I was running on clogs instead of running shoes! I round a corner just then and see a friend, who tells me she is there to volunteer. I toss her my car keys and beg her to go find my car and my running shoes. She takes off. Just then, the course turns and we all run in to a YMCA. So we are running hallways, and staircases, and I'm lost and can't figure out where to go, especially because there are swim team parents standing around everywhere taking up space. Luckily, then I woke up. Whew.
I have the running inside dream a fair amount before an important race. Don't really know what that's about.
My big goal for the next 2 weeks is just not to fall down the stairs or anything stupid. Otherwise, I feel as ready as I guess I'm going to.