BadDawg, thanks for posting that link to Tim's website. It is definitely worth taking the time to read. Even though some of the tips seem tongue in cheek, they are all valuable tidbits of information, from someone who has run Boston, and many other marathons, a bunch of times. Your mention of your chilly dog walk this morning makes me want to stress the importance of keeping warm at the start of the race, assuming we don't get one of those freakish 80+ degree days. Bring and wear more toss away clothes than you think you'll need. You have a long wait before the start of the race. The body burns calories to keep itself warm, and you're gonna need all those calories to get you through 26.2 miles of running. I like the idea of getting together for our own version of the Freedom run on Sunday. I would have to do it pretty early though, so I hope that's agreeable. Perhaps a run along the Charles?

I can no longer get into the website. It requires a password.

I think it's probably pretty likely that the site exceeded its allowed bandwidth. I don't think the guy's blog was ever supposed to handle as much traffic as it gets, especially the week before Boston. It's ugly, but here are most of the tips in HTML format (until this link crashes).

Thanks. Good luck on Monday!