If you have to think too hard, maybe this isn't the time to register. There are many who do not run it the first time so you would not be the first.

I first qualified for Boston in 2010 but I ran my first in 2013, after my 10th BQ. For a long time, I felt that my BQs were not worthy enough of the race. All the talk of old women's standards being too easy sort of seeped into my brain and I started believing it. I only decided to run Boston after I finally BQd with a lot of time to spare. But Cy can be proud of his finish time. BQ -10 on a first attempt is quite impressive.

I'm leaning towards registering. Talked to the boss of the house, and she said she was all right with it as long as she came along, and we made the trip for a few days.

It would be a first for me to 'race for fun' as there's no way I'll be able to improve significantly in that short period which includes winter training. I usually race when I think it's time to get a new assessment of my current fitness.

But maybe it would be nice to go into a race with the will to do my best in that race, but not really caring what that best means in actual numbers. Or running and enjoying it instead of racing it, so I'm able to enjoy a few days with the woman in Boston instead of feeling like a human wreck.

I first qualified for Boston in 2010 but I ran my first in 2013, after my 10th BQ. 

10 BQ's in 3 years? Dayum!

10 marathons in 3 years? WTF?? lol

Hell yeah, to Boston!!  If you have that chance, take it.  Not everyone gets the opportunity.

 

Werd.

'Morning!  My legs are a little achy after yesterday's effort.  I've got a nice, easy 40 minute jog on the schedule later today.  I may go for a swim first...I haven't decided yet but I did pack my stuff.

This is my last week of peak marathon training.  I've got about 65 miles on the schedule in only five days of running.  *sigh*

Rest day for me.  I am surprisingly sore today.  And I don't know why I am surprised about this.

I never really wanted to run Boston. I did want to qualify, just to say I did.  But then when I did qualify, I decided to run it for the experience. It was worth it and I don't regret it. I don't have a desire to run it again but I am glad that I did it once.

 

Like you, I didn't want to put in the training in the winter necessary to PR and really race it well.  So I decided to just do it 'for fun' and did what I considered 'minimum' training but with some good speedwork and workouts.  Then I was feeling fairly fit and decided to race it and ended up pretty much matching my PR. And I was happy with it. I ran a well paced race with a decent time and I didn't train to PR.

 

Anyway, like Lily says, Boston does a lot to make the runners feel special. If you have any doubt that you might want to do it, I would say register now.  On paper, you should be able to easily re-qualify whenever you want. But you never really know what could happen. What if you got in a car accident and could never run again?  (not to be dramatic... but... )

That's true for me, too -- I wanted to qualify just to know that I could.  I changed my mind in 2013 and decided that if (ahem, WHEN) I qualify, I will run it.

BTW, onemile -- that PB is awesome. 

Hey all, I'll try to make this short. There was quite a few situations that happened yesterday that brought up a bunch of issues from DH, so my life as far as running and lifting. Over the last few months Dorian will wake while I am gone, and usually is upset enough to wake DH which I am sure that is because it takes DH 10 minutes to realize that Dorian is awake and needs some comforting. So pretty much 4-5 days out of the week DH loses a lot of sleep and he is sick of it, which means I will no longer be waking up as early as I have. We did (sort of) work out a time that I might be able to go run, getting up at 6:50 - 7 AM which is usually around the time he is needing to wake up anyways, but I would only be able to get in 3-5 miles if I am lucky. Unfortunately with colder weather coming, my other solution of taking Dorian with me in the afternoons to make up for whatever mileage I lost will shortly be impossible. Being that I won't be able to run a lot or a lot of mileage, I can pretty much say that IMM is out of the question now. And most likely any future marathons or even ultramarathons until Dorian is sleeping even while I am gone.

And since I can only lift around 5 AM, that is no longer on the table, if I am lucky I can find a few workouts I can do at home.

Apparently it is my fault that Dorian is behind, even though he has made huge progress over the last month and I have been trying to work with him, everybody seems to claim that I never work with him and so therefore I am at fault for his speech impairment when it comes to the C's, S and T among a few other letters. I could write a few pages about what's going on, but I just wanted to let you all know that I will be unplugging for a long while, maybe stopping in once a week or something. While I don't feel that my running or working out was getting in my way at work and with my son (though it was affecting my DH's sleep), I do agree that I spend way to much time on the web.

See ya'll around.