I've been getting these invites for Boston training runs from my charity team in Boston, and so I have looked up some of them on athlinks and checked out their recent paces. Holy Cow! The last corral of charity runners is going to be made of folks of all ages and abilities. Unlike the rest of the corrals where everyone is seeded with others at the same qualifying time, the last corral has speedsters and joggers in gorilla suits all jumbled together. About 3000 of them is my guess. My bib number starts with 22,***. Some of them are going to burst out and trample the last few corrals in front of us and some are going to be strolling arm in arm carrying balloons. This is going to make my experience of running Boston much different than all y'alls. Hopefully the water stations will still be there when I come by. My 'training' is going well so far. I am deliciously tired and I sleep like a rock. I can't wait.

I agree, Ilene, it's going to be a blast! And even though I'm in a "seeded" corral, I'm way back there so we might even see each other! How many corrals are there all together, do you know? I'd heard I was in the last one (19 thousand something) and all the remaining qualifiers and charity runners were in it... Maybe not?

I agree, Ilene, it's going to be a blast! And even though I'm in a "seeded" corral, I'm way back there so we might even see each other! How many corrals are there all together, do you know? I'd heard I was in the last one (19 thousand something) and all the remaining qualifiers and charity runners were in it... Maybe not?

It looks like there are 26 or so corrals, and 21 (maybe?) has the oldest qualifiers. I'm in 20 - so if you're at the back of your corral and I'm at the front of mine, we can keep each other company before the gun goes off. It'll be fun to watch the speedy costumed crazy-runners fly by us! I am getting very excited.

Ilene, there's no doubt in my mind that you're going to have a great time. I'm anxiously awaiting the Boston reports from all of our cyber group of friends. TomS

Hey Ilene--I won't be too far from you in corral 17. Wave to me! BTW, is your cat levitating in your avatar?

I can't wait.

neither can we for sure, . . . especially if you have that "smile if you're havin' fun" t-shirt with your name on it.

The "view from the last corral at Boston" is still the view from Boston. Have a blast!! Eliz

Spareribs, according to her log... she did a 3:24:something in December 2007 in Spearfish SD... Leading Ladies Marathon. It's in her log, go take a look. I always thought we ran about the same/similar times, but I guess not!