Karen, nice job! After all the runs at altitide, how did it feel racing at sea level? Well, aisde from the warm & humid part....

Karen, nice job! After all the runs at altitide, how did it feel racing at sea level? Well, aisde from the warm & humid part....

I think altitude helped more than heat and humidity hurt. I say that as I didn’t fade nearly as much as almost everyone else I knew running it, most of whom started before me and therefore had less sun. I was definitely breathing easier much longer than a normal marathon, and until the very end when I started getting dizzy, I was still able to (mostly) keep a good pace. Except for Heartbreak, no matter how much you train on hills, the timing of that is just painful. Issues were more from a lack of strength training, maybe a bit from a lack of long runs. Overall I felt stronger for longer in this race than I have in a marathon in a long time.

Liz, a friend of mine from VA that I had dinner with says she’s probably not doing Boston again until her next age group, so 5 years at least, and she was sad that meant we wouldn’t see each other. She may have made me promise to run Richmond.

Speaking of age groups, I was told this race might be good to qualify for both 2022 and 2023. If so, thanks to the magic of aging, I’ll have a 2023 BQ.