Notes
Ran BOSTON!! ***BQ'd*** Full sun.. Felt hot so backed off on pace and totally enjoyed the ride. Missed 3:3X but BQ'd with 3:42:36. Respectable time for a first Boston. Ran with Erika for about 12 miles 3-15 then lost her she beat me by 4 minutes! A bit too warm for me, I ain't Kenyan :)
Here are the 2 mile splits:
2: 8:29
4: 8:24
6: 8:00
8: 8:16
10: 8:13
12: 8:13
14: 8:16 Feeling sun effect
16: 8:20 Getting harder
18: 8:45 Just steady push through the hills
20: 8:51 Just steady push through the hills
22: 8:51 Just steady push through the hills.. did I pass Heart Break? Saw the Tudor and figured that must have been it. No big deal.
24: 8:40 Quads are sore. Relax and run steady, no reason to push harder
26.2: 9:04 This is BOSTON, slow down to make it last! Nice comfortable bace with the rest of the runners (BQ still in the bag).
Highlights:
Was on the start line (first row) of the first corral in the second wave. Looking down the empty marathon route lines with crowds.. awesome! My DW saw me 3 times on Versus (the cable network covering the marathon)
Running 10+ miles with evanflein (waht a strong runner Hooah!) and we were escorted to Wellesley by btb!
High fiving hundreds of Wellesley girls who were as excited as any spectators I've ever seen! I felt bad, I think I missed one or two.
The Pro stop at mile 20 anding off my "elite" poweraid bottle
My brother and his DW at mile 25
The turn from Hereford to Boylston, looking the 0.8 miles down the cheering spectator filled road at the Boston Marathon Finish Arch! That is priceless and worth the cost of admission (every cent!)
Meeting the Pro and WRFB right after the finish and later a group dinner which my brother and his DW joined.
Totally awesome weekend
3:42:36
9974/21963 overall (top 45%)
7376/13028 male (bottom 43%)
1149/2799 division (M veterans 50-59) (top 41%)