Warm Race; Secret Strategy
Running marathons, I never had a great day on a good course in good weather. Of my two fastest races, one was plagued by heat
Andrea looked over at me and said “What a view we have!”
If you had asked me in early March if I was going to be running the Boston Marathon, I would have replied with a “maybe.”
“Though in a crowd of stunned runners and spectators, I felt alone”
After months of training, my wife and I had arrived at the marathon event of the year, the 2013 Boston Marathon. We started together in
“It took 38 marathons: five years and four months for my Boston dream to become reality”
Do you have a bucket list? Do you have goals to check off? For five and a half years, my big dream was to qualify
It’s only after you tell yourself you can’t that it becomes true.
Running in the elite women’s start—an opportunity I’ve never had before—was one of the things that made me most eager to run Boston again, despite
I noticed I was no longer sweating. This concerned me, but I was close enough to the end I figured I could make it.
To make things worse, I was getting passed by what seemed like hundreds of runners at this point. They were like a river running past
Something to Remember when I’m 88
The Boston Marathon experience is, for the serious runner, the ultimate rush of emotions… excitement, fear, pride, and for first-timers, overwhelming. My first Boston experience
Six Years as “The Flying Parson”
Although I was more of a plugger and a plodder than a natural speedster, from an early age I always enjoyed long distance running. While
One Red Grape
You could see it coming: An early spring heat wave, making its way from the Great Plains eastward across the central United States. The unseasonable
Ode to the 121st Boston Marathon ♥
Because there’s no way I could describe what it was like to experience Boston, I won’t even try. Instead, I’m just going to say “Thank
I saw a spectator with a sign that may be my all-time favorite. It read, “High five if you’re just doing this for the pizza.” I gave her a high five. It’s like she knows me.
After two miles, we reached an aid station. I was so thirsty my throat felt bone dry. I drank both water and Gatorade. After that,
“I don’t know if I want to get off the bus.”
“A little bit of rain. A little bit of wind…” [After navigating through some of the toughest conditions the race has ever seen, Jolie Hales
The Inferno
To race in the Boston Marathon, you need to run a qualifying marathon faster than a “qualifying time” which depends on your sex and your
Boston #2: “Do not anticipate trouble… Keep in the sunlight.”
Running through Natick I was thinking about last year. Mile 10 was when I faced the first major downpour. Guess what happened at when I
My Boston Marathon True Story & Other Lies
“One of the few other parts of the race I remember clearly is running up Heartbreak Hill. I looked up and literally couldn’t see where
“Not just anyone can run in the Boston Marathon.” (signed) Mom & Dad
What happens on the third Monday in April in Boston? Ask a Bostonian and they’ll say it’s Patriot’s Day. Ask any runner and they’ll tell