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My legs were boycotting and there really wasn’t anything I could do about it

April 21, 2014

No one likes to write a race report about a race that didn’t go well. I questioned putting these thoughts out there, but I know

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In a Photo Finish with Selfie-Guy

April 20, 2015

It took me a long time to complete this story. Partly because of finding the time to write it. Partly because I wasn’t ready to

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The Sound of Music meets a scene from the Terminator

April 21, 2014

I don’t even know where to start! Boston 2014 was quite possibly the most amazing display of humanity ever. Boston pumped love, perseverance, support, and

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Megan Kretz

Finally, a BQ at Boston

April 21, 2014

Brian and I hit the road early Sunday morning for the 3.5 hour drive to Boston. The drive was uneventful, and before long we were

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Mom Tried to Warn Me, but I Wouldn’t Listen

April 21, 2003

The slogan for the 2003 marathon was “Everything you ever needed to know about yourself you can learn in 26.2 miles.” I picked up a

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The idea of the Boston Marathon is almost as powerful as the race itself

April 21, 2014

I ran Boston for the first time in 2011, and I didn’t have a strong desire to ever run it again. I had wanted to

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Number Six of my Fifty State Marathons and my Proudest Accomplishment

April 15, 2002

The Boston Marathon represented the end of a two year pursuit for me. In 2000, I set a goal to qualify for Boston and reached

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How could I be giving so much, yet running so slow?

April 20, 2015

After running back-to-back 2:58:30s in 2013 and 2014, I had set my sights squarely on going under 2:55 at Boston. However, I crossed the finish

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A redheaded Wellesley girl said “Go for it!” The experience was energizing!

April 20, 2015

I really haven’t been running very long. When I turned 50, in 2005, I started thinking more about my health, and joined a fitness center.

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Running through the Center of the World

April 21, 2014

For over a year I dreamed about what it would feel like to run in the 118th edition of the Boston Marathon. Like many others,

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Playful Prelude, Somber Postscript

April 15, 2013

Follow That Unicorn! (Eleven days before) When I first took up running a few years ago, qualifying for the storied Boston Marathon seemed about as

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My heart and lungs were ready to party, but my calves and hamstrings ached and dragged…

April 20, 2015

They filed in. The seasoned pros knew where to go and lost no time heading into a dark room. Where it led I don’t know.

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Remembering Happy Moments That Cannot Be Taken Away

April 15, 2013

Like many others, I sat down to write my race recap a couple of times in the immediate days after the race. It’s hard to

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Dual realizations on Boylston: “I am almost done” vs. “The finish is a lot further away than I thought”

April 15, 2013

Note written May 5, 2013: the Boston Marathon was nearly three weeks ago. Usually I try to write a race report within hours of finishing.

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A Tongue-in-Cheek Critique

April 18, 2011

My first Boston Marathon experience was a major letdown. A drag. An abysmal weekend. Never has a marathon been talked up as much as Boston

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In the last two miles, it finally sank in I was going to finish this marathon

April 16, 2012

Any story of Boston 2012 has to begin with the weather. Runners anywhere on the Eastern Seaboard were well aware of the brutally hot weather

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