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 me. I thought it was even thousands, but looking back and knowing my final placement, it was probably about 1,000 runners that passed me between the half and the end…

Blake Taylor
Meridian, Idaho
April 17, 2017
Age – 34
Bib # 2828
3:08:42

Although his results were nowhere near his pre-race expectations, Blake Taylor found his first Boston to be a unique, memorable, and remarkable experience. He recorded his full story on his “blake runs” blog site. Blake also ran Boston in 2019.

Blake Taylor
Meridian, Idaho
April 15 , 2019
Age – 36
Bib # 3604
3:07:27