11 Replies to “Runners With Sights on the Boston Marathon”
I would love to see Kara Goucher or Shalane Flanagan win, also.
I can’t even imagine the excitement of being in Boston and running it – maybe one day!!
Yes, I’ve run Boston, and there’s a misconception that the course has hills. Correction: the course IS hills. But, none of them are really that steep. You are always on a hill it seems, which means you can see lots of runners ahead of you, and the changing neighborhoods is like you’re on some quest encountering strange beings on your way to toss the one true ring into the Volcano of Mt. doom. The environment is like none other, and it seems as if the city is cheering for itself that day, celebrating it’s uniqueness, like it’s “Boston” christmas, and they are the ‘ya-whoos’ in ‘whoo-ville’ or something similar.
thanks for the perspective, and being that i’ve never even set foot in Mass. i always have wondered just how ‘epic’ those hills are…haha. of course even the mildest upgrade can seem like a mountain spread across a marathon distance. that said, i can’t even begin to say how horrible of a turn things took this year. when randoms runners and their cheerleaders are turned into a targets, i don’t even know what to say.
I dream of running Boston some day! I have to run my first full (and get a lot faster or older….) first 🙂
I think my adrenaline gets pumping just from the atmosphere at the start of any race. All those runners in one place ready to do their thing is pretty cool.
To feel confident for a race I always tell myself: Trust your training. You put in the work. If something happens on race day, it’s not because you’re not ready.
that’s the EXACT thing i think works best for confidence…remember all the tough workouts you powered through, you know you can make it thru the race. 🙂
I’ll be cheering for Kara as well!
I haven’t run the Boston Marathon — yet…. I’m hoping to run it around my 80th birthday, which is when I figure I will be able to get the qualifying time for the course 🙂
I love the feeling of race day, and the feeling of other racers around me is what helps to banish the nerves that always build up on the week before the race. At the starting line I always tell myself ‘No Day But Today’; in fact, I write it on my arm before every race, just in case I forget midway around the course 🙂
that’s an awesome affirmation, and i think it’s awesome u write it on ur arm each time out too! hmmm, i think the seeds have been planted for me on a little something special for you, my dear. i’ll need to get working on that…haha, and how about the two of us at 80 will run boston! well, if i’m not Rascal-scooter bound by then…lol. 😉
i wrote this post before and now responding to comments i have to admit i’m not even sure how to really reply. it’s such a tragic cloud looming over the race, which SHOULD never be there. so sad…but i think it does go to show just how close the running community can become and feel.
I would love to see Kara Goucher or Shalane Flanagan win, also.
I can’t even imagine the excitement of being in Boston and running it – maybe one day!!
#teamgoucherette #teamflanagan 🙂
Yes, I’ve run Boston, and there’s a misconception that the course has hills. Correction: the course IS hills. But, none of them are really that steep. You are always on a hill it seems, which means you can see lots of runners ahead of you, and the changing neighborhoods is like you’re on some quest encountering strange beings on your way to toss the one true ring into the Volcano of Mt. doom. The environment is like none other, and it seems as if the city is cheering for itself that day, celebrating it’s uniqueness, like it’s “Boston” christmas, and they are the ‘ya-whoos’ in ‘whoo-ville’ or something similar.
thanks for the perspective, and being that i’ve never even set foot in Mass. i always have wondered just how ‘epic’ those hills are…haha. of course even the mildest upgrade can seem like a mountain spread across a marathon distance. that said, i can’t even begin to say how horrible of a turn things took this year. when randoms runners and their cheerleaders are turned into a targets, i don’t even know what to say.
I dream of running Boston some day! I have to run my first full (and get a lot faster or older….) first 🙂
I think my adrenaline gets pumping just from the atmosphere at the start of any race. All those runners in one place ready to do their thing is pretty cool.
To feel confident for a race I always tell myself: Trust your training. You put in the work. If something happens on race day, it’s not because you’re not ready.
that’s the EXACT thing i think works best for confidence…remember all the tough workouts you powered through, you know you can make it thru the race. 🙂
I’ll be cheering for Kara as well!
I haven’t run the Boston Marathon — yet…. I’m hoping to run it around my 80th birthday, which is when I figure I will be able to get the qualifying time for the course 🙂
I love the feeling of race day, and the feeling of other racers around me is what helps to banish the nerves that always build up on the week before the race. At the starting line I always tell myself ‘No Day But Today’; in fact, I write it on my arm before every race, just in case I forget midway around the course 🙂
that’s an awesome affirmation, and i think it’s awesome u write it on ur arm each time out too! hmmm, i think the seeds have been planted for me on a little something special for you, my dear. i’ll need to get working on that…haha, and how about the two of us at 80 will run boston! well, if i’m not Rascal-scooter bound by then…lol. 😉
I read this before, and after the marathon. It’s a terrible day. but the marathoners are amazing, and it all makes me want to run more, not less.
Racing atmosphere is amazing – it makes such a difference!
i wrote this post before and now responding to comments i have to admit i’m not even sure how to really reply. it’s such a tragic cloud looming over the race, which SHOULD never be there. so sad…but i think it does go to show just how close the running community can become and feel.
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