boston marathon
 

any of you worthless bastards running/watching this tomorrow?

brought the wife up yesterday. staying next to fenway, right on the course(25mile mark). she's checked in and ready to head out at 5am tomorrow to the starting location. i'm hitting the pubs until she runs past the hotel.

who else is in on this?
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I was going to but it is going on at the same time as my Mount Everest climb and I didn't want to anger the Sherpa. :)

ROFL
we all have priorities.
beer's good in boston.
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I thought about it, but the foot traffic is horrible at this time of year.

Good luck to the wife. And to you, if you're trying to set a new pub record.

I think you drew the winning hand on the deal. :D

Ran this back in 1996 (geez 20 years ago?) and can honestly say it was perhaps the highlight of all my running experiences. If you have any chance to get to an earlier spot on the course, consider Wellseley College at the midpoint, the fire station right before runners ascend heartbreak hill, or from the top of heartbreak Hill on the way to Boston College. These last two are the spots a runner needs to see a friendly face. The College is mostly for you. All the coeds come out and scream for the runners. More importantly it is roughly 1500 coeds.... :D

I always have it on in my classroom and we do some conversion problems based on the pace of the runners. Students never fail to be amazed my lard ass made it 26.2 miles in under 3 hours, let alone the crazy pace the top men and women set running to downtown Boston...

Have a few friends running tomorrow. I don't have a chance in hell, but the wife will one day BQ and I'll travel to support her.

Its on my bucket list.

I need to qualify though...and I have a ways to go.

I ran the Marine Corps Marathon back in 2009...I did okay for my first [and only marathon]

I am currently in the middle of the heartland 39.3. Ran rock that parkway last weekend and the garmin this weekend [both half marathons].

After back-to-back halves...I feel I am a long way from doing a marathon again, let alone trying to qualify for it.

Some day...

I've heard taking the subway helps.

You once ran a sub 3:00 marathon? You deserve all the credit you get.

Planning to BQ this year and run it next year. Who knows though.

It's sometimes takes me 3 hours to get the motivation to get up and take a shower.

No shit...I am a very average looking guy. You could even perhaps consider me an "athletic build". However, it always amazes me my the various shapes and sizes of people who end up passing me in the distance runs. Some people are really just born to run...

Kudos to the sub-3. With all the dieting, training, and technique in the world, I would still never sniff a sub-3.

On a Monday?

like i said, the hotel is right on the course. i can sit in the lounge and drink. go out 15-20 minutes before she runs by. let her give me a kiss and head to the finish while i go back in and order another beer. aint no way i'm going back up to the finish. she can walk back to the hotel and take a shower. i'll rub her feet, then go back down and order another brew.

marathons are a lot of work.
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wtf? no...on friday.
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Competitive distance running is self imposed murdertorture

tell me about it.
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All you have to do every day is walk half a mile and run half a mile and you are doing some good for yourself.
There's no point in 5 ,10,15 miles.
The first guy that did it ,died. No one took the hint

Marathons are stupid.

If you were anxiously awaiting word of the outcome of a battle against an invading Persian army, you wouldn't be saying that.

That's the bomb.

Here here

Much respect to your wife for even attempting it... and yet there YOU will be, sitting on your ass taking in Bostons historic pubs :D

An honest best of luck to your wife

ROFL
you're quite the peckerhead, aren't you?
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What's wrong? It's true.
You don't have to go to extremes.
5ks and marathons are pointless.

I don't think they are pointless...

I use them, distance races, to get my ass off then couch to train and eat right. Otherwise, I would be another overweight American.

Thus, for me...they aren't pointless. They serve as a motivator.


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I ran one. 4:20. I just don't think my body can do what it takes to take knock an hour off to qualify.

Is a 5K extreme? Pioneers probably walked further than that to their mailbox every day.

To all who are mildly impressed by my running a sub 3 hour marathon I have to confess to having been a NCAA Div. II track and cross country on scholarship type while in college. I actually should have been a bit faster but stopped at about 23 miles, having hit the proverbial wall. I was wearing a yellow ball cap that day and a guy about 200 yards up the road jumps out and yells "Hey Yellow Hat! Run your scrawny ass up to me and I'll pour you a pint!" I immediately took off, made it there, downed the pint, got a kiss on the cheek from whom I guess was his sister and continued on to the finish line. The worse part was then I knew I had another twenty minutes before I could finish. I also vividly recall getting sprinted past by a saddle bagged woman in the last 400 meters and just having to laugh at myself for not being able to do a damn thing about it. Lactic Acid, the great equalizer....ROFL

Walked,not ran

I bet they ran in Cheyenne territory.

Why did we stop wearing armor after guns were invented?
An arrow can't work either then

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Good question. I bet the expected survival rate of being fast and shifty was better in a mixed gun/bow world than being slow and armored. Those pioneers were pretty good about working out the odds.

Indeed

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Best of luck to the wife, SEC!

:)

no, you don't "have" to.
truth is, i hate running. shit, i hate walking.
but she loves it, and i'm kinda fond of her. so, i'll follow her around the country and support her.

you don't seem to be the type of person that would understand something like this, which is fine. keep hunching that pillow at night:D lots of different people.
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I was just talking about the science of health. I didn't say a damn thing about your relationship dynamic

no, but i did yours. hit a nerve, beanbag?

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Buddy of mine finished in 2:52:35 I think it was, today.

Coolest part is we have about 6 people from our area that ran Boston today. Hopefully I can be there next year. Kind of s bucket list thing.

stale popcorn ball you

I'm envious of fast people. These days I'm running about 2:10 halves.

I did hit a couple of milestones last month, though. I ran my 75th half marathon (in 82 months), and ran a half marathon in my 20th state.

In two weeks I'll be in north-central Kansas to notch State 21 if anyone wants to join me.

well, boston's been a bitch for her. had back/hip problems 2 years ago. we thought she was in pretty good condition for this one, but her hip started bothering her and then the legs started cramping up pretty bad. she usually finishes around 3hrs 40 minutes. over 4hrs today...she's kinda pissed.

she's back and showered. i rubbed her feet down and left her resting while i ran across the road for a couple beers. when she's able to move, we'll go eat supper.

she's a little depressed, but i'm not gonna let it get her down. take a couple days off, then start training for another one to qualify to come back. probably do chicago or memphis again for this.

as long as i don't have to drive, i love boston.

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got any friends in real life, or do you have to tie a bone around your neck to get the dogs to play w/you?
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Sec you're not breaking training at all, I love it buddy! Keep up the good work with those 16 ounce curls. LMAO :thumb:

come up with something more original at least

If you don't have bad runs, you can't identify the good runs. And even her bad runs are a good run by my standards.

my best friends sister wanted to go/run in the year that (you know what) happened but she had too many running injuries and luckily ended up not going.

you have a best friend? hahahaha...i call bullshit.
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:rolleyes: oh shut up already

Brideowanian is a runner.

I pull a hamstring when I GET the runs, let alone chasing Kenyans across Boston.

give her an "atta girl" from sauto...

thought about you today...some pregnant gal came running by and a guy next to me yelled, "hurry up lady...your kids beating you!"ROFL
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will do.
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my thread, goby...stay if you want.
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lol at 'my thread'as an excuse.

you're the one fighting with yourself in the first place because it all started with you taking something personal that was never meant or implied.

isnt it over by now? So what happened?

i don't know what the **** you're talking about. isn't what over?
it's almost 9pm here...go find your pillow and tell mom to wash it all tomorrow.

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what happened with the marathon?

He already said. Read bud.

he hasnt said anything about how she finished or anything else

edit- i found the one sentence in the whole useless thing

You were too busy stirring shit to catch it.

Read again

I didnt stir anything dipnuts.
He instigated and continued it entirely.
I forgive you your spiteful ignorance

I'm not spiteful at all.

You're still too ****ing dumb to read

i give up...you're way too smart to carry on a conversation with. you win. too many friends and brains and whatnot.
what were we talking about, again?
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AND you basically said she is dumb for running it, no wonder he got on ya

i'm done...he intimidates me.
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Just like sec to instigate the beer drinking...

Pitt Man how are you?

What's been going on? You rocking MLB The Show?

I aint skeered...

I said no such thing what so ever and I know you are the one trolling now.

I talked purely about the necessity of long distance running and health.
I in no way said his wife was dumb. I forgive you your ignorance, again.

not yet. I would like to at some point. Less stressful than madden

whoa, a pw appearance...things are looking up.
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so are you apparently

ROFL

I quoted that post PRIOR to you editing it, so no I didn't miss it or not read it. I had no reason to go read it again...

Stupid, pointless, dumb what's the difference?

the difference is there was no personal attack towards his wife or him for that matter.


have a nice day sir

you have a nice evening too there toby, old boy, old pal.
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