Full-time nurse finishes second in Boston Marathon

[LongTimeListener]

it was her second marathon ever.

The Nurse Who Took a Very Different Route to 2nd Place in the Boston Marathon

She’s a mudder.

 

[cjericho]

DW, next year LTL could be typing full-time lawyer finishes second.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Hello mudder ... hello fodder ...

Great story. Sounds like she ran a legit race.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

 

[I Should Coco]

wow, I think I have my new female sports crush. Move over, Eugenie!

I really liked this line from the story: Would she upgrade to first class, to be able to stretch her legs a bit on the long flight? Nah. “I have a moral opposition to first class,” she said. “There are so many things I’d rather spend money on than a flight.”

 

[Dick Whitman]

It’s a cool story, although I don’t know that 100 mpw is particularly low for women. I read recently that Jordan Hasay - a favorite who scratched the night before due to an injury - runs ~100 mpw.

I’ve been at a steady 80 per week the last 4-5 weeks, by comparison.

 

[Donny in his element]

It’s a cool story, although I don’t know that 100 mpw is particularly low for women. I read recently that Jordan Hasay - a favorite who scratched the night before due to an injury - runs ~100 mpw.

I’ve been at a steady 80 per week the last 4-5 weeks, by comparison.

What a cool story. And Hasay is a relatively new marathoner -- and young for one -- and did not run even moderately high mileage until Oregon.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

If anything, the story underplayed the horrendous conditions in which the race took place. It's hard to walk into a 25-30 mph headwind, let alone one accompanied by driving rain and temperatures in the 30s. A tribute to both the emergency medical facilities and personnel and the physical condition of the marathoners that nobody was seriously struck down by hypothermia.

 

[BTExpress]

Did we deport all the Kenyans before the race?

Only one in top 10 for each gender.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Did we deport all the Kenyans before the race?

Only one in top 10 for each gender.

A lot of them are running London.

 

[Dick Whitman]

It is definitely a sport that, more than almost any other, is conducive to this kind of occurrence. Even if you are running 120 to 130 miles per week, that's less than 20 hours of your time. But unlike basketball, baseball, football, hockey, or soccer, you don't need people to play with. Unlike golf, you don't need weather and sunlight or, really, nearly as much time. You don't have to be Tiger Woods hitting 600 balls a day and hitting the gym for two hours and the treadmill for another hour. You just get up and ... run. And the more you run, the better you get.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

It is definitely a sport that, more than almost any other, is conducive to this kind of occurrence. Even if you are running 120 to 130 miles per week, that's less than 20 hours of your time. But unlike basketball, baseball, football, hockey, or soccer, you don't need people to play with. Unlike golf, you don't need weather and sunlight or, really, nearly as much time. You don't have to be Tiger Woods hitting 600 balls a day and hitting the gym for two hours and the treadmill for another hour. You just get up and ... run. And the more you run, the better you get.

In the early days of the running boom, back in the '70s and early '80s, it was commonplace for top finishers in major marathons to come out of nowhere as the number of runners increased dramatically. Now it's rarer because for every person like you who takes it up, another person pretty much fitting your profile gives it up due to the nagging injuries it can generate.

 

[SpeedTchr]

Did we deport all the Kenyans before the race?

Only one in top 10 for each gender.

The rest said "**** this!" and dropped out along the way.

 

[Buck]

It is definitely a sport that, more than almost any other, is conducive to this kind of occurrence. Even if you are running 120 to 130 miles per week, that's less than 20 hours of your time. But unlike basketball, baseball, football, hockey, or soccer, you don't need people to play with. Unlike golf, you don't need weather and sunlight or, really, nearly as much time. You don't have to be Tiger Woods hitting 600 balls a day and hitting the gym for two hours and the treadmill for another hour. You just get up and ... run. And the more you run, the better you get.

Also, unlike those other activities, it is excruciatingly boring.

 

[da man]

Also, unlike those other activities, it is excruciatingly boring.

This. I cannot just run for any length of time. I have to be DOING something -- playing tennis or basketball or soccer or whatever.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Also, unlike those other activities, it is excruciatingly boring.

Sure. But if you can deal with that, it's one sport where someone with an actual job can excel. Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute mile while he was in medical school.

 

[Dick Whitman]

This. I cannot just run for any length of time. I have to be DOING something -- playing tennis or basketball or soccer or whatever.

I listen to podcasts or music. Running purists, particularly people who ran on their high school and college teams, get pissy about people who run with headphones. But in the end, the clock is the only arbiter.

 

[Donny in his element]

I listen to podcasts or music. Running purists, particularly people who ran on their high school and college teams, get pissy about people who run with headphones. But in the end, the clock is the only arbiter.

Agreed. You're the worst. The shorter the shorts, the better. And **** t-shirts, even if it's school policy. Once I'm off campus, I'm losing that ****. #purist

 

[Slacker]

Agreed. You're the worst. The shorter the shorts, the better. And **** t-shirts, even if it's school policy. Once I'm off campus, I'm losing that ****. #purist

Runners, like children and vegans, should be seen and not heard.

 

[garrow]

I like nurses who don't finish after the winner.