Running Boston Marathon thread

[ondeadline]

Robert Cheruiyot wins his fourth Boston Marathon and just misses a course record with ideal weather conditions.

In the women's race, Dire Tune beats Alevtina Biktimirova in the closest women's finish in race history.

Oh, and Manny is out of the Sox lineup. Why?

 

[trifectarich]

Re: Boston Marathon

Maybe he's running the marathon and he'll be late.

 

[ondeadline]

Re: Boston Marathon

He'd admire the starter's pistol and would slow to get across the starting line.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Re: Boston Marathon

If anything should have been a running thread, it should have been this one.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Now that's service!

 

[ondeadline]

Lance Armstrong is on pace to run under 3 hours after never running longer than 14 miles in training. And he has a cut on one of his feet. He must have amazing tolerance for pain.

 

[Football_Bat]

Dire Tune?

Sounds like the name of William Hung's latest single.

 

[trifectarich]

Lance Armstrong ran a marathon last year, didn't he? New York, maybe?

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

He ran New York, correct. Good thing to see Cheriuyot back in races. He took that nasty fall in Chicago.

 

[ondeadline]

Lance Armstrong ran a marathon last year, didn't he? New York, maybe?

Lance qualified for Boston with his time in New York.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

My friend finished 24th overall. Not too shabby.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Re: Boston Marathon

If anything should have been a running thread, it should have been this one.

Yeah, but it can only be 26.21875 pages long.

 

[ondeadline]

I don't know where I finished the year I ran, but I now the figure was at least five digits.

 

[TwoGloves]

Did Armstrong really have his own finish line? Please spare me.

 

[DocTalk]

I am always amazed at the speed of the elite runners. 2 hours and 5 minutes is tough to comprehend, but consider this. Go to the track, run a 75 second lap then do another 100. That gets you a 2:10 marathon; not bad but you would be a mile behind the winner.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

Very, very inspirational. **** Hoyt pushes his son.

 

[beefncheddar]

Couple of folks from the office here finished it.

I couldn't possibly be more impressed.

 

[Smallpotatoes]

Anybody have a problem with the race being held on a Monday? Yes, it's a holiday in Massachusetts, but for most people in the private sector it's a workday and I guess it inconveniences many working people in and around Boston, with the road closures and all that.

 

[DocTalk]

Anybody have a problem with the race being held on a Monday? Yes, it's a holiday in Massachusetts, but for most people in the private sector it's a workday and I guess it inconveniences many working people in and around Boston, with the road closures and all that.

How is it any different than when World Series games were played mid week during the day. Or when a city celebrates a team victory with a parade?

The joy of Boston is that it is held on a Monday, that you have to qualify, that there is tradition for the runners (almost like the Masters, though it has yielded to corporate sponsorship and the lure of big money). For those of you who have run marathons, you can appreciate that Boston is just special.

 

[Boobie Miles]

Anybody have a problem with the race being held on a Monday? Yes, it's a holiday in Massachusetts, but for most people in the private sector it's a workday and I guess it inconveniences many working people in and around Boston, with the road closures and all that.

How is it any different than when World Series games were played mid week during the day. Or when a city celebrates a team victory with a parade?

The joy of Boston is that it is held on a Monday, that you have to qualify, that there is tradition for the runners (almost like the Masters, though it has yielded to corporate sponsorship and the lure of big money). For those of you who have run marathons, you can appreciate that Boston is just special.

To paraphrase Ron Burgundy: "It's kind of a big deal." A ton of people take the day off and drink all day and everyone else is able to manage for the one day. And it really only affects the commute in the morning with the 10 a.m. start this year.