m2sport

What a weekend! Boston is a great town. There’s so much to do, and the trains made it very easy to get around.

The race is historic. This was the 110th running of the event. Over 20,000 runners, and it seemed like a million spectators. In some sections of the course it was 20 people deep on both sides of the road. Tremendous crowd support. Boston loves its marathon.

But it’s not its first love. After crossing the finish line, a guy next to me asked a race volunteer, “Who won today?”
She said, “the Red Sox.”
He laughed and said, “No - who won the marathon?”

For the record I finished in 3:23.

After reading Ultra-Marathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner, I bought myself some chocolate-covered espresso beans. Dean mentioned them his book - eating a bag full to keep him going. Then again, he was running all night trying to cover 200 miles in one shot. I was just trying to get through a workday.

I’m going to take some on my next long run or ride - they’re powerful but very addictive. An endurance athletes’ crack.