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Race Reports for Boston Marathon 2014

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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This was my first, but hopefully not last, Boston marathon and it was everything and more than I could have dreamed of. WONDERFUL race. Can't wait to do it again!
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  • Comments: The hyponatremia is one I'm sure I'll obsess over for a while as it's still such a mystery to me. I don't feel I drank too much water but in retrospect it is possible that the finishing temps and humidity (we are not used to even 25% humidity in AZ) elevated my sweat levels just enough. Or I simply used every ounce of what fitness I had and the hyponatremia was simply an end result of that. Chicken or egg? I will not, however, blame the hyponatremia on my finish time as I think that's pretty lame. I ran what I was able to run on this day, probably to within the last percent of it. I'm happy with that. I'll be back next year for revenge :)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: The city of Boston is amazing as the host of this race. No matter where we went and who we talked to, the people made you feel like a celebrity. The day before the race, while scouting a spot for my family to watch, a local couple who was sitting next to us on the T, took time to give us some great suggestions and information. Everyone would ask if you were running and then would say good luck and thank you. All through the race route, there were signs saying thanks for running and even the volunteers kept saying thank you to the runners! After the race, I was returning to my hotel with my heat cape and medal around my neck. The police officer at the T station immediately saw me and let me jump to the front of the line and let me through without paying. When I entered the T, two college age kids immediately jumped up out of their seats and told me to sit down. Everyone was saying congratulations and thank you! I was walking down the street in front of my hotel and a car full of
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  • Comments: A momentous day, a first American win for the men in 30 years, and a race that I'd kind of like to forget on a personal level. I just wish I could go back two months and prevent getting injured! Next step is taking at least two weeks of from running to try to let my IT band issues get better and focus on the tri season.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: Very cool to be in Boston the year after the bombing. Tons and tons of people lining the course and felt like a rock concert for 26.2 miles. Glad I was there.
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