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Thanks for the heads up! Its #4866 for me. However, I'm recovering from 9 days out with the flu and will in no way be able to do that 4th corral start justice. I ran a 20-miler three weeks ago and felt great, but after these last few days down I'm huffing and puffing after 7 miles at race pace.

Any advice besides "let go of that goal time?" A friend, fellow Boston runner and Ironwoman, suggested putting in extra miles running in the pool if its hard to hit the weekly mileage goals from here on out (but of course, to do those long runs).

As far as lodging goes, I may have made a major mistake here. For the sake of sleep and my pocketbook, I booked one of the closest hotels to the start. I'm hoping that someone from my running team who's staying downtown will offer me a place to shower afterwards.

BAA has also put up the Athlete Alert Registration.  Register your friends and family now so you can avoid the line at the Expo.
http://registration.baa.org/2008/cf/RegAthleteAlert/pg_AthleteAlert.cfm?mode=entry&snap=50648583&

Maz

I wouldn't get too concerned about your running right now.  You have NOT lost your strength or endurance levels after 9 days and your difficulty while running is likely just your body in general is still trying to recover from the flu.  You still have time to fine tune before Patriot's Day and I wouldn't abandon my race goals if I were in your shoes.

Exactly.

I did have to bail on my sub-3 attempt at the beginning of this month because I got the flu the week of the race and was still basically laid up on race day, but I went out and ran pace for 5 miles in the race before knowing there was no chance in hell.  The positive thing from all that is now I'm back up to speed and working on the bridge program to Boston and doing alright with it.  My recovery period that was scheduled in between marathons actually turned into a recovery period from the flu!  Now I'm back where I was before getting sick and raring to go for Beantown.

Hi all - I will be at Hydration Station 18 (mile 18) with the Boston Triathlon Team (not a member).

definitely all put your numbers up so we can give you a shout out!

omg so many - what kind of food do you like? boston has it all -

a great italian area (the north end)

fanatastic sushi

cambodian, indian, vietnamese, thai

continental

give a hint! 

So far, I have reservations at Villa Franchesca, Abe and Louie's and Atlantic Fish.  The last two are place holders so if there is some better seafood place or fun casual restaurant lay it on me!

#3600 - But not in condition to do that any justice. Was on pace until about 3 weeks ago. Still, I'm going to try and enjoy the "Boston experience".

My favorite path is 85% clear of snow and ice, I wore shorts on my run this AM, and only partially froze my nads - spring is here! Oh, and the Sox won!

I'm hosting a fundraiser tonight at The Point in Boston, if anyone's interested.  Details below.

hmmmm...I thought Mike (magik611) has bib# 4489. At least that is what he posted. (see above^)

Hey,

He's from NY, NY. It's OK to give him a little lee-way.  He'll figure it out sooner or later.. :-)

Is anybody here going to run in the Eastern States 20-miler tomorrow? I am using it as a training run with aid station support

I'm sure there are plenty of opportunities for him to hand things off.  I would probably say that the stretch right after Wellsley might not be a bad place as it is fairly uneventful after you pass the school before getting back into the next town.

As far as I know you're not "supposed" to get outside assistance for drinks and such, but you are not going for the win, so I don't think they really care much.