Boston Marathon (Page 5)

There are 4 real hills in Newton.  They start right after 16 and end at Heartbreak at right around 21.  The first one was the hardest in my opinion.  Heartbreak is just at the worst part of the course as far as being tired and all that.

Weather.com said rain .......... grrrrrrrrr.

The hill you are referring to must by Route 128, right? 

You are looking at Tuesday. Here is Monday on Weather.com:

Mon
Apr 21

Yes, just as you cross that I guess.  Looking again at the elevation profile, it does not seem to be the "hardest" one, but going by my memory of last year it sure did feel that way.

Huh, go figure, they changed the weather.  Seriously, when I looked an hour ago it said rain on Mon. and Tues.  Now it's Tues. and Weds.

LOL - Welcome to New England! :-)

I had a race this weekend where we literally ran up the side of a mountain.  Granted I was in the back of the pack and can't verify this, but even the race winner walked the hill.

After that, I'm not too worried about this Heartbreak Hill... 

(then again, my hill was on mile 10 - NOT mile 20)

... famous last words...

c'mon cool weather!!!!!!!!!!!!

You guys need to stop looking at the weather until at least Saturday.  The weathermen are always wrong, especially in New England.  For example, they said it was going to downpour ALL DAY this past Saturday...they even forecasted that as of Friday...and most of the day was sunny, warm and humid with some thunderstorms.  Don't obsess over the weather and just be prepared for absolutely anything...from 87 degrees with sunshine to 50 with Nor'Easter rain/wind conditions (both of which we've had in the past few years). 

Good luck, have fun, and I'll see you in Athlete's Village!  :-)

NO!!!!!!!!!!

You actually have to be training to taper ..... so I guess I'm not tapering ....

And I was watching the weather non-stop last year even up until getting on the bus downtown.  I have every right to be nervous and absorbed by it this year!!

Great idea, Skazi. So great, in fact, I'm thinking you must be referring to the one already referenced back on page 1. No?

Hey BT Kids going to Boston, if you would like to be tracked during the race, please go to the Tri Forum and post your bib#. (I Posted a Boston Marathon Thread)

The BAA usually posts live updates with 5k splits and race watching over the iNet is great fun. Of Course, since the race is on Monday, there will likely be a lot of interest since everyone will be at work instead of out training

Good luck everyone and maybe see some of you in 2009 in Boston if not sooner.

Better to have that awesome spreadsheet referenced too often, instead of not at all... :-)

Yup - lousy week here too. I'm used to eating somewhat recklessly, and pretty much getting away with it from the running. It's catching up with me this week, however...

"Does this Boston bib make me look fat?" :-)

Rick, when do you have time to contribute to any work projects? 3 kids - training - BT -ST etc etc... I don't know how you do it...

(PS Happy belated B-Day!)

bryancd - 2008-04-17 6:52 PM It's all that sodium in that kind of food so it's just water retention, tubby!

Just giving you all the excuses so you can say how it was you beat me.