Boston Marathon : Official Thread (Page 10)

Such a bummer. You are not alone - not that that helps.
Hopefully you will get back.

Can you add me?  lrunfit - F 35/39 Lisa 12829 

This will be my 1st time at Boston and my 2nd marathon - My goal is to have fun and try to beat my 3:31 BQ

mtgiants - Steve - is also running I think his bib is 16452


Edited by TriToy 2010-04-17 8:27 PM

Got the updates in.....good luck to everyone, hope to see as many of you as possible at the start!

BT Name	M/F	A/G	Name	Bib #	Time Goal	# Marathon
JK's sister	F	35/39	Christina	16092		5th
MissKelly	F	35/39	Kelly	16660
Irunfit	F	35/39	Lisa	12829	3:31	1st
mcoleman	F	40/44	Melissa	19408
velcromom	F	45/49	Linda	20983	3:45	1st
b_julien	M	30/34	Brett	1570	2:59	1st
fgump	M	35/39	Bill	6636	3:15	1st
beadams	M	35/39	Brian	7221
Q	M	35/39	Jeff	5759
bscharff	M	35/39	Ben	6213	2:59	1st
jdorsh	M	35/39	Jed	22626
Aneides	M	35/39	Nathan	4975	3:10 / 3:15	1st
BeCivil	M	35/39	Dennis	6026	3:15	1st
halfironmike	M	40/44	Mike	3413
markdills38	M	40/44	Mark	3736	2:59	7th
JohnnyKay	M	40/44	Johnny	7715
LJR	M	45/49	Jim	12015
jkron	M	50/54	Jim	12040	3:34	1st
mtgiants	M	55/59	Steve	16452

I am out, flight canceled and was last hope.  Good luck to everyone! This would have been my first Boston.  BAA may allow me to keep slot to run next year.

Perhaps I will see you guys at a triathlon of Chicago Marathon this fall.

Argh, sorry to hear that....I was hoping you'd make that Italian connection flight!  Well here's an update then, and I added Joey (joeyg) to the list as well...

BT Name	M/F	A/G	Name	Bib #	Time Goal	# Marathon
JK's sister	F	35/39	Christina	16092		5th
MissKelly	F	35/39	Kelly	16660
Irunfit	F	35/39	Lisa	12829	3:31	1st
mcoleman	F	40/44	Melissa	19408
velcromom	F	45/49	Linda	20983	3:45	1st
b_julien	M	30/34	Brett	1570	2:59	1st
fgump	M	35/39	Bill	6636	3:15	1st
beadams	M	35/39	Brian	7221
Q	M	35/39	Jeff	5759
bscharff	M	35/39	Ben	6213	2:59	1st
Aneides	M	35/39	Nathan	4975	3:10 / 3:15	1st
BeCivil	M	35/39	Dennis	6026	3:15	1st
halfironmike	M	40/44	Mike	3413
markdills38	M	40/44	Mark	3736	2:59	7th
JohnnyKay	M	40/44	Johnny	7715
joeyg	M	40/49	Joey	25530	Finish!	1st
LJR	M	45/49	Jim	12015
jkron	M	50/54	Jim	12040	3:34	1st
mtgiants	M	55/59	Steve	16452

Am I correct in assuming the "plastic bag you received" at the packet pickup for gear check is the big yellow and blue Adidas one that the shirt and everything came in?

Max,
Are you sure the shuttle buses are running from Hopkinton State Park on race morning? I'm planning to use them and just want to be sure I'm golden.

Being a stranger in a strange land, I'm nervous about making a mistake.

I'm so sorry this happened. I think I saw something on the news last night about allowing people to move their slot to next year. I hope they do that for you.

Yes it's guaranteed!  I copied this from the Boston Marathon website FAQ:

"How do I get to the start from the parking lots in Hopkinton? Can my family come with me?

Shuttle buses will run from the Hopkinton State Park and the Hopkinton Industrial Park parking lots to the center of Hopkinton. Family and friends are allowed on the buses, and shuttle service back to the lots will be provided immediately after the start of wave two."

Re - plastic bag.
Yes, the big drawstring bag is the one to use.  In the plastic envolope with your other official race stuff is a rather large label - your name, #, etc... - is supposed to go on the plastic bag.  If you look at the bag, it tells you where to place the big label.

Yes, but also keep in mind this is your bag to use for start line "bag check" they will not accept any other so keep the is bag if you want to gear check!  I like the shirts, nice.

Good luck everyone, get rest tonight as hopefully see you in 'da village.  By the sign, right?

Total bummer.  But, yes, I have heard that they will allow deferrals for those affected.

Good Luck everyone tomorrow!

I live in MA and local news just did a piece on Boston Mary and folks from Europe not being able to get here to race due the Volcano and they said all will get a deferment for next year.

Very exciting to be here. Took the marathon course bus tour today wtih my husband, got pics at the finish line and start line.  Good like fellow BTers!
Linda

Watched the caravan of buses stream along the Mass Pike towards 495 and Hopkinton this morning on my way into work...good luck to you all! Very inspiring!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!! I WISH I WAS THERE!!

Report from the race!

Spent the morning at the start of the marathon, meeting up with Marianne (mav) and took the shuttle bus to town and the 1/2 mile walk to the athlete's village.  After about 15 minutes of waiting near the marathon course sign, we ran into Nathan (Aneides) and got his picture...




A few minutes later, up walked Brian (beadams)...




Stood around a bit, discussing the race and the day, perfect weather, temps in the low 50's, sunny with a tail wind!  Brian, Nathan and Marianne...




Then, despite hanging around there for about an hour and not running into any other BT-ers, Marianne and I walked back to the start line area, about 45 minutes before the first wave went off at 10 AM.  As luck would have it, Jeff (Q) walked right past us!!





I looked for some of the others that were running but it was a crap shoot, trying to pick a race number out of the thousands going by, even as they were somewhat segregated in their respective corrals.  At the last minute I did spot Joey (joeyg) but it was too late to get a picture of him. 

Here are a few additional shots of the start...

And here are some finishing times!

BT Name	M/F	A/G	Name	Bib #	Time Goal	Finish Time
JK's sister	F	35/39	Christina	16092		3:24:57
MissKelly	F	35/39	Kelly	16660		4:30:17
Irunfit	F	35/39	Lisa	12829	3:31	3:45:19
mcoleman	F	40/44	Melissa	19408		3:48:07
velcromom	F	45/49	Linda	20983	3:45
b_julien	M	30/34	Brett	1570	2:59	2:57:24
fgump	M	35/39	Bill	6636	3:15	3:15:09
beadams	M	35/39	Brian	7221		3:40:15
Q	M	35/39	Jeff	5759		3:11:57
bscharff	M	35/39	Ben	6213	2:59	3:01:30
Aneides	M	35/39	Nathan	4975	3:10 / 3:15	3:25:55
BeCivil	M	35/39	Dennis	6026	3:15	3:25:14
halfironmike	M	40/44	Mike	3413		3:04:22
markdills38	M	40/44	Mark	3736	2:59	3:03:53
JohnnyKay	M	40/44	Johnny	7715		3:13:17
joeyg	M	45/49	Joey	25530	Finish!
LJR	M	45/49	Jim	12015		DNS
jkron	M	50/54	Jim	12040	3:34	3:44:26
mtgiants	M	55/59	Steve	16452		3:39:06

Thanks for the pics, my folks were curious to see the start.  Great meeting you guys.

Here's the final results with all of the finishing times...

BT Name	M/F	A/G	Name	Bib #	Time Goal	Finish Time
JK's sister	F	35/39	Christina	16092		3:24:57
MissKelly	F	35/39	Kelly	16660		4:30:17
Irunfit	F	35/39	Lisa	12829	3:31	3:45:19
mcoleman	F	40/44	Melissa	19408		3:48:07
velcromom	F	45/49	Linda	20983	3:45	4:05:45
b_julien	M	30/34	Brett	1570	2:59	2:57:24
fgump	M	35/39	Bill	6636	3:15	3:15:09
beadams	M	35/39	Brian	7221		3:40:15
Q	M	35/39	Jeff	5759		3:11:57
bscharff	M	35/39	Ben	6213	2:59	3:01:30
Aneides	M	35/39	Nathan	4975	3:10 / 3:15	3:25:55
BeCivil	M	35/39	Dennis	6026	3:15	3:25:14
halfironmike	M	40/44	Mike	3413		3:04:22
markdills38	M	40/44	Mark	3736	2:59	3:03:53
JohnnyKay	M	40/44	Johnny	7715		3:13:17
joeyg	M	45/49	Joey	25530	Finish!	5:20:08
LJR	M	45/49	Jim	12015		DNS
jkron	M	50/54	Jim	12040	3:34	3:44:26
mtgiants	M	55/59	Steve	16452		3:39:06

What an exciting race, came in at 3:48, was so happy to race here.  Congrats to everyone!

Hey Everyone!  Sorry I didn't meet up in the morning.  It was a bit chilly.  We did one loop around the tent at the Athletes' Village but didn't see anyone.  After that, we went out and sat in the sun by the tennis courts.

Congrats to Brett for going well under his goal of 2:59.  A 2:57 on that course is great!

fgump - right on target...nice!

markdills - you and I were in the same corral and finished within 30 seconds of each other.  We must have run together for some portion of the race for sure.  I had a Tri Club San Diego tattoo on my calf.  You may have seen me.  Curious if you had any distinguishing apparel / features (pinup tattoos, perhaps? ).

velcromom - hope you made it through relatively unscathed.  Rest up and have fun at Wildflower.  We've got some big fish to fry up in Idaho this June!

I was kinda sorta hoping for a sub-3, but I was off of last year's time (3:03 high) by a little bit.  Still got my Re-Q (bettered my seeding from my Carlsbad time - woo!) and locked up a guaranteed NYC spot.  Just have to decide quickly (tomorrow) whether I want to do it this year or not.  Hoping for Clearwater this year, so may just wait until 2011.

Thanks to Max for putting the list together.  I'm just sorry we didn't get a chance to meet up, but I'm sure there will be other opportunities.

Good job everyone!  I hope you all enjoyed the race as much as I did.  I'll be back in Hopkinton for the 115th running for sure.