Boston Marathon (Page 2)

Fair enough. There's definitely a reason the Kenyans and Ethiopians win.

She is also built differently.  She may not be fast enough to beat Kenyans, but I would still argue that if she's running at the front of Boston, she's knows her most efficient stride.

I got into an elevator once with a group of Kenyans the night before a marathon.  Nothing could have provided a more illustrative example of why I would never be a competitive marathoner. 

"Men are just loping along at 5 minute mile pace.  Someone could be running 4:55s and start catching them."

Awesome.

HILARIOUS. FTW! :)

"Indian file"?

Said twice?

hmmm.

That was awesome. 

Now for the AG'ers: Yeats and Jazz82482 are both running; Yeats through the half in 1:25:xx, Jazz in 1:30:xx. 

Amazing!  

Any other AG news?! Friends?  Relatives?

BrianRunsPhilly is running. 

Sending you some positive mental energy Brian!

Tracking a friend, her first Boston.  I told her "bank energy, not time" to Newton, then let it rip.  Did she listen?

What pace does she normally run?   If she normally runs 7:teens, then yes ;)

I don't know many people who successfully negative split their first Boston.

So easy to get caught up in the momentum and the overall downhill of those first 8 miles of rollers. 

Mad props to the dude running in the hot pink lycra body suit.

And going sub 3.

Full fatigues and a pack 2:38?

Woah.

And he was definitely not built like a classic marathoner.  That might be one of the most impressive things I've ever seen.

Asalzwed - 1:33:xx at the half. 

She negative split it.  1:41:02, 1:38:13, for a 3:19:15. 

That is really impressive.  Speaks volumes about her maturity as a runner.  Very strong work.  Nice time on a tough course too.

A twitter feed just said they've declared it a "mass casualty event".

Oh my God.