joe w bags Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Another Boston Marathon. This year some 26000+ are participating. Have you ever entered this Marathon, plan to work out one day to achieve this, or at least dream of doing so? Once upon a time, did run 10 k five times a week, ran in a few marathons and finished but never Boston. Am old now but dream one day of getting in shape and doing this. Would be a very cool achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennesseeboy Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 years ago...more than a decade...I trained for it through the winter in Brockport, and then got terrible shin splints. I remember saturdays finishing my long run with my beard and stache caked in ice. Pain was dam near constant. I stuck to 5 and 10 k's and an occassional 15k (Boilermaker in Utica and Gasparilla down in florida.) for years after. Those days are long gone and I do some work on the exercycle and weights a few times a week. Enjoy it while you've got it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 My wife grew up in a house right at the top of Heartbreak Hill. They used to have huge Marathon parties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Another Boston Marathon. This year some 26000+ are participating. Have you ever entered this Marathon, plan to work out one day to achieve this, or at least dream of doing so? Once upon a time, did run 10 k five times a week, ran in a few marathons and finished but never Boston. Am old now but dream one day of getting in shape and doing this. Would be a very cool achievement. I did my first marathon last fall, and must say thought crossed my mind how cool it would be to qualify for Boston, albeit knew it would take at least two more solid years of training to get to that point. However, I must admit that first one might just be last. I prolly attempted to do a marathon a bit to soon, seeing as how I quit smoking in May, started running in June, and did the Marathon in November, all after 20 tears of inactivity . That friggen race was WAY harder than i thought it was going to be, and I didn't even run the whole thing, i had to walk the last three miles. So, would I love to do Boston...absolutely. Do I want to do the training needed to qualify, I don't think so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philly McButterpants Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 I have no dreams of Boston, but a few of my friends and I are seriously toying with the idea of doing the 1/2 Marathon at the Niagara Falls International marathon . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Another Boston Marathon. This year some 26000+ are participating. Have you ever entered this Marathon, plan to work out one day to achieve this, or at least dream of doing so? Once upon a time, did run 10 k five times a week, ran in a few marathons and finished but never Boston. Am old now but dream one day of getting in shape and doing this. Would be a very cool achievement. I work with a guy whose mother is in her 80's and runs marathons and usually finishes tops in her age group. Don't ever let age deter you from realizing your dreams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe w bags Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 encouraging to hear, perhaps a 87 year old guy does have some hope... I work with a guy whose mother is in her 80's and runs marathons and usually finishes tops in her age group. Don't ever let age deter you from realizing your dreams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 encouraging to hear, perhaps a 87 year old guy does have some hope... Those are some old bags you got there Joey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodBye Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 I have no dreams of Boston, but a few of my friends and I are seriously toying with the idea of doing the 1/2 Marathon at the Niagara Falls International marathon . . . I'm currently training for a 1/2 marathon that I'll be doing in June. Starting off with the walking marathons and will hopefully work up to running one some day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewPort71 Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 When I was in college, my physical chem prof ran in the Boston Marathon. (We got to miss two classes ...YAY) He had a simple race plan. He found the prettiest young lady he could and followed her the whole race..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 My wife grew up in a house right at the top of Heartbreak Hill. They used to have huge Marathon parties. I never knew your wife is in a marine family. Wow... She must have seen some bad ass fighting let alone throw parties. Probably served a lot of pork chops. God bless her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stl Bills Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 My mom did the 100th Running of the Boston Marathon (forget the year edit 1996) but she said it was amazing. I tried to get into New York last year but didn't get in through the lottery. Infact my mom and my little sister both ran the marathon this year (don't know the official name) that started in Buffalo and ended in Canada by the falls; of all people in my family I figured I'd be the first to venture up to Buffalo. Just ran the St. Louis Marathon on Sunday and it kind of sucked because it poured rain the entire race and really bad the last 10 miles. I will run both Boston and New York before I die, my ultimate goal is to run in and complete the Ironman in Hawaii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcali Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 When I was in college, my physical chem prof ran in the BostonMarathon. (We got to miss two classes ...YAY) He had a simple race plan. He found the prettiest young lady he could and followed her the whole race..... and pole vaulted to the finish line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 You have to qualify for the Boston Marathon, and the time you have to hit is pretty tough. Im running the Buffalo half marathon on Memorial Day, and Im going to give the Toronto Marathon a shot in the fall. Running a marathon is very possible for almost anyone with the right mindset. The Boston Marathon is a whole different animal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZC-Boston Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 You have to qualify for the Boston Marathon, and the time you have to hit is pretty tough. Im running the Buffalo half marathon on Memorial Day, and Im going to give the Toronto Marathon a shot in the fall. Running a marathon is very possible for almost anyone with the right mindset. The Boston Marathon is a whole different animal Yeah, men 18-34 need to run a qualifying marathon in 3hrs 10min, which is pretty sick. I'm doing the Buffalo full in May and hoping to break 4 hours, down 15 minutes from last year. I can't imagine dropping another 50 minutes (or basically 2 minutes every mile). I've been to quite a few Boston Marathons, what an experience. They are actually what inspired me to start running. In college, we would get hammered and scream at the Kenyans, when we grew up a little it would be have a few cocktails and then go out and cheer on the 4 and 5 hour marathoners. The last year I was there we watched from Vox, which usually isn't my speed but they put on a good party and there were a ton of hot chicks and it's near the finish line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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