![]() We all were hoping had it wrong as the race got closer but, no, it was 100% rain, wind, and cold just as it was predicted. This was my 7th Boston, and what can I say, once you qualify for Boston, you just take it all in during the run. Volunteers, Crowds & City of Boston 10+ STARS! (about: 2018) Run it if you can, you will never regret it and you will cherish the medal forever. even an awful Boston is a tremendous event. I snagged a solid BQ for 2020 so I'll hope for better. But for a marathon as great as Boston, that was totally unacceptable.Īh well. The only good part is I got to see the wheelchair athletes whiz past by me. ![]() He dumped us off more than a mile away, and we ended up walking along the race course - in driving rain - to the start. Our bus driver GOT LOST on the way to the start. They helped get me through the experience with professionalism and levity. thanks to the medical tents, which I used as my warming shacks, where I warmed up, changed socks, and generally regrouped. Boston is the only marathon in the world I would've run in that condition. I have a huge shout-out about the 2018 race and a huge criticism.įirst the positive. Let's just say it's a privilege to run any Boston Marathon, and the 2018 weather will forever live in infamy. Note: Compiled from race's official entry list.I have run this marathon, and I want to add my comments about it. Thomas Parker, 36 Mickey Moore, 49 David Graf, 43 Jack McDermott, 50 Laura McDermott, 39 Thomas Murphy, 49 Jon Maner, 45 Deana McVay, 36 Carrie Murphy, 47 Roy Crews, 55 Kat Sack, 27 Alyssa Terry, 25 Meghan Ogle, 28 Sherri Wise, 37 Stacy Biggart, 41 Kathy Greene, 45 Judy Alexander, 57 Tsige Tadesse, 51 Robert Asztalos, 60 Birgit Maier-Katkin, 56 Colby Redfield, 33 Deanna Samaha, 49 "I plan to be patient, and we'll see what happens." Tallahassee entries in the Boston Marathon Nothing hurts right now the day before the race and that's important," Moore said Sunday as he enjoyed a bowl of clam chowder at a Boston area restaurant. Moore needs to finish in three hours, 25 minutes to re-qualify for next year's race. Despite undergoing knee surgery last December, Moore feels comfortable with eight weeks of training behind him. Mickey Moore, 49, is entered in the race for the first time since 2014. Petersburg, is entered despite undergoing major surgery for a twisted colon following last year’s race. Laura doesn’t have to look very far for motivation, from her husband to her running coach Albert Wieringa. “It’s really exciting, you try to enjoy the experience. “Once you get here, it’s a big celebration,” said Laura McDermott, 39, competing in her fourth Boston Marathon. Of course, there's the infamous Heartbreak Hill, the steep, half-mile incline at mile 20 in the race. While the 26.2-mile race takes runners downhill for much of the course, the late five-miles through Newton features a series of challenging hills. They will take off from Hopkinton, west of Boston, and look to finish on Boylston Street in Boston. ![]() More than 30,000 runners are entered in the 123rd annual race. Highs Monday afternoon are expected to reach the mid 60s. The temperature is expected to be in the upper 40s to 50 around the race’s 9 a.m. The National Weather Service has called for a period of showers with embedded heavy rain and possibly thunderstorms Sunday night that will continue into Monday afternoon. “It has been a month since the 100-mile race so I think I am OK,” McDermott said and laughed. ![]() He’s coming off a 100-mile race in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he averaged a 10-minute pace and finished fourth overall. For Jack McDermott, Boston will be his 225th marathon, including ultra-distances. ![]()
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