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Boston Marathon 2015
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ThebitterLemon wrote: »When you get to our age Murph there's never a good year to get injured
Congrats to the lads hope they enjoy the afters.
TbL
+1. Enjoy the few beers or whatever your chosen treat is. Have a good one!0 -
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NetwerkErrer wrote: »Blokic finished in 3.38:17. Really slowed over the last 15k. Hopefully it wasn't a recurrence of his injury.
Anyone know how drq and opus finished up?
Really slowed is right! More like a catastrophic collapse! :pac: Thankfully the injury held up fine
BUT the lack of hill training and horrible conditions softened me up over the last 15km. It actually feels parallel to diggers run here in 2013 now I recall. You can read and analyse all you want about the course but you really don't envisage how much the undulation takes out of your legs, particularly your quads until you do it and that was my supposed "easy" pace!
To the lads who PB'd it was really an awesome run as I reckon Monday was at least 5 minutes slower than a flat calm course.Yeah that's what DrQ told me too, though he told me he was planning about 3:35 so he actually went a bit faster than he predicted. Must have been influenced by Blockic!!
I will have you know that not once was 3:35 mentioned to me by the doctor himself! :pac: But boy do I wish I set off at that pace now!0 -
Well everybody - what a brilliant weekend in Boston. Once again the course got the better of me. Target was 2:57 odd and went through half way in low 1:28 which was at the quicker end of my plan. 2 years ago I had to really work on the Newton hills to try and stay on pace but this time I took my time going up and crested Heartbreak exactly on time for sub 2:58. Once again though I couldn't pick up the pace over the last 4 miles and lost the guts of 3 mins to finish in 3:01. Was shouting expletives out loud in the last 2k as even sub 3 disappeared. Never felt so miserable at the end of a race but had a serious drinking session after.
Can't wait to give Boston another go. The unique challenge of the course is some drug and I'm not yet satisfied!
Had a brilliant time with the lads and thanks to Dr.Q and serious well done to opus and Ger on the PBs.0 -
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Meant to post earlier...shame we missed DrQ in this as he had to leave a little early.
Well done all!
Actually beginning to think that DrQ doesn't actually exist - just a figment of the collective boards imagination who takes many forms depending on who is doing the imagining - hero so some, villain to others but never fails to draw an opinion ......0 -
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Actually beginning to think that DrQ doesn't actually exist - just a figment of the collective boards imagination who takes many forms depending on who is doing the imagining - hero so some, villain to others but never fails to draw an opinion ......
The Mr Snuffleupagus of Boards Kit
TbL0 -
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Carta, 2.48.05 I don't think he was even doing marathon focused training as he has Badwater on the horizon. What a bloke. Took up this running lark about 6 years ago with no background in it. To give you an idea of his attitude, a few months ago he was asked to do a charity boxing match. Yep, says he. Does it: Wins!! Never put on a boxing glove before.
Small place the US is, I was talking to the very man in the tent in Hopkinton when we were all huddled together trying to keep warm! He was totally unassuming & my jaw hit the floor when I found out he was doing Badwater! Glad to hear he had a good run (was there ever a doubt?).SureWhyNot! wrote: »I'd say the weather had a major effort. For those of us coming in between 2:50 and 3 hours the weather really took a turn for the last 10k, temperature dropped, rain picked up and the course turned directly into the wind. They predicted the harshest conditions since the 2007 deluge and probably got it.
Yup I've still got the image in my head when I got to the top of some random hill in Newton & hit the headwind full on for the first time. To be fair the start was grand as we were worried it was going to be crap from the get go. The gang running in the later starting waves has a much worst time of it tbh as they would have the nasty weather for much longer.
Thanks be to jebus for the ponchos as it would have been touch & go to make the long walk to get the gear in Boston Common otherwise. I had to get one of the volunteers to peel a banana for me as my hands just wouldn't work. Particularly enjoyed changing in the middle of the little bandstand by the bag tents but beggars can't be choosers, at least it was mostly out of the rain.Actually beginning to think that DrQ doesn't actually exist - just a figment of the collective boards imagination who takes many forms depending on who is doing the imagining - hero so some, villain to others but never fails to draw an opinion ......
He's just like Keyser Söze in The Usual Suspects
It was a great event with a good bunch of people from boards. We even got to meet a few people who didn't run - Oryx, Dory Dory & DukeofDromada. Congrats to Ger on the new pb!
And of course huge thanks to DrQ who took great care of us and made it into a great weekend! Hopefully he'll be over his injury soon & back tearing up the roads.
Two things to finish, Heartbreak hill is nothing to get excited about despite all the hype & despite much pressure from my fellow runners I did not purchase the almost obligatory jacket! Just got home this evening and I don't seem to be suffering any buyers remorse 0 -
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