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Boston Marathon 2016 (Apr 18)

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    #212
    Younganne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭Younganne


    I'm just back on line. Well done all, sounds like it got really difficult out there. Is ther a time for NeilC and murph?i don't have tracker here.

    edit, see the results now..


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    #213
    mbarr
    Registered Users Posts: 329 ✭✭mbarr


    Jesus that sounds like it was/is tough. Well done everyone.


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    #214
    Dubgal72
    Registered Users Posts: 4,272 ✭✭✭Dubgal72


    Oh man. Been popping in and out this evening. Absolutely gutted, what a day. Enjoy the beers and know we all feel your pain. And as Gavlor says, there's always Cork.....


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    #215
    annapr
    Registered Users Posts: 3,936 ✭✭✭annapr


    All happy and in a pub now... Verdict from everyone... Brutal course and conditions.

    Tough being a supporter too, was very worrying :p


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    #216
    Firedance
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,009 ✭✭✭Firedance


    annapr wrote: »
    All happy and in a pub now... Verdict from everyone... Brutal course and conditions.

    Tough being a supporter too, was very worrying :p

    anna pass on our best won't you?! well done guys! enjoy the beers


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    #217
    This Fat Girl Runs
    Registered Users Posts: 1,776 ✭✭✭This Fat Girl Runs


    Firedance wrote:
    anna pass on our best won't you?! well done guys! enjoy the beers


    I second that. Well done lads, I'm dead proud of you!


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    #218
    Firedance
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,009 ✭✭✭Firedance


    Firedance wrote: »
    serious amounts of HTFU going on here today, very proud of the guys for sticking to the finish despite everything

    I just want to say this again, once doesn't seem quite enough, for all of you, from all of us, we are very proud of the determination you showed today.


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    #219
    Gavlor
    Registered Users Posts: 6,179 ✭✭✭Gavlor


    Sums it up....

    https://twitter.com/onlyinbos/status/722138079138553857


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    #220
    Neady83
    Registered Users Posts: 2,038 ✭✭✭Neady83


    Firedance wrote: »
    I just want to say this again, once doesn't seem quite enough, for all of you, from all of us, we are very proud of the determination you showed today.

    +++++1 to this. Serious grit and determination showed out there today, I can't even begin to imagine the mental strength that it took to finish that race in those conditions. Each and every one of you that crossed the line, take a bow.


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    #221
    hillsiderunner
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭hillsiderunner


    Feckin sunshine :(.

    Well done to all of you in those conditions. One to chalk up to experience. Enjoy the downtime for the next day or two...


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    #222
    Murph_D
    Registered Users Posts: 10,454 ✭✭✭✭Murph_D


    Great to see this thread finally came alive! :pac:

    It was certainly an experience out there. The conditions seemed to come out of nowhere. I was hosed by 10k myself, it was just a grind from there to the finish that got slower and slower. You had to laugh really in the end. The whole second half race felt like an LSR from back in the 2012 novice marathon days. Survival was the order of the day really by 13 miles. Seriously impressive performance by Paulie in the conditions. Thanks for all the online support!


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    #223
    Runner2012
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭Runner2012


    Brutal out there. Started in wave 3 at
    10.50 So pretty much got the worst of the heat. The wind was something else.

    Crowd support was Incredible - boston puts on some show
    #bostonstrong


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    #224
    PaulieC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,193 ✭✭✭PaulieC


    Murph_D wrote: »
    Great to see this thread finally came alive! :pac:

    It was certainly an experience out there. The conditions seemed to come out of nowhere. I was hosed by 10k myself, it was just a grind from there to the finish that got slower and slower. You had to laugh really in the end. The whole second half race felt like an LSR from back in the 2012 novice marathon days. Survival was the order of the day really by 13 miles. Seriously impressive performance by Paulie in the conditions. Thanks for all the online support!

    Were you wearing a blue singlet ?


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    #225
    Murph_D
    Registered Users Posts: 10,454 ✭✭✭✭Murph_D


    No, had the Cru vest on. The "Go, Crusader!" shouts kept me in it for a good while.


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    #226
    RedRunner
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    Well done everyone. Jeez that looks tough.


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    #227
    Bulmers74
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    Gavlor wrote: »
    Sums it up....

    https://twitter.com/onlyinbos/status/722138079138553857

    Thought that was the 3:40 DCM pacing crew of 2014!


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    #228
    adrian522
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 16,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭adrian522


    RacoonQueen wrote: »
    DNF for the exile

    No injury at least.
    - no injury just didn't feel right from first mile and just ended up over heated and out of gas. Nowhere to hide on that course


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    #229
    Slogger Jogger
    Registered Users Posts: 5,441 ✭✭✭Slogger Jogger


    Paddy O'Leary from these shores, Co. Wexford, to be exact ran a great Boston marathon. 2:37 despite the tough conditions. 103th overall. Listed as USA in the entrants but as Irish as you get. Was a 'warm-up' for a 100k ultra he is doing in a couple of weeks :eek:


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    #230
    annapr
    Registered Users Posts: 3,936 ✭✭✭annapr


    Gavlor wrote: »
    Sums it up....

    https://twitter.com/onlyinbos/status/722138079138553857

    I think FBOT was just behind that guy, he was spotted in some of the photos...


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    #231
    Gavlor
    Registered Users Posts: 6,179 ✭✭✭Gavlor


    annapr wrote: »
    I think FBOT was just behind that guy, he was spotted in some of the photos...

    Did they come back to pick him up??!!








    Too soon maybe....


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    #232
    demfad
    Registered Users Posts: 3,182 ✭✭✭demfad


    annapr wrote: »
    I think FBOT was just behind that guy, he was spotted in some of the photos...


    Is that the young man who was second in Annacurra a few years ago Slogger?

    Solid progress if so.


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    #233
    FBOT01
    Registered Users Posts: 2,447 ✭✭✭FBOT01


    Cheers Folks for all the virtual support and good wishes. The potential commentary on here did come into my mind on a couple of occasions as the race progressed.

    As you all know by now it turned out to be very hot on the day. Too hot for me and my race turned into a death march after 10m when my hips locked up. But it was Boston and the support was like nothing I have every experienced and after 20m or so when I accepted that there was nothing I could do to change the outcome the support made the pain bearable. None more so than our own crew of cheerleaders in mile 24. It would be wrong to say I ended up enjoying it but I certainly ended up embracing it....even threw in a few airplanes on the finishing straight for the crowd. They played a big part in getting me that far so felt obliged to give something back ;)

    Will post all the gory detail over on my log in the coming days.

    Thanks again.


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    #234
    Slogger Jogger
    Registered Users Posts: 5,441 ✭✭✭Slogger Jogger


    demfad wrote: »
    Is that the young man who was second in Annacurra a few years ago Slogger?

    Solid progress if so.

    Yep. Won Powerscourt ridge through the bog wearing hokas aswell :rolleyes:


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    #235
    yaboya1
    Registered Users Posts: 4,610 ✭✭✭yaboya1


    Thanks for all the support.

    Reading back on the in-running commentary on this is hilarious, especially the numerous sightings of Murph_D wearing a blue t-shirt in Wave 2.

    He was still waiting to start the race in Wave 3 while people were picking him out on tv :D.

    I hope he's never asked to participate in a police line up. I shudder to think of the consequences.....


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    #236
    tang1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,121 ✭✭✭tang1


    tang1 wrote: »
    Tall dude in shades and blue singlet, not Murph.

    Not everyone was fooled P!!


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    #237
    Younganne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭Younganne


    tang1 wrote: »
    Not everyone was fooled P!!

    Ever consider changing jobs. . . .You'd make a great Detective!!;)


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    #238
    Firedance
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,009 ✭✭✭Firedance


    Younganne wrote: »
    Ever consider changing jobs. . . .You'd make a great Detective!!;)

    Ha, yer man looked nothing like Murph - no special skills involved in sussing that out :D


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    #239
    tang1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,121 ✭✭✭tang1


    Firedance wrote: »
    Ha, yer man looked nothing like Murph - no special skills involved in sussing that out :D

    Didn't see you pointing it out it wasn't him, in fact didn't you say the stream wouldn't work for you!!


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    #240
    Firedance
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,009 ✭✭✭Firedance


    tang1 wrote: »
    Didn't see you pointing it out it wasn't him, in fact didn't you say the stream wouldn't work for you!!

    its one post above yours detective tang!


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    #241
    tang1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,121 ✭✭✭tang1


    Firedance wrote: »
    its one post above yours detective tang!

    Good job on editing the post!!


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