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uli
Apr 14, 12 10:33
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Now I'm getting excited. This could be my best shot ever to place in the Top100. Really folks, weather like that can bring excitement and opportunities like the tailwind last year. As triathletes, you guys know better how to deal with heat than runners because you run long distances during the summer.
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alcatraz
Apr 14, 12 12:14
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BAA Allowing runners to defer because of possible conditions:
http://www.boston.com/...unners_to_defer.html
"You can keep going and your legs might hurt for a week or you can quit and your mind will hurt for a lifetime."
Mark Allen - Ironman
feiny
Apr 14, 12 12:22
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What are folks here thinking? I'm on the fence about deferring!
alcatraz
Apr 14, 12 12:29
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If you are not going out to set a personal record , then just run a nice race ar a comfortable pace and enjoy the atmosphere you would otherwise miss if you were looking at your watch all day.
Besides you can always say you were there.
"You can keep going and your legs might hurt for a week or you can quit and your mind will hurt for a lifetime."
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uli
Apr 14, 12 12:45
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alcatraz wrote:
If you are not going out to set a personal record , then just run a nice race ar a comfortable pace and enjoy the atmosphere you would otherwise miss if you were looking at your watch all day.
Besides you can always say you were there.
x2
There are now even more reasons to run than not to. It's not like you wouldn't have to pay again next year. And if you _just_ about qualified, you wouldn't be worrying about your time anyway, right?
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Nasrettin Hoca
Apr 14, 12 17:19
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x 3
I was glad I ran the 2010 Queens Half in 86 degrees (30C), though it was about 15 minutes more than my normal time. As a benchmark of ability. I'd be very happy having done it were I doing Boston this year. From what I'm hearing, Boston will be about that.
Consensus seems to be, you're local without the travel overhead, then defer. Got hotels and flights invested? Do it.
knobjob
Apr 15, 12 3:49
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Deferring is for pussies. Is being a pussy what made you a boston qualifier? No. So just slow down and do the race. Boston generally isn't a PR course anyway. Enjoy the day and compete in the way it will allow.
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Apr 15, 12 6:49
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uli wrote:
I will run purely by feel. No watch.
This! Always good advice, but especially when running in weather you have haven't trained in. Of course, it does require some experience.
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mike anthony
Apr 15, 12 8:16
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Yea I already bought the jacket so in poker terms I'm pot committed.
Mad Jee
Apr 15, 12 8:31
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HAHA, x2.
And I took the tags off and threw away the receipt, so I've got to cross that finish line!
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knobjob
Apr 15, 12 15:57
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Just bumped into Lance in the lobby of my hotel. Looking fit and hanging with a couple of hotties. Like him or not, the dude is living the dream.
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Apr 15, 12 17:21
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I still have the jacket from 2007 which I dropped out of. I still wear it.
Rowleska
Apr 15, 12 17:38
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Definitely going for it tomorrow. Going out around 6:30 pace and re-evaluate at 18 miles if I have anything left After heartbreak hill I am bombing the rest. Shooting for sub 2:50.
I was just in phoenix last week running in 93 degree weather.
uli
Apr 15, 12 18:16
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JoeO wrote:
I still have the jacket from 2007 which I dropped out of. I still wear it.
Why not? You paid for it.
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uli
Apr 15, 12 18:16
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Yes, please. Do that.
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pkemp33
Apr 16, 12 6:39
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the elite women just hit the course, the elite mens race starts at 10am
http://universalsports.com/...athon-april-16-2012/
jackmott
Apr 16, 12 6:50
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knobjob wrote:
Just bumped into Lance in the lobby of my hotel. Looking fit and hanging with a couple of hotties. Like him or not, the dude is living the dream.
I wouldn't mind being as rich but I'm THANKFUL I'm not famous.
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Rambler
Apr 16, 12 6:53
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Who?
pkemp33
Apr 16, 12 6:54
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women's pace through 5k is 2 minutes slower than last year!
atl_runner
Apr 16, 12 7:19
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BAA Allowing runners to defer because of possible conditions:
http://www.boston.com/...unners_to_defer.html
Nice way to create artificial demand for next years race. I've run 4 hot marathons in 80+ degree weather.. not including Iron trots in 80+ Offering a deferment has pretty much eliminated the last shred of credibility that the BAA had with me. The best years of this race, are now in the rear view mirror. I ran the inaugural Georgia ING marathon where temps were 87, in March. No acclimatization was possible and the event ran out of water on the course. I still ran just a few minutes slower than goal.
jackmott
Apr 16, 12 7:20
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anyone know the guy in the lead?
what is he up to?
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MrTslab
Apr 16, 12 8:38
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jackmott wrote:
anyone know the guy in the lead?
what is he up to?
Tall, dark horse Matthew Kisorio
trimick
Apr 16, 12 9:21
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Holy sh&t Wes Korir just won Boston. What a race. This couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. I see him training and at local races here in Louisville. I can't wait to here about the race.
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FLA Jill
Apr 16, 12 9:43
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And nice finish for Jason Hartman in 4th. I remember when he was only the second best guy on his high school track & cross country teams.
CP78
Apr 16, 12 9:50
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Whats amazing is dudes 6"3 165, thats a pro triathletes physique! Would be cool to see what he could do in an Ironman, if he could bike, maybe do a sub 2:30 run.
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