Well, I finally did it....Qualified for Boston. I set out today with the goal to qualify, so I decided to run a very conservative race and meet this goal. I am so bad at writing these reports and unfortunetly, I did not wear a garmin and time splits have not yet been posted. I know that I ran the first half at a clock time of 1:40, and at the 20 mile mark I was at 2:36....at which point I figured that qualifying was well in my reach. At the 23 mile mark my time was 3:03. The weather was perfect with calm winds and sunshine. There was a field of about 4000 marathoners and about 19,000 participants in all, so the first 5 miles we were almost tripping over each other. I decided to stick with the 3:30 pacer, but after the field thinned out....around the 5 mile mark, I went alone and ran my own race. I'm thrilled to have finally qualified and now I will need to take my training to another level! ....very sad to hear that 3 people died today running this marathon....not much details available yet....very unfortunate.
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