I am excited for Rad, Smooth, and Michelle. I keep thinking of them and remembering my own Boston Marathon experience. Mostly I miss my BOS friends who made the experience top notch for me. It was a race I can always be proud of, though I could have cut off as many as 5 minutes for having stopped to pose for a photo with a friend and her husband on the BPD who had some PD friends hold up a race sign outside of Wellesley where she works as a professor. Also, I went way conservative on the hills 11 m/m with the hope of finishing strong--which I . Miles 23-24 were a great triumph for me (getting into town and around Boston college) I really turned on the heat and still had some in the tank. What I remember as I got closer to the finish, how people completely inconvenienced by the marathon looked as they tried to board the trains. They looked disgusted and peeved. I remember thinking, it's just another day in the life of Bostonians, meanwhile I'm doing the coolest thing I've ever done in this moment. I also considered what it might be like to grab a beer at mile 24 offered by one of the BC students. Really?? It was a funny gesture. But, what great memories and a respectable finishing time. | 