The Run

Weel, someone please pass me my Humble Pie! I had a great time with this race. This was by far the most noise making crowd of any race! The people are great and the course was well organized as it should be. The world record was set today here. The weather was perfect and the wind was idea. However, I did run my worst marathon ever and the pain was grueling. It was just not my day. You have to take what life gives you sometimes. I knew it was over for me at mile 8 I just didnt have any gas from the get go. When its hurting at 8 thats not good in the Marathon. My time was 3 hours 16 seconds. I went out well but it was not there for me today. I am very pumped that I got to run this one, not many do. 2013 I will return, I will run a qualifier next year. I got beef with the race now. Paul George ran a 3.15...WOW! Ryan Henderson Ran very well also. Thanks for all the support, it was a great experience!

Happy Running,

Dale

Final Prep

I always get a little nervous about the distance of a Marathon. I know I have put in the work but a 26.2 mile run is a little different than say a 10k. I came across a quote that nails it on the head for the Marathon. "Marathoning is like cutting yourself unexpectedly. You dip into the pain so gradually that the damage is done before you are aware of it. Unfortunately, when awareness comes, it is excruciating." John Farrington, Australian marathoner. I ran my last mile of today's run at a 6.10, It felt good. My last two runs will come tomorrow (5 miles) and Friday(3 miles). I am just noticing that each wave is also sectioned off into corrals. I am in wave 1, corral 1 which is bib numbers 101-999. I would like to finish in the top 1000. That would be a good first Boston. In terms of media coverage, the Boston Marathon is the second biggest single-day sporting event in the U.S., just behind the Super Bowl. 500,000 spectators are expected to line the course in 2011. The temperature looks fine to me (41-55). The Village will be a little chilly waiting on the start but I got some good stuff for that. (Thanks Bryan Lagg). Mississippi has plenty of representation. I will not go into all the names but you can find them on www.baa.org. Good luck to each of you! For tracking the runners as they run the race on Monday, you can go to www.baa.org and put in there name and it will show how they are doing each 5k I think. My number is 699. I will not point no fingers but if the race starts at 10am, you can start tracking at 9am. Yes, folks Boston is an hour ahead :) As far as the picture, dont know I just like it!


WAVE 1 – RED BIBS – 10:00 A.M. START
Corral Number Bib Numbers
1 101 – 999
2 1,000 – 1,999
3 2,000 – 2,999
4 3,000 – 3,999
5 4,000 – 4,999
6 5,000 – 5,999
7 6,000 – 6,999
8 7,000 – 7,999
9 8,000 – 8,999

Less than 2 weeks

At this time in 2 weeks, my legs will be totally spent and the Boston Marathon will be complete with a new PR (Hopefully). Running has been good. I have ran a few semi hard 5ks lately. I know I am not in 5k speed shape but man a 5.30 pace felt relaxing. I know this is a good sign. Hopefully the weather will turn out in the runners favor. That really dont matter though. I think I am prepared for it all. Wind, rain, hot temps and cold ones! People keep telling me, "its cold in Boston", I dont care folks. I ran a hot marathon (70s) and a cold one (-8 wind chill factor). 2.45 is still the goal. Got a dress rehearsal next week and the racing shoes are broke in. Lace up and toe the line, thats all thats left :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rFx6OFooCs