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To celebrate the 113th anniversary of the Boston marathon here’s a video my friend Anjum and I took when we ran in 2007. Waking up at four thirty am and driving over an hour through pouring rain and sleet was very foreboding. But once the race started, it was so fun we forgot it was 26.2 miles long. The highlight? Even though we ran as “bandits” we still got cool mylar blankets at the end!

If you want to keep up with today’s race here’s a link to people tweeting the marathon now: http://www.boston.com/sports/marathon/twitter/

And of course, if you don’t know it, read about the biggest cheater Rosie Ruiz. She got on the subway in 1980 and ended up winning the marathon! Of course they realized later, when she wasn’t out of breath and had a T card in her hand, that she’d cheated:
http://platial.com/post/41364

I’ve been training for the Boston Marathon of late and recently, having upped the number of miles I run, utilized google directions to avoid getting lost. To be completely honest I’m not even sure I can run a half marathon. The most I’ve ever run in a row is eight miles, but google isn’t buying it. In fact, they want to encourage me to become a tri-athlete. I put in Boston, MA to London (as a mistake, it came up on the drop down menu).


Thank you google for believing in me.

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