BAA 5K report.

Thanks.  I am thinking about making my bibs into wallpaper in the garage when I get a new house.  Now they are in a book on a shelf.

I always get pretty giddy around big events that I am a part of.  It is kind of dorky for a 35 year old man but Boston Marathon Weekend is one of the events I get giddy about.  I have been a few times now and this year I was fortunate enough to be able to run the 5K.

When my wife asked what to expect in regard to time I had no clue.  The week before I ran a sub 24 minute 3 mile race and I did not think that a similar time would be possible due to the crowd but I was also not expecting to run the slowest 5K of my life.  There were not any corrals or time expectation markers for the 5000 registered runners.  I guess that I lined up too far back when I put myself in the middle of the pack.  Luckily, I really didn't care about the time and brought my camera to snap off a few pics.  I guess that is a good indicator of seriousness.  If you carry a camera, how concerned could you have been about being fast. 

Anyway, the day started off pretty cold and lickily the rain had stopped as we took the D train to the start.  My wife and two sons would have to find a place to hide as we raced.  Not having a watch kind of made me uneasy because I am used to knowing where I stand time wise and when we started, I didn't even look at the clock.  I was too excited to remember too.  There is not too much to tell about the whole thing.  It was very crowded and I did get a kick out of the people who kept weaving to improve their place.  They were jumping planters, running into traffic and simple cutting corners. 

Overall, the race was really cool.  I don't think that I stopped smiling the whole time.  Running a 5K with 5000 people was not so cool.  I kind of like my 100-300 people local races.  My finishing time was 28 and change so it took around a minute and a half to cross the start line.  The post race refreshments were fine and typical.  There was a medal the race shirt is really cool.  I would definitely do it again but it is not an annual must do. 

Here is a video of the last 1/4 mile or so.  The guy with the high squeaky voice must be running next to me.
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brcvxEnGT_s[/url]

At the start:
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About a half mile in:
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Somewhere:
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A few minutes after the finish:
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Near the harbor:
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Taken from the really cool childrens museum:
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 Congrats! Boston was great! Wish I could have ran the 5k!