Hi-larious! I especially liked the remark about the female runners having to start with the "wheelchair people" ahead of time!

Any news on what the weather might be like Monday? Is it warm now? Rainy?

The last few days have been freezing. It was kinda neat, on Tuesday it was about 85. Then on Wednesday at about 3pm it was also about 85. But then by Wednesday evening, it had dropped about 45 degrees! In four hours!

So the last few days it's been high-30s. It's supposed to be in the mid-50s though for the next few days, so you should be alright. I don't think there's any rain forecast either. But it's New England, things could change real fast...

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five beers and at least 25 inappropriate comments.

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And Heartbreak Hill -- a punishing uphill climb near the Boston College campus, kicking off the final six miles of the race -- is appealing if you want to watch exhausted runners throwing up and defecating on themselves.

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Q: Why is it that you can't buy most products unless they have tamper-proof packaging, but when you run the marathon, you eagerly accept oranges and water from complete strangers who might be raging psychopaths?

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Then again, I'm not sure I understand the marathon thing, or triathalons, or any of those things. Anything that causes your toenails to fall off and dehydrates your body to the point where you lose control of your bowels ... well, that isn't high on my "things to do" list. That's just me.

DAMN!

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Why use wheelchairs that nobody would ever use in any sort of a real-life situation? Does anyone else think about this stuff?

This guy's brutal.

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About 20 seconds later, the second group of male runners come flying by ... or as my Dad always jokes, "Here come the white guys!"

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it's probably the only time you can openly goggle women without their "Somebody's checking me out" radar kicking in. What a beautiful thing. Whoops, am I talking out loud?

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And yet Bostonians have this one thing that nobody else in the country has -- a random day off in the middle of April, when it's finally getting warm and we can spend a guilt-free afternoon outside. Maybe the only day of the year when everyone in Boston is having fun at once. Well, except for the people running the damned thing.

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3. During the '92 Marathon, back when I was a college senior, we drove down from Worcester to support two of my running roommates -- Nez and Night Train -- from my Dad's house off Route 16. Two-plus hours into the race, they reached our group and stopped for a few minutes, looked at everyone eating and drinking, then simultaneously said, "Screw it, why are we doing this?" And they stopped running right there. Five minutes later, they were eating sandwiches and drinking beer. A classic moment in Peer Pressure History. Brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it.

Maybe if we're lucky, when Lara gets home, she'll let us know if she lost control of her bowels in front of the Boston crowd or any of her toenails fell off!

Dangit, another long post typed out only to disappear when I hit "post reply." The short of it is that I had to drop out at mile 22, after Heartbreak Hill, when my nagging adductor injury left me unable to lift my right leg. Oh well. Got a free tram ride back! So close, but so far. I think I'm going to heal up and try another one in the fall.

It was fun meeting Vin, anyway, and running through the Wellesley area--so many shrieking ladies...

Gotta re-hydrate this week in time to face the desert heat at Coachella Saturday!

I'm not usually as fun as a crowd of shrieking ladies but I try.

I didn't realize Coachella was so soon! Can't wait to hear all about it.

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Originally posted by draconian I had to drop out at mile 22, after Heartbreak Hill, when my nagging adductor injury left me unable to lift my right leg. close, but so far. I think I'm going to heal up and try another one in the fall. Gotta re-hydrate this week in time to face the desert heat at Coachella Saturday!

Drac is hard-core..:o:D

On my search of a picture of beer to tell draconian that "yes, we will all be re-hydrating this weekend" I found the picture above.

The really funny thing is what they say it can be used for on their website; http://www.rocketpacks.de/




1. Beer
   
2. Cola
   
3. Coffee
   
4. Shower Gel
   

Shower Gel?

I thought it was a bong..:D