Well, the Boston Marathon was a great experience. I finished in 3:01:33, my second slowest marathon I've ever run. My legs were just not working very well today. Oh well, that's how it goes sometimes. I was on track for 2:48 or so for a good while, but halfway through the race my calves were tightening up, and I just had to focus on finishing the race.
I still had a great time. This race is just so amazing. There are people everywhere. They cheer and scream like you wouldn't believe. I wore my Swedish shirt which has the letters "Sweden" and "Sverige" on it in big letters, and I felt like the crowd favourite. Everone seemed to cheer "Go Sweden!" all the wah from the start to the finish. Amazing experience.
Lance Armstrong ran just under 2:51, and reading the splits on the Boston Marathon website, I must have been ahead of him for a while although I never spotted him. He started ahead of me, with the elites. I was in corall 1.
Anyway, this race was a fantastic experience, and I highly recommend this marathon to anyone who is fit enough to qualify. I have never seen such a crowd along a marathon, simple unreal.
There were over 25,000 people running in this race. The second highest number of runners ever in the race, after the 100th anniversary in 1996.
By Robert Renman - www.dolphinstreet.com
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