Boston Marathon

I had a great trip to Boston and racing in the elite women's race was a great experience for me!

The first Half was heaps of fun and felt really easy...i flew through the first 10km in 36.05 & the Half-Marathon in 78.29 trying to stay as relaxed as i could.

I wish i could report similar for the second half :-)

The next mile after half-way was a pretty steep downhill and i felt my quads cramping pretty badly. They continued to get worse and worse and pretty much both my quads were wrecked well before i got to anywhere near the infamous Newton Hills!

It is well known how much i dislike running up hills but for the first time in my life i actually LOVED the UPHILL sections (because they were the only parts where my quads stopped screaming at me!) -ha ha!

I spent the second half of the race waiting for one of my quads to rip off...but unfortunately neither did and i had to keep running to the finish!

I was pretty happy to make it to the finish line in one piece...and with a marathon pb too ;-) 2.44.19

Damian (my husband) and i both loved Boston. It is definitely one of our favourite cities that we have visited in the USA. We went to Legal Seafood after the race which was great and the next day spent the day walking the Freedom Trail (Damian had to lift me up and down the steps!), and we had fun checking out the Boston Common and the Quincy Market and Cheers too. We got to meet Bill Rodgers which was definitely a highlight for me. If you ask Damian he would probably say it was the pizza from Regina's Pizza (the oldest Pizza house in the States)

My best advice for anyone planning to run Boston next year would definitely be to make sure you practice plenty of DOWNHILL RUNNING before you go!!! That is if you want to be able to walk downstairs, squat...or be able to sit on a toilet seat after the race...none of which i am able to do currently :-)