OK, time to be inspired...and have a giggle. For days after the Boston Marathon I live in a positive vibe orbit. Here are a few pictures for inspiration and...poking some fun.
Here's the women's lead pack. Look how cute Kara Goucher is! I have to tell you that Selina Kosgei, the woman who won, looked so incredible at mile 10 that I wrote down her number. (Can't see her here, but she was on Tune's right, behind Goucher.) I said to my husband, "we have to see where she finishes." She was tucked in out of the wind, and running unlike any of the other women in terms of form and effort. Sub-6' mile, looked like a jog.
I thought this was a cool picture that my husband was able to get, up close in the women's lead pack.
The men's lead pack takes my breath away. Robert Cheryiot last year almost made me cry with the speed with which he ran by. This year, he looked tired-er. Ryan Hall looked great, but ran upfront the entire day, breaking the wind, and using energy. Kara did the same. That took a toll, I'm sure.
Look at the speed here--and this is the B men's lead back. They were quite a bit behind the big dogs. This is the marathon--mile 10, not a 5K. Unreal.
Now, not only we mere mortals have bad form. I mean what is this woman doing??? She looked like was running and doing the chicken dance! She looked really, really weird. I can't believe she can keep up a truly bizarre form, and still run a 2:47:07. She 47 and was 3rd masters. I dunno, as fast as I wish I were, I'm not sure I'd want to look like that running down the road!
Now this adorable girl runnerlooked like a spoof of someone trying to run really fast. Imagine a leaning-back speedwalker with a big loping stride. She is gonna get hurt. That form cannot be good. She, however, ran 3:12. Fix that form, and she can go sub 3!
Boston Marathon day is a highlight of my year. This year we watched for a few hours at mile 10, then made it into the city to cheer at the finish on Boylston Street. It's a fantastic sea of humanity swarming across the finish for hours on end. I can't get enough of it.
