Even though I’m not running Boston this year, and will probably never have the privilege to run it again, I’m very excited for my running friends who are in Boston preparing to race this morning, especially those running it for the first time! Please join me in wishing them an amazing fun-filled race! My advice to anyone running Boston (who doesn’t have a chance to win or place in their age group) is to remember that they’ve already earned their spot in the Boston Marathon, and for them to take time to savor every. single. second. of the race. The day will fly by – enjoy it!
I’ve been blessed to qualify for the Boston Marathon at twenty races, and I made the trip up to Boston to run the race twice. If you’re interested you can read my throwback 1998 Boston Marathon recap and my 2010 Boston Marathon recap by clicking on the blue links.
To get you in the spirit for today’s race, I thought I’d give you a little Boston Marathon Quiz! The answers can be found at the bottom of the page.
Boston Marathon Quiz
While pondering the answers to the questions above, you can follow the course route from Hopkinton to Boston on the postcards below. Oops! Did I just give away one of the answers? About the postcards – in 1998, Adidas gave out this very cool postcard packet at the expo. Each card represents one of the towns runners run through on their way to Boston.
I love this saying!
In 2010 Adidas gave out these small poster boards for fans to make signs on the back to hold up for their runners. I still have my signs that my Cruisers friends held up for me when I passed.
So how do you think you did on the Boston Marathon quiz? Here are the answers…
Boston Marathon Quiz Answers
- Questions:
- Will you be able to watch the race today?
- What fun things did you do over the weekend?
- Did you race this weekend?
So cool that you got the chance to run Boston 2x. Most of us never will. Yay for Katherine Switzer 🙂
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It was very cool meeting Katherine Switzer at the Boston expo in 2010. I think I babbled some sort of thank you for paving the way for women when she first ran Boston.
No racing for me just yet – but I JUST started running for the first time in my life and I thought of you!! It’ll be a while before I’m attempting marathons, but I do love Boston if that helps at all?!
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Good for you, Claire! Start out slowly, and take walk breaks as needed. Hope you learn to enjoy running, and yes, it totally counts that you love the city of Boston. 🙂
I watched it in the pouring, freezing rain and LOVED every minute of it. The atmosphere there was pure electricity!
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So cool!
I don’t think I knew that you had qualified for Boston 20 times. That’s really something! Out of how many marathons total? I bet your percent of qualifying marathons has got to be higher than a lot of other marathoners who have qualified.
I qualified 20 times out of 40 marathons. If you go to my Race Results tab, you’ll see that my qualifying times were fewer and farther between as I got older. Mostly though, that was a result of me not training as hard, and running marathons as a social event.