1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,280 This episode has been sponsored by a generation. 2 00:00:02,280 --> 00:00:05,360 You can more about our sponsor later on in the show. 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:09,320 You're listening to episode 205 of the Marathon Running Podcast. 4 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:12,880 In this episode, we're going to do a Boston Marathon weekend 5 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:23,480 getaway recap. This is the Marathon Running 6 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,040 podcast by Letty and Ryan from We Got the Runs. 7 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,360 Join us in our running community for weekly content that is 8 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:33,160 motivational, educational, and inspirational, and let the 9 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:36,000 Marathon Running podcast take you from the starting line to 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:43,240 the finish line and beyond. It's a lot of words in there. 11 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:46,840 Hey renders, and welcome to episode 205. 12 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:48,720 My name is Letty. My name is Ryan. 13 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:52,760 And we are back here, back on the pod to do one of my favorite 14 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:56,840 type of episodes, which is a race recap slash marathon 15 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,800 weekend getaway recap. And today, apparently we're 16 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,879 having extra long titles and we're abbreviating podcasts with 17 00:01:04,879 --> 00:01:06,400 pod. Oh, did I say POD? 18 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,600 Yeah, that's fetch. Get it? 19 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:12,200 Mean Girls. No, but OK. 20 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:15,600 Anyway, if you are new to this podcast, thank you for tuning 21 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:17,200 in. I promise we will cut the jokes 22 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,080 now. And if you are back, then I 23 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:21,800 mean, if you're not new, if you're thinking. 24 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:22,880 If you're old, you're just like us. 25 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:27,560 And if you're a return listener, thank you so much for tuning 26 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:30,960 back in. We appreciate your loyalty. 27 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:34,080 And your comments and when you find us on races and you say hi. 28 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,160 Yes, you send us messages. A couple of people during the 29 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,360 race said hello to me. That was kind of cool. 30 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,720 You got to remember names to give shout outs next time. 31 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,640 Yeah, absolutely. I actually am making a YouTube 32 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,920 video because I had brought my little Insta 360 go to camera 33 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:55,280 and you can have all of this with images on our YouTube 34 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,280 channel by Wednesday. You better get to work. 35 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,040 Yeah, I will. So you want to go through the 36 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:05,800 standard procedure of race recaps and start with your trip 37 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,800 out to Boston. Yes, so this was my trip to the 38 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:14,040 128th annual Boston Marathon. As you check your medal to see 39 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:16,920 if you're accurately describing the marathon. 40 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:18,360 I'm proud of myself for doing so. 41 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:23,680 Yes, the 128th version of this marathon, this time presented by 42 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,040 Bank of America instead of Sean Hancock. 43 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:28,280 This is the new sponsor. It's hard to tell in the metal 44 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,800 if it's the Boston Marathon or the Bank of America Marathon. 45 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,560 You know, there's a lot of memes going around with that. 46 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:38,200 People were not enthusiastic about the new logo and the 47 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,880 change of the metal looks quite different than the old medals. 48 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,080 But you know what? We evolve so. 49 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:47,520 Made in the USAA 100% recycled materials. 50 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:49,200 Just like the jacket. Is it really? 51 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:50,080 Yeah. Jacket too. 52 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,160 That was the claim opinion was the jacket for the last couple 53 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,600 of years. So the 128th Boston Marathon or 54 00:02:55,600 --> 00:03:00,720 Lettie's third Boston Marathon? Third plus one virtual that took 55 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,480 place in Florida. And so you've had experience 56 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:08,600 with this one before, so quickly describe your trip out there and 57 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:10,760 getting settled into Boston. All right. 58 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,680 So I don't know about quickly. OK, so everyone grab your 59 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:15,840 coffee, get a comfy chair because this is going to last a 60 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,720 while. On the first day of flying out 61 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:22,240 to Boston, I had a four hour delay spend quite a bit of time 62 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:26,960 at the airport to fly out. On Thursday evening, I arrived 63 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:30,200 in Boston at 1:00 in the morning instead of 9:00 PM. 64 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,320 Which sucked, right? You kind of want to sleep the 65 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,280 days before the marathon and that didn't happen. 66 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,520 He get in super late. Luckily our friend Wes lives in 67 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:43,000 Boston doing locums and he was super nice. 68 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,400 Thank you, Wes, if you're listening and picked me up from 69 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:50,680 the airport and allowed me to stay the night at his place the 70 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:54,880 very first night so I could check into my hotel on Friday 71 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:56,960 morning. Was it good to see Wes again? 72 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,000 Wes is like your old running partner he used to run with all 73 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,360 the time here. It was, Wes has been one of my 74 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,800 closest friends since moving to Florida, so it was kind of sad 75 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,640 to see him go. But then he happens to go to all 76 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:09,480 these places I traveled to. You know, he was in Austin last 77 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,040 year when I went to Austin and now he just happened to be in 78 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,160 Boston. So that was kind of practical 79 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,600 and of course, super awesome to see him on the way to his place. 80 00:04:17,959 --> 00:04:21,079 We got lost a couple of times because we were chatting. 81 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,640 Oh my gosh, that's you and him together are like the worst for 82 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,240 directions huh? One time it took us 8 hours to 83 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:28,440 drive back from Miami. Said I'll tell you something, 84 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:33,440 but it took us about little bit more than an hour to get to his 85 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,040 place. At 1:00 AM. 86 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:37,880 At 1:00 AM so went to bed around 2:00 in the morning. 87 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,200 But you know me, I don't need a lot of sleep. 88 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:44,400 I woke up very happy and like I said, headed to the Sheraton 89 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,080 which was my hotel for the weekend. 90 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,080 I always booked my room through a marathon tours. 91 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,480 They had a room available at 8:30 in the morning, which was 92 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:56,120 awesome because you know how I like to unpack when I get 93 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,080 somewhere just to make it feel like home? 94 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,360 I was able to do that right away before getting the day started. 95 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:03,520 Yeah, it's usually, it's unusual cause usually they don't let you 96 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:07,760 check in until 3:00 or so. But so before you describe your 97 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:12,040 weekend, why don't you give a visual map? 98 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,600 I'm a visual person. I haven't been to the Boston 99 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,640 Marathon. Maybe other listeners have not 100 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:20,400 either give a visual map to kind of give them an idea of what's 101 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,000 what the layout is and then when you talk about these places, 102 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:28,080 it'll be more make more sense. Yeah, so everything in the 103 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:32,000 Boston Convention Center area, the Highness Convention Center 104 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:36,600 where the Expo took place, everything I'm talking about is 105 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,600 within probably 1/2 mile radius around it. 106 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:41,600 And that's the beautiful part. And that's what I love about 107 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:42,960 Boston. Nothing is spread out. 108 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:46,080 Everything is literally walkable, like within a half a 109 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:48,600 mile radius. I think that helps, at least for 110 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,360 myself, to get a better picture of like, you know, try to 111 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:53,800 visualize what's going on. Yes, yes, yes. 112 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:56,600 There are three buildings that are interconnected by sky 113 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:01,160 bridges, which is the Sheraton Hotel, Marriott Hotel and Westin 114 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:03,800 Hotel. All of those are available 115 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:07,040 through marathon tours for discounted rates when people 116 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,040 book them. That's right next to the 117 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,360 Convention Center. It's actually connected to it as 118 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:13,200 well. And the Convention Center is 119 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,520 located on Boylston Street, which is also where the finish 120 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:19,240 line is. So that is probably .2 or so 121 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,440 miles in distance, probably not more than that. 122 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:27,280 Parallel to Boylston Street. If you Look North, there is 123 00:06:27,280 --> 00:06:30,160 Newbury Street, which is the street that we're going to talk 124 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,120 about, where all the pop up events are happening, where all 125 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:37,720 the brands have their little locations and little stores. 126 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:40,920 So Google it or keep it in your mind and then you can have a 127 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,120 better understanding of where lady is. 128 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,760 Yes. So I walked over from my hotel 129 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,920 to the place where the press conference was held. 130 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:53,240 I wanted to capture the press conference on video because as 131 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,080 you guys may know, we are starting a YouTube channel. 132 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,400 I wanted to have the press conference available for that, 133 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:00,760 which I did. It was a lot of fun. 134 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:04,760 It was cool to see all these amazingly fast athletes, connect 135 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:08,880 with them and see them speak. It was also great to see Jack 136 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,920 Fleming, who is the CEO of the Boston Marathon, talk about, you 137 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:14,040 know, the new partnership with Bank of America and all the 138 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,360 progress that he and his staff have been making. 139 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,400 So that was really, really cool. So if you want to see that. 140 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:22,920 Then go to our YouTube channel, which I guess I'll link in our 141 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:25,080 show notes, right? And it's also called the 142 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,080 Marathon Running Podcast. Yes, it is. 143 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,680 OK, so after press conferences, did you go to Expo? 144 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,800 Yes and no. I went towards the Convention 145 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:38,400 Center where the Expo was taking place, but I only went to go 146 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:42,040 pick up my bib. Reason being that my roommates, 147 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:46,080 the Canadians, were arriving and they were arriving via car, so I 148 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:47,760 had to be able to give them a key. 149 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,360 So I only made time to go pick up the bib. 150 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:53,960 At that time. On Friday, it was not busy to 151 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:55,720 pick up the bib. The Expo probably wouldn't have 152 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:57,440 been busy either. So that was all that. 153 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:02,360 And so, Larry, after your first visit to the Expo on Friday, 154 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:05,720 what else happened? So then I met up with my friend 155 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:09,520 Min, who was having lunch with his friends, and I joined them 156 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:13,440 at Wagamama, which is also the, you know, Heinz Convention 157 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,160 Center. And it was delicious food. 158 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:20,360 From there we went to Tracksmith and a couple of other stores on 159 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:23,680 Newbury Street because that's where all the pop ups are 160 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:25,920 located. There's pop up vendors. 161 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:28,280 Yes, there's pop up vendors, all the brands come in. 162 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:33,880 It's almost like the Expo has been more exclusively held to 163 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:38,360 just selling Adidas stuff and so all the other brands instead of 164 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:43,000 purchasing a booth in an area of the Expo where they could, given 165 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,880 how expensive those booths are booths are. 166 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,160 Say booths like five times fast. Booth, booth, booth, booth, 167 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,280 booth. Given how expensive the booth 168 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:56,160 are, most brands now just go to Newberry Streets. 169 00:08:56,160 --> 00:09:00,320 There's a chain called Marathon Sports and they have different 170 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:03,840 locations that have different brands inside of the store and a 171 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:06,280 lot of the brands had pop up stores there. 172 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,000 That's kind of interesting. It's like a maybe an inside 173 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:17,160 story of rebellion against the costs of or the hierarchy and 174 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:18,600 the Expo. Yeah. 175 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,880 So the yeah, yeah, no, yeah, I agree 100%. 176 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:25,400 And it kind of makes it fun because it's literally all of 177 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,760 Newbury streets. And there was a Nike van, which 178 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:30,400 was kind of funny. They would see you walk by if 179 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:32,640 you were not wearing Nikes. They would offer to take your 180 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:34,440 shoes and give you a pair of Nikes. 181 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:37,000 For free. Yeah, I mean they take your 182 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,320 shoe. Interesting. 183 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:40,760 That's like a lot of sales tactic there. 184 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:43,080 Yeah, they tried to get my hookahs off my feet too. 185 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:45,080 Really. Yeah, they did. 186 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:49,360 But I was not willing to to trade my shoes in. 187 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,120 You also would see the Tracksmith van. 188 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,160 There was an ASICS van. I mean there was a lot of stuff 189 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:56,960 going on besides just the pop ups. 190 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:01,240 And so after we attended or after we visited some of the pop 191 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:05,760 up stores, we were signed up to play bingo. 192 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:07,120 What? Kind of bingo, was it? 193 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:11,360 It was bingo, hosted by ASICS, and that was a lot of fun. 194 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:13,760 So you walked into that place, you had to show your 195 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:15,920 reservations. I almost wasn't allowed to go in 196 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:17,360 because I couldn't find my e-mail. 197 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:21,840 But then they reluctantly let me in after I reset my password. 198 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:24,480 It was really weird. But once in, it was kind of 199 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:26,000 cool. They had a ton of food. 200 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:30,000 They had mocktails, they had all kinds of things, and like I 201 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,280 said, they had bingo, so it was a really cool event. 202 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:34,480 Would the bingo winners win shoes? 203 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,720 They won gift certificates by ASICS. 204 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:39,040 Oh. That's probably even better. 205 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,000 Yeah, by whatever you want. Exactly. 206 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:46,000 So after after bingo. After two rounds of bingo. 207 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:48,640 Did you guys all do the old person thing and go right to 208 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:50,400 sleep? No, I. 209 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:52,120 Get the early bird special at the restaurant. 210 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:55,080 You know what, Ryan? I forced myself the entire 211 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:57,960 weekend to do stuff late at night because I felt like when 212 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:01,960 I'm at home I go to bed at 8:30 or at least we laid down so 213 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:03,960 early. So I made myself stay up till 214 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:05,960 like one time even after midnight. 215 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:08,800 Wow, I know. I mean the first day you stayed 216 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,720 up till 2:00 AM and then you stayed up till 11:30. 217 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:16,360 I don't think it was that late, but I mean, maybe it was like 218 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:20,880 10. So after after bingo, we decided 219 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:27,080 to go back to Newberry St. and there I met with, you know, our 220 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,480 guy from You can. As you guys know, we have a 221 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,280 sponsorship right now with You can. 222 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:35,360 So I met there with him. I saw some of the hookah people 223 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:38,720 and all sorts of other brands. There were shakeouts being 224 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:42,320 hosted at the time. There was a party going on 225 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:46,200 downstairs with a live DJ. It was all, it was all fun and 226 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:48,600 really good vibes. So we hung out there for a 227 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:52,200 while, looked at some of the, you know, things they were 228 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:57,200 selling, etcetera. And after that we decided to 229 00:11:57,680 --> 00:12:00,720 look at the finish line. The finish line in Boston always 230 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:03,680 is being painted on like Wednesday or Thursday before the 231 00:12:03,680 --> 00:12:06,120 marathon. So it's like fresh yellow and 232 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:09,400 blue paint on the street. We're walking towards that and 233 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:13,320 saw the infamous St. Crossing signs. 234 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:16,320 You know when you're running the marathon, they always say turn 235 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,200 right on her Fort and left on Boylston. 236 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,480 When you hear that, they even have shirts that say that you 237 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:25,880 know you're you're towards the finish line and you finished in 238 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:28,160 the marathon. So we took pictures over there 239 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,000 and went to the finish line to check it out. 240 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:32,400 Nice. How was it? 241 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:35,200 It was great. They were playing music there, 242 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,000 so it was kind of cool, you know, people were hanging out. 243 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:42,040 I ran into a ton of people that I knew from all sorts of paths 244 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,600 of life. So that was that was kind of 245 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:46,400 cool. It's it's like, you know, you 246 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,000 don't see people for a really long time and then you see them 247 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,480 all in Boston. That's fun. 248 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:54,160 Anything else to do that day? No, I think at that point it was 249 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:57,000 getting late. We stopped by Trader Joe's. 250 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,520 I got some yogurt and stuff to put in the fridge and headed 251 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:03,960 back to the office. I mean to the to the hotel. 252 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:06,480 Office. Yeah, the office for the 253 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:08,240 weekend. So that wraps up Friday. 254 00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:10,400 OK, so let's go through day three. 255 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:15,240 OK, so day three we wake up and we decide to go watch the 5K. 256 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:19,160 The Boston Marathon has a 5K happening for anyone that wants 257 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:20,600 to participate. You don't need to have a 258 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,360 qualifying time. So we went to go look at it. 259 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:27,320 My friend Colin was gonna run it with his wife, but I didn't 260 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:32,160 realize it was a 5K with 10,000 plus people so I didn't know if 261 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:36,120 I was gonna be able to spot him. We went regardless, and we saw 262 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:40,280 the Super fast elite runners, men pack and women pack, and 263 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,960 then stood there. I met my friend Sarah, who I 264 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:47,320 used to do podcasts with in my very first year of podcasting. 265 00:13:47,680 --> 00:13:49,560 I'd never met her in person, so that was kind of cool. 266 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:54,520 And yeah, then we did actually see Colin and Darla, his wife 267 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:58,000 running together, and that was really cool because that was 268 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,400 very unexpected. So what else did you do after 269 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:02,840 the race? After the race, we, you know, 270 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:04,760 went to go do our own shake out run. 271 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:07,480 We went back to Newbury Street to the pop up stores where 272 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:12,640 Rabbit was hosting A2 mile shake out run and we participated in 273 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:14,440 that. And after the shake out run, we 274 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,760 went back to the Rabbit store where they were doing a couple 275 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:19,200 giveaways. You know, they're giving away 276 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:23,760 garments and all sorts of things that had a bagel for the 277 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:25,880 participants of the shake out run. 278 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:29,480 So we took advantage of that and from there we actually headed to 279 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,400 the Expo. Again for the second time. 280 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:35,640 Well, this time to actually see the Expo and not just pick up my 281 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:36,400 pit. But yes. 282 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:37,920 For the second time. Yes. 283 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:41,760 OK, All right, so this time it was Saturday and there was a ton 284 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:45,480 of people and they literally were cuddling us through or 285 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:49,800 funneling us through at one point, a whole hall, just going 286 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:53,680 back and forth in a line just to avoid having too many people get 287 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:56,840 into the Expo all at once. Was it a fast moving line or was 288 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:58,960 it just? It was a very fast moving line, 289 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:00,800 so it it helped. I think they did reach their 290 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:04,240 goal with that. The Boston Expo is not my 291 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,320 favorite. I think it's too exclusive to 292 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:09,840 Adidas. My favorite is actually Chicago 293 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:12,760 where you can find a whole bunch of other brands and vendors and 294 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:17,760 everything but this one, What they do have every year is they 295 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:24,760 have these people selling hair curlers and every year they, you 296 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:27,240 know, if you're a female with long hair, they stop you and ask 297 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:29,320 you if you wanted to get your hair curled. 298 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,800 And you know, I have like 2 left hands when it comes to doing 299 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:34,520 anything hair. My hair is never curled. 300 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,080 And you have straight hair. And have really straight hair. 301 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:39,680 Yeah. So it's, it's easy for if you 302 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,000 don't want to do anything with it. 303 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,480 But at the same time, you kind of inhibited in learning more 304 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:44,920 about doing hair because you never have. 305 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,880 But I got my hair done at the Expo just like last year, and it 306 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,200 looked beautiful and voluminous. Did you? 307 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:52,120 Buy a curler. No, I did not. 308 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:53,440 I mean, I can't use it like they do. 309 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:54,840 They make it look so easy, right? 310 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:56,400 But. OK, So what else did you see at 311 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:58,360 the Expo? Not that much. 312 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:01,760 So your memories of the Expo were hair curler? 313 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,360 So for all the guy listeners, I'm sorry, but then he only 314 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:08,040 looked at hair curlers this year and so if you want to know more 315 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:11,280 about what else is at the Expo, you just have to go. 316 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:14,600 Oh, there was a tourism board of Kenya there. 317 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:17,880 You know how I am very interested in participating in 318 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:20,400 one of those training camps. And I talked to those people 319 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:24,200 there for a little while and I mean, there was a bunch of other 320 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:25,960 stuff. There was surprisingly, just 321 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,400 like in Rome, there was dog food, just like at the Row 322 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,800 Marathon. There were, I mean, let me 323 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:39,560 think, massage guns, infrared lights, that sort of thing. 324 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:40,800 T-Mobile was there. I don't know. 325 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:42,880 It wasn't that exciting. There was Gatorade. 326 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,200 There was a car that you could win, but I didn't even try to 327 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:47,760 enter. You know, I don't like to give 328 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:50,760 up my e-mail. But yeah, so the Expo was not 329 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:53,720 very great. And I ended up going back to the 330 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:59,320 hotel to rest for a minute. Because after that we had a 331 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:04,720 little meet up with the Speed Traders Facebook group, people 332 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:10,599 that were in Boston at a panel that was going to host Kiara 333 00:17:10,599 --> 00:17:14,400 d'amato, who was the American record holder for the marathon 334 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:16,000 distance. And she was going to be on a 335 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:19,720 panel hosted by Destination Marathons, which, you know, 336 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:23,560 we've had on as a guest before. So that was where I was headed. 337 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:27,640 West came and picked me up and we walked a little bit and also 338 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,800 took the train and ended up going to that event. 339 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:32,800 So was next. How was the panel? 340 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:37,080 The panel was great, it was a mixture of like funny and also a 341 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:41,760 little bit inspirational, which is a great mix for something 342 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:43,080 that you want to do before the marathon. 343 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,000 Sounds fun. Yeah, it was fun. 344 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:50,040 After that, we were going to a Kenyan dinner party, which was 345 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:52,240 downtown again. So we hopped back on the train 346 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:55,240 and ended up going there. That was amazing, right? 347 00:17:55,240 --> 00:18:00,200 And it was like such a cultural immersion into Kenyan culture, 348 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,160 but also Tanzanian and Ethiopian. 349 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:05,920 They hosted all the elite runners as well, who we spoke 350 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:09,200 with and hung out with. And, you know, it's very 351 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:10,960 traditional. They had some music playing. 352 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:17,200 They had all the dinner dishes that you are not familiar with 353 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:19,760 because we don't really eat that type of food. 354 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:23,880 But I know you've had Ugandan food before and it was the same 355 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:26,160 kind of spongy bread. But then they also had like the, 356 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:30,200 you know, German style pancake, which, you know, they were not 357 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:33,120 German style pancakes, but you know, the kind of tortilla 358 00:18:33,120 --> 00:18:37,720 looking stuff that you can pick your food and meet up with. 359 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:41,920 So it's, it was really yummy. I wasn't afraid to eat it, even 360 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:43,960 though I knew I was gonna have a marathon in a couple days. 361 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:46,920 I said you eat a lot of meat. No, I didn't eat any meat. 362 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:49,920 They did have a lot of vegetables, so that was really 363 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,400 cool. And so by now it's 12:00 at 364 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,480 night because you've been staying up late every night. 365 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:57,600 No, I mean, it did get a little bit late. 366 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:03,600 We walked back to the hotel and I guess, yeah, I guess at that 367 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:06,840 point I was tired, took a shower and I went to sleep. 368 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,880 It was probably 11:00 so it's not so bad. 369 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,680 So at this point, our podcasts were at intermission. 370 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:17,880 So get up, stretch your legs, go take a little break, come on, 371 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:20,560 use the restroom. 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This was my favorite shakeout 424 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:17,400 run just because I feel like Puma always brings the party 425 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,840 right? I've been to the Puma Shakeout 426 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:23,920 run the previous year and it was something outside this time. 427 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,600 They had rented out a restaurant slash bar. 428 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,680 It was at the Hue and you went downstairs and it was, you know, 429 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:35,040 typical to Puma fashion. They were handing out shoes that 430 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:38,320 you could demo so you could run that shake out run with the 431 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,200 shoes. And they were gonna have a panel 432 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:46,120 with Molly Seidel and Dakota Lindbourne and Bill Rogers, 433 00:22:46,120 --> 00:22:48,640 which, you know, Bill Rogers, he's friends with Ron and I 434 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:54,960 helped him edit his podcast. So it was cool to see Billy and 435 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,880 go on that shake out run. That Shake out run was also not 436 00:22:57,880 --> 00:22:59,520 too long. I don't remember how long it 437 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,720 was, maybe 3 miles. But when we got back, Puma had a 438 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:06,000 lot of different things available for breakfast. 439 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,720 So then there was like eggs and pastries and bagels and all 440 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:13,800 sorts of stuff. We found a seat and watched the 441 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:18,160 panel with, you know, the three, the three legends right there. 442 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,520 It was really cool. Yeah, it sounds kind of fun. 443 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:25,040 So you went on a run, shake out, run, and then you got breakfast 444 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:28,400 and you get to listen to like, what do they talk about? 445 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,320 So they talk. So to give you background, if 446 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:34,560 for those that don't know, Dakota Land Warm ran the Olympic 447 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:38,000 trials in Orlando and was top three. 448 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,360 So that means she's going to the Olympics this summer. 449 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:44,160 She is a very humble person from Minnesota. 450 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,240 That was cool. And Molly Seidel is another 451 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:53,320 person that in the previous year of the Olympics, so 2020 also 452 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:58,200 was kind of the underdog and ran really hard and qualified for 453 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,000 the Olympics and then actually won a medal. 454 00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:04,120 And both of them were talking about the brand of Puma, how 455 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:07,160 they didn't have any contracts. And then Puma was taking a 456 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:09,640 chance on them and said we're going to really help you come 457 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:11,560 through. So that was really, really kind 458 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,120 of cool. Bill Rogers was there because in 459 00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:18,000 his career he was sponsored by Puma for three years. 460 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,520 So he was there, you know, just talking about some fun stuff. 461 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:23,440 He's he's got a really great sense of humor. 462 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,640 So he was just, he's just very inspirational. 463 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,160 All three of them where it was a great conversation to listen to. 464 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:30,720 They didn't really need a moderator. 465 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,760 So after the inspirational talk, what happened? 466 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:39,840 What happened? I went to Hoka back on Newbury 467 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:43,600 Street, so, you know, back to Marathon Sports where they had a 468 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:48,040 coffee shop on wheels outside, grabbed some coffee, and then I 469 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:52,200 met with someone from Hoka because they were giving me the 470 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,800 new Hoka Skyward X, which are going to be released this month 471 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:58,160 to try out. So I just wanted to pick up my 472 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:01,440 pair of shoes. And after that, I headed to the 473 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:07,000 Westin Hotel because the Westin has a partnership with Marathon 474 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:11,200 Zone, I guess, which is an area that is being rented out where 475 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:14,160 they have, you know, the Norma tech boots, compression boots, 476 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,280 where you can sit down, use massage guns and all sorts of 477 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:18,720 stuff. And I figured that would 478 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,280 probably be a good idea to do that the day before the 479 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:25,000 marathon, you know, just salvage the legs as much as possible. 480 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:28,320 I don't know if that's a great idea, but you know, sometimes 481 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:31,840 the deep tissue massage or other things can cause some injury and 482 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:35,200 make you sore. But anyway, I guess as long as 483 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,080 you're careful or do it appropriately, it's probably 484 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:39,480 fine. So you got your massage, yes? 485 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:42,600 Sounds like a pamper weekend. A little. 486 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:48,520 Bit what else next? Next I went to Italy, which is a 487 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,440 store that sells, oh, it's kind of a restaurant slash store. 488 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:57,600 They sold slabs of pizza, so I got myself a slab of pizza and a 489 00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:59,960 little bit of noodles. I figured I should probably eat 490 00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:04,000 some carbs and just relax. I went back to the hotel room 491 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:08,760 and had my roommates with me and we watched a show on Netflix 492 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:12,320 about 3 girls that were sisters and track runners. 493 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:16,680 We kind of wanted to watch something inspirational running 494 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:21,120 stuff. So we did that and then let me 495 00:26:21,120 --> 00:26:24,600 think. I think that's pretty much it 496 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,240 for the evening. I don't think we left anymore. 497 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:29,360 I guess we left to get some trash bags because you know, 498 00:26:29,360 --> 00:26:32,200 runners need trash bags. OK, I have a question. 499 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,640 What's the slab of pizza? I've never heard that before. 500 00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:37,440 Like what's the square? Yeah. 501 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:41,520 What's How big is it? Like that? 502 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,600 That's not right. The listeners can't see what 503 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:47,200 you're doing. Oh, it's like 5 by 5. 504 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:50,760 I don't. Know small 6 by 6. 505 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:52,840 I don't know, Slab seems like it'd be big. 506 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:56,800 That's what she said. Anyway, so we're now in 507 00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:00,880 intermission 2, so if you want to take another 15 minute break, 508 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:06,760 we're almost halfway through the podcast at this point and so you 509 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:10,080 really only have about 45 more minutes worth of listening left. 510 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:14,120 It's not going to be that bad. Before the podcast is over. 511 00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:19,200 So Letty's back at her hotel. This is a recap back at her 512 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:22,520 hotel watching inspirational Netflix movies about running, 513 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,960 and she falls asleep. And so now we're on Day 5. 514 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:31,040 Yes, day five is race day. So this is, you know, the Boston 515 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:34,320 Marathon takes place on Monday. It's Patriots Day. 516 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:36,720 It's a holiday. And here we are. 517 00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:42,680 I wake up at 6:00 and we are to meet our friends in the lobby at 518 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:44,960 6:30. It's not a lot of time. 519 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:48,040 I eat what I can find, which was I think you were like sweet 520 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,240 crackers. You sound like you're on the 521 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,320 streets, like looking for scraps. 522 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:58,240 No, I mean I had like. I eat what I can find. 523 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:00,920 Like a granola bar and then and a banana. 524 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:05,960 I found a banana in the room, so I had that and some water and I 525 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,600 tried to go to the bathroom. It didn't work. 526 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:13,960 And then I put my, my, you know, my kit on, which consisted of 527 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:18,320 some Tracksmith shorts because they have pockets and my 528 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,960 favorite sports bra and a black shirt. 529 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,680 I also always bring, like, diabetic socks. 530 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:28,200 And I cut holes in the in the toes, and I use those as 531 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,600 disposable arm warmers, compression socks. 532 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:32,760 Yeah. But guess what? 533 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,240 What? It wasn't hot enough for that. 534 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:37,960 I mean, it wasn't cold enough. Sorry. 535 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:43,320 It wasn't cold enough for that. I also brought long pants and a 536 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,880 fleece jacket. I put all that stuff on anyway 537 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:49,400 because we were, you know, we were leaving the hotel at 6:30 538 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,480 and we weren't supposed to start running till 10:30. 539 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:54,640 So anything can happen in that time and you want to stay warm. 540 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:56,600 But it wasn't one of those cold days. 541 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:59,400 We had looked at the temperatures and we knew it was 542 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:03,040 going to be in the upper 60s for running, which is not ideal. 543 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:06,560 But at the same time I wasn't bothered by it because I didn't 544 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:08,560 really have a goal. I just wanted to finish and have 545 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:11,240 fun. So then, so after that, I went 546 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:15,000 downstairs to the lobby, picked up some more bananas and some 547 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,080 coffee and we walked to the Commons and Boston. 548 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:23,680 At the Commons is where the school buses line up to take you 549 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:25,560 there. The way it works is that 550 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,520 everybody is assigned in a wave. I was in the white wave, which 551 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:30,760 was the 2nd wave, the wave after the red wave. 552 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:34,080 So we were able to hop onto the school bus right away. 553 00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:36,600 It didn't feel so crowded like it did last year. 554 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,600 And then we were supposed to take that hour drive to 555 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:42,040 Hopkinton, which is where the marathon starts. 556 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:43,920 But guess what? So what? 557 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:48,360 So our bus was still driving after an hour and 20 minutes. 558 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:50,880 He got lost. The bus got lost. 559 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:52,600 And it wasn't just our bus, obviously. 560 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:54,120 It's like the blind leading the blind. 561 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:57,160 The first one gets lost and then there's a string of buses just 562 00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,800 following it. So after we're still on the bus, 563 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:01,960 after an hour and 20 minutes, some people pulled out their 564 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:03,960 phones to kind of see on the map where we were. 565 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:06,720 It wasn't moving anywhere. They were kind of like in a 566 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:09,200 cul-de-sac and trying to turn around and stuff like that 567 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,600 around, you know, in some streets. 568 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,160 And so the bus driver just said, this is it. 569 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,640 You guys got to get out. You got to walk to the starting 570 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,160 lane. And that's unusual, huh? 571 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:21,600 Not really. I hear every year that some 572 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:23,600 buses get lost. I've just never been a 573 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:26,600 participant in that. How is that possible? 574 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:27,680 I don't know. I don't know. 575 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:29,840 I have no idea. But so we got out of the bus and 576 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,040 we walked about a mile to the starting line. 577 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,920 Meanwhile, we're sharing the street with all the buses, you 578 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:38,880 know, the buses that actually made it there and runners were 579 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,920 sitting in them and just like looking at us. 580 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,520 But I don't know. It was, it was just a mile. 581 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:46,720 We're in good spirits. So we get to Athletes Village, 582 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:50,000 which is where the big white tents are, where all the runners 583 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,880 are waiting and we didn't have time to sit down. 584 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:57,080 I got into the port a potty line, which took about a good 30 585 00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:59,880 minutes and by that time they'd already called our wave. 586 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,000 So we got rid of any extra clothing that we had on and 587 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:07,960 headed, you know, the another .75 miles to the starting line. 588 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:13,120 At that point it was really sunny so they were handing out 589 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:16,360 sunscreen and we knew we were going to be in for hot day. 590 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,880 So go through the start. All right, so I get into my 591 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:25,520 corral, everyone is already sweating and boom, it starts. 592 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:29,640 Compared to last year, this year was not so crowded. 593 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,960 I don't know if it was because I was in a higher corral than last 594 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:35,480 year, but it didn't feel crowded at all. 595 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:37,800 Last year I felt like I couldn't, you know, the the 596 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,760 beginning of the course is downhill and I'm pretty fast 597 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:42,760 downhill if I don't put the brakes on. 598 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:44,880 And I had to put the brakes on a lot last year. 599 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:46,800 This year I didn't. So it was kind of nice. 600 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:51,160 The cheering was pretty amazing. I feel like because the weather 601 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:54,640 was warm enough for people to come watch and come outside, 602 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:56,840 there was a ton of people out there. 603 00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:58,840 So that was pretty amazing. That's good. 604 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,280 Any memorable experiences in the first half? 605 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:05,320 I mean a high fived probably over 200 children, right? 606 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:07,880 Are you discriminating against adults? 607 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,600 Kind of, yeah. My high five adults, it's kind 608 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:15,280 of creepy. That's cool. 609 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:19,200 Yeah, it was fun. I started with my friend Colin, 610 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:23,160 who I always lose within the 1st 10 miles of the race. 611 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:25,960 It's just, you know, he's, he's faster than me, so he kind of 612 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,560 bounces ahead and then I don't see him. 613 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:33,120 But the last three races I kept finding him towards the end of 614 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,400 the race, unfortunately Colin was injured. 615 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:38,240 I told you he had a knee injury and he had gotten a joint 616 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:40,920 injection and that didn't go so well for him. 617 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,480 So he had a lot of knee pain. But that that's in the 618 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:45,320 second-half, I, I would see him in. 619 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:47,440 The so he lost over the first half but we'll get back to him 620 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:48,800 in the second-half. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 621 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:54,400 So around the half mile marker, I noticed that a ton of people 622 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,120 were pouring water on themselves. 623 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:59,840 I've never done that during a race, but I started doing it and 624 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,120 it feels pretty amazing. Like having cold water on your 625 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:03,600 head. That's really cool. 626 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:07,040 Yeah, I I like the sponges in Rome because you could rinse off 627 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:10,440 the salt on you, so even just being able to rinse off some of 628 00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:11,720 the salt would have been nice too. 629 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:16,360 Yeah, yeah, yeah, here too. So, you know, it was, it was not 630 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:17,840 very cloudy. Every once in a while there 631 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:20,000 would be a cloud, but you know, that would go away. 632 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:24,360 It's kind of come and go. But it was, it was a very, I 633 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:26,360 don't know, it was a very fun race. 634 00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:29,840 I think a lot of people knew I, I ran into a lot of people that 635 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:32,560 I knew and they all said, oh, they're just running it for fun 636 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:34,560 now because they knew they weren't going to be able to get 637 00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:37,440 a personal record. So I feel like the mood shifted 638 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:41,160 and eased up a lot and people were kind of more happy running 639 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:43,480 this race. How were your split times from 640 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:46,240 the beginning to the end? Did you feel strong in the whole 641 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:47,240 race? Did you slow down? 642 00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:49,040 Did you? Yeah, I did slow down. 643 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:52,000 I knew I was going to slow down the first half. 644 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:56,000 I was probably on track for like A320 marathon. 645 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:58,960 And then I knew the other half was gonna just, you know, I 646 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,320 don't have that same fitness that I had before Tokyo. 647 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,160 I haven't really done much running in the last four weeks. 648 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:06,400 I had bronchitis the week before. 649 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,679 So, you know, I, I had very low expectations and I was just in 650 00:34:10,679 --> 00:34:13,199 for a good time. And so I feel like I was able 651 00:34:13,199 --> 00:34:16,040 to, to have that. I had conversations with people 652 00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:19,239 during the race. I ran into a couple of people 653 00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:24,239 that listened to our podcast and talked to them, and I ran into 654 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,120 another person that has a guest on the podcast. 655 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:29,840 He's a Blade Runner, so that was cool. 656 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:34,840 I stopped and took pictures. I ran back into Colin, like I 657 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:38,440 said, and I made him go into the medical tent to spray his knees 658 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,880 with whatever they had and, you know, in hopes that that would 659 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:45,040 probably maybe help him, which didn't, unfortunately. 660 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:48,960 But yeah, I mean, All in all, it was a very fun time. 661 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:53,520 So he slowed down with you feeling like it was really the 662 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,760 fitness tiredness or the heat or anything in particular. 663 00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:59,400 Yeah, I feel like it was definitely fitness related. 664 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:04,400 I felt like the entire marathon was rolling hills and normally 665 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:07,360 when I'm trained I don't feel it that much, but it was 666 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:10,080 definitely, I mean, my VO2 Max number and everything had 667 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:11,320 already gone down in the garment. 668 00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:13,560 I'm kind of overrunning right now so. 669 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:19,080 So it was definitely fitness related and I slowed down so I 670 00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:23,440 could enjoy this race. We ran by Wellesley College, 671 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,320 which I told you is like that area. 672 00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:28,840 It's a girls college and they all come out and they have signs 673 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:32,200 that say kiss me, kiss me, kiss me, and they point at their lips 674 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,520 and they try to like pull you in and stuff like that. 675 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:36,520 So that was really kind of funny. 676 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:42,880 There was the Heartbreak Hills, which felt extra hard. 677 00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:46,200 You know, just because it's hot and I'm out of shape. 678 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:50,200 Going up and down these hills. It was exhausting, but at the 679 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:52,280 same time it's just such a blast. 680 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:56,920 Anything else in the course? Yeah, so while I was running, I 681 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:58,880 pulled over to the side to get a drink. 682 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:00,800 Somebody was handing out something that looked pink. 683 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:02,680 I thought it was some grapefruit juice. 684 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:05,480 So I was excited about it. And it ended up being a Dix, 685 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:09,360 like a little Dixie cup of beer. And I think this is like Mile 686 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:13,040 16. It tasted so delicious, Ryan, 687 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:18,360 that I had two of them and then I kept running and kind of kept 688 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:22,080 looking for that same setup with whatever type of beer that was. 689 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:26,480 But instead I ran into a couple that was handing out pickle 690 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:30,240 juice and a chaser of Coke for afterwards. 691 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:33,960 So I drank the pickle juice and the Coke afterwards and it was 692 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,880 like the most delicious thing. That's why the race was happy. 693 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:40,760 You were half drunk. Probably a little bit, yeah. 694 00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:44,600 So that was good. Another landmark on the course 695 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:47,240 is the Citgo sign. You know, gas station Citgo 696 00:36:47,240 --> 00:36:49,040 sign. When you start to see it, you 697 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:53,560 know you're at mile 24 and then there is a mile 24 marker. 698 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:54,920 You know, you only have two miles to go. 699 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,800 And guess what? This was the first time in a 700 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:01,840 marathon where I was actually really bummed to see the mile 24 701 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:06,600 marker because I wanted it to last longer, which that itself, 702 00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:10,160 I think that says something. So you do ultras next? 703 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:14,240 No, absolutely not. I just, I just really liked 704 00:37:14,240 --> 00:37:16,440 running this marathon for the enjoyment of it. 705 00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:19,480 So how has been running the marathon now three times Is it? 706 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:21,400 Do you recognize most of the course? 707 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:25,000 I do a lot more than before, but I'm also not the most observant 708 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:30,040 person, so, you know, it's always something new too. 709 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:34,680 So yeah. So yeah, then eventually I did 710 00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:38,240 the, you know, right on her Ford left on Boylston that I was 711 00:37:38,240 --> 00:37:41,040 talking about earlier and it was just amazing. 712 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:44,520 I got goosebumps running down that I took my phone out 'cause 713 00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:49,840 I knew my little head camera had died at that point and took, 714 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:53,040 took a video crossing the finish line. 715 00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:56,960 And, you know, all the, the volunteers and everything. 716 00:37:56,960 --> 00:38:00,040 It was just super amazing. I'm very glad I got to do this. 717 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:07,040 If you could rate your Boston Marathon experiences one through 718 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:11,240 3, how would you rate them? I don't know, probably all of 719 00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:13,960 them are 10s. Well, I mean, like, you know, 720 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:16,480 favorite, second favorite, third favorite. 721 00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:20,800 I think this one was my favorite because last year was really 722 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:24,440 cold and you know, I don't do well when I stop running and get 723 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:26,600 really cold. I just, I'm really miserable and 724 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:28,680 it kind of dampens the whole experience. 725 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:33,040 I think last year I was crying with you on the phone because I 726 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:37,440 hate it being cold so much. So this one definitely is is up 727 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,040 there. Fun. 728 00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:45,520 Yeah, so then post marathon showered up, the Shake Shack was 729 00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:48,960 giving out free burgers, So I stood in line for that just to 730 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,080 learn that veggie burgers were not included. 731 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:55,320 So I just bought the veggie burger and I treated myself to a 732 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:58,520 lemonade mixed with soda water, which totally hit the spot. 733 00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:02,400 So then after Shake Shack, we had some food. 734 00:39:02,720 --> 00:39:06,040 Went to the after party at mile 27. 735 00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:08,120 They called it mile 27 after party. 736 00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:12,440 I wasn't too impressed with it. And then I headed back to the 737 00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:14,600 room. But then some other friends were 738 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:17,640 having drinks somewhere. So I decided, you know what, I'm 739 00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:19,800 in Boston, why not? I'm gonna go out late. 740 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:25,040 And I went out and had a beer, which, you know, that last beard 741 00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:27,760 gave me a headache, which, you know, I don't know. 742 00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:31,040 You're so dehydrated, right? You're drinking as much on the 743 00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:33,160 course as possible. But then at the same time, 744 00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:35,680 you're still dehydrated. So I feel like I should have had 745 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:39,160 more water. But yeah, that was that was it 746 00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:41,160 for day what, Five. Yeah. 747 00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:44,080 Yeah. So for those of you who are 748 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:50,040 still with us after this long explanation of the Boston 749 00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:53,600 Marathon week by Letty, thanks for tuning in. 750 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:56,800 Wait day 6. Oh, I'm sorry. 751 00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,080 There's another day. Yeah, I have. 752 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:02,120 We're not done yet. Yeah, so day 6. 753 00:40:02,240 --> 00:40:04,760 Don't quit on us yet, you're almost there. 754 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:08,840 Day 6 is the travel day. Listening to the Boston recap 755 00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:13,560 is, in itself, a marathon. So day six is the last day. 756 00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:18,400 It's a travel day. I went to the post race press 757 00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:21,040 conference, which was also amazing because all the winners 758 00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:25,760 were there, congratulated them. This video is also available on 759 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:30,280 YouTube. And then I linked up with Min 760 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,880 and his friends that were also flying out. 761 00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:37,120 In the evening. We went to the Boston airport 762 00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:42,360 and Min hooked us up, hooked me up with the with an entry to the 763 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:45,560 Sapphire Lounge, which was just amazing 'cause it's just 764 00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:49,160 unlimited food and lounging. So we just hung out there for a 765 00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:53,400 couple hours before I got to hop on my airplane. 766 00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:57,440 I had a stop over in Philadelphia, literally got off 767 00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:02,320 the plane, ran over as the other plane was almost on boarding and 768 00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:06,600 got home in time at 11:00. Day 7. 769 00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:08,080 No. That's it. 770 00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:12,120 Oh, that's it. OK, so congratulations for 771 00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:15,760 finishing and listening through the whole Boston recap. 772 00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:18,600 Oh, I thought you congratulating me on finishing the marathon. 773 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:21,080 No, no, the listeners. The listeners. 774 00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:24,400 And, and if you'd like a medal, you can write us. 775 00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:28,480 I'm just kidding. But yeah, no, seriously, if you 776 00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:31,400 are still listening, I guess Ryan is making me feel like this 777 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:34,560 is really long. So thank you for, you know, 778 00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:38,000 listening. I actually had a couple of 779 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,960 people message me via Strava and Instagram and they said they 780 00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:44,320 couldn't wait to hear our recap. So. 781 00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:46,960 I I hope people do enjoy it. I, I'm just kidding with you, 782 00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:51,400 but sometimes I do like to try to get you to go faster and, and 783 00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:55,360 to summarize a little bit more, but I don't know, maybe people 784 00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:57,240 like the longer one. I you know. 785 00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:59,440 Everybody likes it long, you know what I mean? 786 00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:03,040 That's what she said. But yeah, so anyway, thank you 787 00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:06,320 so much for tuning in. We appreciate you listening. 788 00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:10,800 Stay tuned for next week's episode where the topic will be 789 00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:14,600 the wall, meaning you hit the wall during a marathon and stuff 790 00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:18,240 like that. So it's it's very pertinent to 791 00:42:18,240 --> 00:42:21,720 racers racing experience and maybe we'll figure out some 792 00:42:21,720 --> 00:42:24,000 things that we can do to avoid the wall. 793 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:26,720 And with that. And with that, have a great week 794 00:42:26,720 --> 00:42:33,480 of running. Thanks for tuning in. 795 00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:36,640 For more information and marathon running news, please 796 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:40,480 head to www.marathonrunningpodcast.com 797 00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:56,080 and we'll be back next week. Are you looking for the perfect 798 00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:58,120 apparel that mirrors your love for running? 799 00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:02,120 Look no further than Run Swag, the go to store by Runners 800 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:04,920 forerunners. 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