Thanks to everyone for your e-mails about the marathon. I had three goals going in:

(1) Requalify for Boston with a 3:20.
(2) Beat my bib number (6252)
(3) Have fun!

I ran a 3:29:20 so I failed to requalify, but I did beat my bib number coming in 5363 out of 20038, and I also had lots of fun. The fans in Boston are simply the best (a special nod to the gals at Wellesley College!). As Meatloaf said, two out of three ain't bad. Oh yea, the weather wasn't nearly as bad as the media made it sound. We had light rain in the beginning and only occasional gusts of wind and it got better throughout the day.

Split times (unofficial) are below the fold for you running geeks.

I hit the wall at mile 19...

Mile Split Time
1 7:27 0:7:27
2 7:27 0:14:53
3 7:18 0:22:11
4 7:16 0:29:27
5 7:16 0:36:43
6 7:17 0:44:0
7 7:15 0:51:15
8 7:15 0:58:30
9 7:23 1:5:53
10 7:25 1:13:18
11 7:28 1:20:46
12 7:24 1:28:10
13 7:19 1:35:29
14 7:37 1:43:6
15 7:37 1:50:43
16 7:37 1:58:19
17 7:37 2:5:56
18 7:56 2:13:52
19 7:50 2:21:42
20 8:21 2:30:3
21 9:15 2:39:18
22 9:15 2:48:34
23 9:15 2:57:49
24 9:53 3:7:42
25 10:10 3:17:52
26 9:32 3:27:24
26.2 1:54 3:29:18