This race is a pretty descent quirky small race. Now it is not trying to be quirky, but it most definately is and my realization of this started at the expo....\n\nExpo\nDescent bag fillers, pace band guy asks me if I am being paced. I say yes. He asks the pace. I say 3:30. \"That's fast.\"\nHow am I supposed to respond to this? Then an Irish lady promoting some shamrock race asks me if I am irish. I say yes and she says, \"Well, you don't look it...\" Why ask lady? Not running your irish race, and not just because it's the same day as tour de cure... Then the check out lady says \"Half?\" ready to give me a piece of paper. Full. \"Oh ok.\" and she hands me a piece of paper for the relay...I am a real marathoner!\n\nPace Group\nLast minute sub guy comes and tells us the whole time how much marathons hurt, he won't do them anymore, the GPS won't work so his times are all off, he doesn't know how to run 8 min miles....I think I was about to kill him.\nSwitch time with round 2 pacer. This guy does not say a word...until at his mile 4 to go to the bathroom and to hold his sign! We just ran 17 miles straight without peeing, really buddy? Ran a mile without him! Felt good so went ahead without the group (now lone pace man) with a buddy. Hurt tendon at 22 and he took off, I get progressively slower and start to curse the slow half marathoners in my path (a large group even overwhelmed a water station at 24). Something must be done about the slow halfers. Running hard with pain can make me evil and I was getting super jealous/irritated at a lot of them who also saw me as an inconvenience interupting what exactly I am not sure...pretty sure they just wanted to finish. At mile 25 pace man comes to the rescue! He helps me finish with the Boston Qualifying 3:30 then I hug him and probably scar him for life...or at least a couple minutes.\n\nAwards\nDidn't stay for them, pretty sure just certificates and I had finals the next day!\n\nFinal Impressions\nLoved the race! Happy it went on despite rain. Boring course to some but I enjoyed it minus the small out and back part. Liked the price. The start is a new location with real bathrooms! Great aid and cute fans. Flat and Boston Qualifier!
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