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Boston Marathon Redux

July 2, 2017 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
So this run was really really interesting. Me and my fam were planning on doing the Freedom Trail Run at 8:30am today. It's really just a little running tour (we're talking 8:30-9:00 pace) with many frequent stops at all the cool landmarks in Boston. But I really didn't feel like sleeping in the hotel with my fam, so I got up at 6:50 and got running at 7:00am going towards downtown from my house in Chestnut Hill. So I just had some pineapple, a pop tart, and a glass of juice before the run. The meeting place at Boston Common in downtown is really only about 7 miles away from my house, but I wanted to get a good long run in since I haven't done one in a long time. So I took the longer scenic route along the Charles River (which is not part of the marathon route), going by Harvard, Boston U, and MIT. And it was nearby MIT than I got off the Charles River Trail and got onto the Boston Marathon route about 1 mile from the finish line. And wow, running on Beacon Street, turning right on Hereford, and then turning left on Boylston brought back some very emotional memories holy shit. I picked up my pace here (I think I dropped like a 6:17), crossed the finish line (on the sidewalk tho), and continued towards Boston Common to meet the fam. I felt great after taking two days off from running. We ran like 3.2 miles on the running tour but those were garbage miles so they're not getting logged lol.

I also realized that this was the first time I have done a point-to-point "destination" run in a very very long time (running from Gunson to IM West doesn't count). So that was cool. My house is like 250 feet above sea level near the top of Heartbreak Hill, and I ended at sea level so yeah there was a bunch of downhill which contributed to the faster pace. Still felt really good though. It wasn't very hot but it was humid af (phone said 88% humidity) so I was literally 100% drenched just 3 miles in. That contributed to some lovely chafing on my thighs.