Ray, Greg and I all arrived in McAllen Texas yesterday in pursuit of qualifying for the Boston Marathon. Ray and I each have to run a sub 3:25 marathon, which is doable if we have a good race. Greg has a larger hurdle with a sub 3:15 time as he is 39 versus Ray and I at 45 years of age.
Francisco picked us up at the airport, while Greg drove in from Austin...which is abut a 5 hour trip. Francisco made us a nice dinner and we we took it easy and rented Ted, with Mark Wahlberg. Very very funny flick. I got to bed at a reasonable hour and got in about 8 hours of sleep. This morning we enjoyed a nice light breakfast and a couple of cups of coffee before heading up to the local running store to pick up some gear and then our race bibs. We all have pretty low numbers as I believe that there are less than 150 marathoners. There is a sporting chance that if we run a 3:20 race that we could win our age division.
The weather in the morning is suppose to be in the low 60's and creep into the mid 70's by the time we finish. The gun goes off at 6:45AM CST, which means if all goes well then we should be crossing the finish line by 10:05AM CST. McAllen is at sea level and is a very flat course. There are a couple of Francisco's local friends that will be running the race as well. The aid stations are at every two miles and should have Gatorade and water. I'm bringing along hammer gels and a pack of shot blocks as well.
Getting ready to chow down some pasta right now and then off to bed early. Read a little and then up at 4AM for a egg sandwich and coffee before the race.
Gotta run........Cheers!
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