PM: 11.1 miles
Well, it is not looking good for the Boston Marathon. Although I definitely do not expect to make it to the starting line in peak fitness, I did expect to be decent, and I CERTAINLY expected to have a terrific time. With the NYC half being cancelled, the governor of MA declaring a state emergency, and a overall pretty hysterical set of humans who do not understand how transmission works, I am afraid they may just do elites only so their consecutive streak stays intact.
How annoying would that be? I do not even think I'd go watch them run, but would probably stay inside and watch on TV or a bar somewhere in Boston. The irony is, I could probably go catch a Red Sox game with 37,000+ people after they cancel a race of 35,000 people. I understand there is a huge 500,000 person crowd watching, but just tell them to stay home, and let the runners go. We know the risks. The incredibly minute risks.
I guess option two would be to find some random nothing marathon somewhere and run that. There is also option three of knocking out that 100-miler which would definitely be easier than a hard marathon. My only concern on that is- there has to be a pretty strong contingent of ultra runners that just run to 104.8 miles just to complete the fourth marathon of the run, right? Half (if not more) are walking a lot of the time anyway, so what's another 4.8 mile stroll?
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