

Shirt, I was dressed for the race, but not dressed for standing around in the high 30°s temperatures. It was a few minutes before the gun and with shorts and a long sleeve coolmax I wrote a more detailed race review of last year's race which you are welcome to readĪfter warming up and stretching a bit in the large hall, and after a cup of cocoa and one donut hole (I swear I only had one), I had a 5 minute rub downīy the massage guy, and I was off to the start, just outside the building. There are tons of families with kids and dogs and you name it and it is a totally fun and happy way to To the Framingham Police building for the race. My daughter-in-law Nancy and I get up before the sun and drive the 5 miles or so

Specifically, theĪnd his family every year and this race is in the next town. Thanksgiving dinner, no, it was earlier in the day at the local "Turkey Trot". Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone (andĪ great Thanksgiving it was). I decided the "official" start of my training for the 2013 Boston Marathon would be on Thanksgiving, 2012. Thanksgiving: Framingham Turkey Classic 5K To paraphrase a well known ex-president, "Here I go again!" Journey to Boston will only be successful if I put in the hard work over the next 5 months that I need to get to the starting line, and more importantly, (), a book I've read a few times which tells a very inpirational story. Of my long road to Boston, a title I borrowed from a book It's time to get in the training groove again, map out the long runs and other runs and get really serious. Of course it seems like I've been gearing up for this race for years, and that's true. I've decided my marathon training has officiallyīegun, somewhat arbitrarily, as of Thanksgiving 2012.

He 117th Boston Marathon, in which I will run as a 70 year old, Papa Bear's Beyond Central Park Blog: Long Road to Boston
