I was just asked by a roving reporter, "What brings you to Boston today to watch the marathon?" (which doesn't really make sense if you think about it--the question answers itself). My response:
My home. Which is right around the corner.
And then he ended the interview. Jerk.
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25 year-old Ryan Hall won the Olympic Trials Marathon this morning in New York City with a trials record time of 2:09:02. This was a special multi-lap course around Central Park, not the same route as will be taken for Sunday's NYC Marathon.
The Neurocritic has a fascinating summary of a recent paper investigating different types of memory in marathon runners.
In an amazing show of solidarity, the Honolulu Marathon will be run twice this Sunday: once in Hawaii and once in...Iraq.
It is well documented that as the temperature around an endurance athlete increases, performance decreases. And while one can train for and adapt to warm race conditions to mitigate that decrease, the effect remains.
oh, thank very much