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April 23rd, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Bruce, not sure if your pic of the blind runner is Adrian Broca, but here is a write-up on the visually impaired athletes. Inspiring!
http://www.boston.com/sports/specials/marathon/articles/2008/04/20/chasing_glory_they_can_feel_not_see/
April 23rd, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Need gratitude and inspiration? Read Robert Cheruiyot’s story! It helped me run a few extra miles today.
http://www.time-to-run.com/interviews/rcheruiyot.htm
April 23rd, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Great pics Bruce.
April 23rd, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Suzie and I were on the phone this morning, talking about how in awe we are of Team Hoyt!
http://www.teamhoyt.com/history.shtml
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:07 pm
this is really cool….im no runner guy ,not even a fast walker but the pics are great and the stories this boston gig is a big deal …way to go suzie and joe….impressed with what it must take to dig deep and do this!
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:08 pm
The picture of the US Marine was definitely the most touching.
On a lighter note, Joe has some very long legs.
Great pictures, thanks for sharing.
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:20 pm
wow! what a wonderful slide show….really. Everyone there has a story. For me this year, I did not have time to train much before the marathon. I really thought I could go into it untrained. I walked away completely humbeled. It was by far, the hardest thing I have ever completed. I didn’t remember the Newtons being so hard before!
The 62 year old man I sat next to on the bus to Hopkinton was getting ready to complete his 80th marathon!
The Wellsley girls were amazing. There is nothing like that!
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:54 pm
No doubt the marathon was inspriational this year but when I saw the marathon for the first time in 2005 I was very surprised. There is something unique about spectating the race. There is no division of fans for a particular team. Everyone - runner or not - seems to relate to the struggle that each runner had to overcome in order to participate and complete the marathon.
The spectators in your immediate area tend to share their stories on why they are there as they wait for the runners to arrive. There was a family of three girls and their Mother. The girls all spoke proudly about how hard their Dad was training for the marathon. They had made signs. It was only after a few minutes of conversation that I realized he was in the wheel chair division. He spent hours every day in their attic on a specially built trainer. Their Dad was the fourth or fifth wheel chair entrant to roll by at the 26th mile marker. They all held up their signs and we all cheered for him as he went by. I looked over to see the tears roll down their faces.
Then there were the everyday runners. One guy who had made it to the 26th mile collapsed on all fours and seemed ready to pass out as he stared down at the pavement. The crowd was going crazy encouraging him not to give up. Everyone seemed to identify with his struggle. Everyone wanted to see him succeed. He eventually pulled himself together and managed to get back on his feet. You would have thought someone just scored a touchdown at the SuperBowl - the roar of the crowd was unbelievable.
Others weren’t so lucky. The medic cart hauled one entrant away just past mile 26. You could easily see the finish line several hundred yards away.
Congrats to Suzie, Joe and everyone else who made it to Boston! Wait…what? Why are you playing the music?…my speech isn’t over yet…
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:55 pm
The runner who had to be hauled away on the medic cart after 26 miles, so close to the finish line, is the ninth picture in the above slide show of Bruce’s pics.
How about the father of Team Hoyt…65 years old! In Ironman races, he pulls his son in a watercraft for 2.4 miles in open water……with his mouth! Then, there’s the 112 mile bike race and the marathon (26.2 miles!).
I broke my ankle training for a marathon this summer. I’m still milking it. After seeing all this, I felt silly during my morning run when I felt like walking. These people rock!
April 24th, 2008 at 1:34 am
Joe is a total hottie. My daughter and I saw some video of him running a race in Shreveport and he was shirtless! We were breathless! The man has pecs like dinner plates.
April 24th, 2008 at 10:56 am
I could run that marathon with two legs tied behind my back. HAH!
April 24th, 2008 at 11:17 am
I admire all who can still be so active, now that I need double knee replacements at the young age of 43. I miss being able to do all that I use to do, but it’s the price I have to pay from when I was younger. I’m not going to give up though
April 24th, 2008 at 11:19 am
I just tell people everything that’s physically wrong with me, I sustained playing professional football.
April 24th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Mine would be from the days of slamming into the cypress trees when I was on the ski team, Shreveport Aqua Katz
April 24th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Ouch!
Cool trivia about you, turtle!
April 24th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Those pics were really nice! They were so close up too. I never got to see Lance or the winner before the race except on tv the night before. Lance threw out the first pitch at the Red Sox vs. Rangers game.
Congrats to all of the Shreveport/Bossier runners! My wife did great for her 1st Boston at 4:06!, Frank Bright (65 yrs. old & 38 marathons in 40 years) ran 3:37!, Tony Bouso 3:47 (1 week after Ironman Arizona!!-my hero for sure!!), Ryan Patton 2:59 (a 10 hr Ironman finisher), Wallace Robertson 3:24 (his first), Lanya Pankey 3:41 (getting married in July-congrats!), Laura Nanda 3:41, Denise Cook 3:43, Kevin Cook 3:54 (threw up at least 3 times during the run!!-Each hurling time he cleared a large running path. Glad that he stayed away from me!), Steve Terese 4:10, Robert Walter 4:30, Lisa Walter 4:30 & me, myself & I a llamo 3:17. That was 8 minutes slower than in last year’s hurricane. I noticed in the pics that my 20 foot overstride carried me in. Mel (a few messages up) was right-I have some long legs. No wonder I felt like doing the splits at the finish.
Oh yah, that comment about my pecs, (a few up) are you kidding?! Better check those contacts!
The weather was great this year except for the hills where the temps were in the 70s with sunshine. The start and finish were nice with temps in the 50s.
On the news, it was reported that about 1600 didn’t finish because of the heat. In fact, one guy crawled across the finish, then collapsed!
Anyway, congrats to Suzie for her run! Sherri, it’s your turn. See you on tv in a few hours.
Joe
April 24th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Hey everybody…just got to catch up today. Look, Joe’s legs are so long he could have walked the marathon and still beat many of those running! My favorite thing about the pictures are all the un-healthy “fried dough” etc, stalls along the route. Activity-challenged people like me would be standing along the route, feeling bad about ourselves cause we can’t run around the block then turn to the conveniently place “fried dough” stand in the back! Shouldn’t they restrict those to something like “Wheat Grass slushies!”?
April 25th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Co-lean, we could all be eating your ritz crakers with peanut butter sandwiches dipped in chocolate on the sidelines. Oh, how I miss them!
April 26th, 2008 at 9:59 am
ahhhh look at you putting a slideshow on. good job. looks great. i wish i got to go to Boston. the camera man is on a motorcycle! we need one of those at the station except with a side cart added on.