Red Dirt Harriers

Such read the posters near the halfway point of the Boston Marathon. I've let 3 weeks get away from me before the much hyped summary post so maybe it's too late to really get into the race. I can say that the result gives me great hope for a significantly better time down the road. My second half was 4 minutes slower than the first but it wasn't like I hit a wall or anything, I went through some tough patches and then was pissed to not be able to roll downhill after emerging from the Newton Hills mostly unscathed. The biggest excuse I can offer is that I seem to have some worsening exercise induced asthma that may have been exacerbated simply from an allergic reaction that was bothering me (and has continued to do so) for a week before the race. I hope to get that figured out. I'm just going to go ahead and say it- I felt like I was in shape to run 2:25. Did it happen? No. That will be the goal next time (Chicago '08?). More exciting was the atmosphere of Boston. T...