2 Potential Bombs at 2013 Boston Marathon - Fairmont Copley is locked down

I am right there with you.I used to live within a few blocks from the finish line and was qualified for it back then. Haven't crossed my mind in many years to qualify again and I hardly ever run. Today, however, I did wake up with a very strong urge to qualify again and this time run Boston. F$^# it, I'll be back.

toro wrote:

I have never run a marathon. Never raced longer than 10K.

I am 42 and will be 43 this summer.

Now I want to run the Boston marathon.

I will have to start doing some long runs.

what do I know? wrote:

I am right there with you.

I used to live within a few blocks from the finish line and was qualified for it back then. Haven\'t crossed my mind in many years to qualify again and I hardly ever run. Today, however, I did wake up with a very strong urge to qualify again and this time run Boston. F$^# it, I\'ll be back.

toro wrote:

I have never run a marathon. Never raced longer than 10K.

I am 42 and will be 43 this summer.

Now I want to run the Boston marathon.

I will have to start doing some long runs.

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I swore off marathons when I turned 40, but this might change things. I could do a BQ without wrecking my legs or my season. But I don\'t want to take a spot away from someone who really wants to race... So I probably won\'t do it.

I'm turning 52 in a couple weeks and thought I was done with Marathons too. Just had no idea how I did them in the past or I found the desire. Amazing how perspective can change in a flash.

All of a sudden I remembered why it was so important to me. Seeing the above mentioned Bill Iffrig interviewed last night shifted my view on running. That PR may no longer be in reach but the competition, that's something you can have no matter what age you are. Mr Iffrig, you are someone all of us can aspire to be as a runner. Thank you.

Thinking of 2015 agip?

Whomever mentioned the injured man was a 2:33 runner was apparently lying, for reasons I can't fathom. He's been identified as "Jeff" by multiple people (with photo evidence) on Reddit. The only Jeff in that time range is clearly not the same person.

Regardless of why someone would make stuff up about him being a runner, he certainly may still need help & support. But let's put that rumor to rest for now.

TRNR wrote:

I'm turning 52 in a couple weeks and thought I was done with Marathons too. Just had no idea how I did them in the past or I found the desire. Amazing how perspective can change in a flash.

All of a sudden I remembered why it was so important to me. Seeing the above mentioned Bill Iffrig interviewed last night shifted my view on running. That PR may no longer be in reach but the competition, that's something you can have no matter what age you are. Mr Iffrig, you are someone all of us can aspire to be as a runner. Thank you.

Thinking of 2015 agip?

...or 2014.

but what are the ethics here?

It takes me forever to recover from even a raced half marathon - a full one would cost me a couple months of key spring racing - which I treasure.

So would it be wrong to take a spot if I am not intending to race? Just run? I could probably run 2:55 today...so a 3:25 BQ time would be doable right away. Then I show up in Boston and just do a run, not a race so I could recover faster?

I would feel bad taking a spot away from someone who really wanted to race for a PR.

I hear you. When I go it's not going to be for a run, it will be to like you, to race.

Maybe wait a bit until you feel comfortable giving up some spring racing?

That's why I'm thinking 2015, because that builds in enough recovery time so when I get to Boston I can give a full effort.

Also I understand your thought process about taking a spot from someone, but I wouldn't worry about that if I were you. There is more than enough riff raff taking up spaces at races far less worthy than you. If you can get to a spot where you feel comfortable you can race, go for it without thinking twice.

I don't know much about the process.

It isn't a straight qualifying time but a provisional list?

Oh You Know wrote:

Check out this Boston footage on youtube... very strange.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MIklX9zt3iQ

This video was taken down by user. What was in it?

big dog wrote:

Oh You Know wrote:

Check out this Boston footage on youtube... very strange.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MIklX9zt3iQ

This video was taken down by user. What was in it?

Good question, google says it was this user:

Islamic radicals- burn in hell wrote:

http://www.israelnewsagency.com/bostonmarathonterrorattackpalestiniansdancingcandygazaobamahamasislamicjihadhezbollahiran48041513.html

"...members of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah were reported to be dancing in the streets of Gaza, handing out candies to passerbys."

Remember that pretty much every muslim anywhere in the world would rather condemn USA than condemn these dancing guys.

Doh. Another debunk video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G27ZPNCDsCk

Oh You Know wrote:

Doh. Another debunk video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G27ZPNCDsCk

However, the "family guy" video that aired last month in Fox was actually a pretty weird coincidence.

Note: the two scenes are from different parts of the same episode "Turban Cowboy":

the evil of islam wrote: Remember that pretty much every muslim anywhere in the world would rather condemn USA than condemn these dancing guys.

And what happened to the US after they nuked Japan. I saw a comment about this, it has been removed. The racist comment remains.

Don't confuse a terrorists with muslims. The two are not the same. Same goes for any religion. A few nut jobs don't condemn an entire religion.

Investigators found circuit board believed used to trigger marathon bombs. -Boston Globe

I figured the people on here interested in starting a fund for prosthetics would be interested in this:

Trying to do some honest sleuthing and what I found out is that the poor guy who lost his legs that is in what is becoming the lasting image of the bombings is Jeff Bauman of Chelmsford, Mass. Here is his FB page. You can see some of his profile pictures. Definitely appears to be a match.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1043692236

WWII & USA wrote:

Don't confuse a terrorists with muslims. The two are not the same. Same goes for any religion. A few nut jobs don't condemn an entire religion.

You're wrong. It's like saying that during WW2 there were lots of good Germans but no good Nazis. The truth is that almost all Germans were Nazis or supported them. It's of course possible to turn Muslims into good law abiding citizens, but they will have to leave islam first, just as the Germans abandoned Nazism.

And criticizing a religion and its adherents is not racism. Playing the race card just makes you look as stupid as you actually are.

FWIW, a profiler on local tv suggests the evidence is consistent with an act committed by a "home-grown lone wolf".

Here's the article about the man in the photo.

Elite Hobby Jogger wrote:

FWIW, a profiler on local tv suggests the evidence is consistent with an act committed by a "home-grown lone wolf".

Actually the evidence points straight to Al Quaeda.