And better yet, who from LR will be at both events? "We are there" and all that.
And better yet, who from LR will be at both events? "We are there" and all that.
The logistics to pull that off are quite impressive and expensive. I believe you need to pick up your bib in person for Boston on Saturday or Sunday, fly to Chicago and run Sunday, and then return to Boston to run on Monday?
you had me at meat tornado wrote:
The logistics to pull that off are quite impressive and expensive. I believe you need to pick up your bib in person for Boston on Saturday or Sunday, fly to Chicago and run Sunday, and then return to Boston to run on Monday?
This would obviously be easiest if you lived in one of the cities (preferably Boston as you'd only need to fly back and forth to Chicago) but I considered this and do not live in either.
The Boston expo is open on Friday, actually, so I figured the best bet was Fly to Boston Thursday night or Friday morning, pick up bib Friday, fly to Chicago Friday night or Saturday morning, pick up bib, Run Chicago Sunday then Fly to Boston and run Boston and then fly home Monday/Tuesday.
The nice thing about flying places the night before bib pickup is you have time to fix things if there's a flight delay. I do wonder if there would be any way to talk to the BAA about the unique situation so you didn't have to pick up the bib at the expo, but I doubt it.
Just ended up seeming too absurd/exhausting.
If anyone is actually doing it, kudos to them.
A 2:26 guy from Baltimore is planning to do a trifecta- Baltimore, Chicago, and Boston. Says his goal is to go sub 2:30 at all three, which unless he's now a 2:20 runner is absolutely not going to happen. Especially with a BYOW Baltimore, a hot Chicago, and the usual hilly Boston course.
I like the quote from his wife, “The big thing for Jordan is he doesn’t do things for attention or public perception or anything.” Right, the modest surgeon. That's why I'm reading a feature article about you in the Globe.
This needs to be front page on this heap. You're welcome, Rojo.
A quick google has him running 2:26-2:29 at various races between 2015 and 2019, including Boston 2019. He's clearly talented enough to run one of the marathons sub 2:30. But after that I doubt he can do a second one the following day unless he's trained extremely well and improved significantly since October 2017 (MCM, 2:27).
Chicago's current forecast is sunny with a low of 67 and a high of 80. Even if he can sneak in a second sub 2:30 there, he'll be completely gassed.
Boston's current forecast is a low of 59 and a high of 73. Low 8 mile per hour headwind. Three marathons in three days, plus the travel, the heat, and the course. No shot.
Shalane apparently is.
Annoyingguyatwork wrote:
Shalane apparently is.
I heard she’s a mom