It's easy to see the elite female start. They start a few minutes early, so you can jog up to the starting area to watch them. The reason you're unlikely to see the guys start is that you better be in your corral when they're starting. There's a grassy area near the start line where you can get pretty close to everything, but as a fellow runner I'd be annoyed if you weren't in your corral at the start.
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Video Highlights 2015 Boston Marathon
April 20, 2015
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Teg does the 26.2: Matt Tegenkamp added to 2015 Boston Marathon Elite Field
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Re: Nate Jenkins beats Matty T. You heard it here first!
Pretty sure that's not happening any more. He may not even run.
Check his blog.
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I would love to see that...however, lets see how Jenkins gets over this "foot injury" from this past weekend.
Have huge amounts of respect for both of them.
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Hope he does well. Love the midwest guys.
question: if I'm doing boston, what are the chances a plebeian like me will get a glimpse of any of the elites either day before or somewhere around the start? For instance, will I even know Makau was there other than reading about it?
Race day; fuhgeddaboud it. Elite held in Hopkinton H.S. gym pre-race and their warm up area segregated from the masses, but plenty of opportunities to see and selfie with them at pre-race events at the convention center at Prudential days before and after as vendors abound and they trot out their sponsored athletes. I think the non-elites area pre-race will be a sea of mud, given current conditions with only a month to go unless there's sudden global warming, so plan accordingly: bring trash bag/yoga mat to sit on and retail store plastic bags for footies as you may be out there for a good hour or so before start. Good luck.
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what is your heat/wave?
If you are heat 1 & wave 1 and you get there early you can start immediately behind the pros. Just reach out and grab their buttocks. You could also pull a Seth Wold and sprint the first 5k so you can rub shoulders with everyone. It will be frowned upon by letsrunners but I'm sure its a blast.
I think a seed time of sub 2:45 or sub 2:40 will get you in heat 1 & wave 1. If you're slower than that you won't see them race day as you'll be standing behind anywhere from 1,000 to 40,000 other runners.
If you are not in heat 1 & wave 1 you may get lucky and see a pro at the expo or around the city. Some of the pros may also do autographs or whatever at the booths of their respective sponsors. If you are lucky you may see one or two African runners jogging along the charles 1 or 2 days prior to the marathon.
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Go out too fast. Done by 18
Rally for a 2:14
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2.14 wrote:
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Go out too fast. Done by 18
Rally for a 2:14
Go out fast; catch leaders; then fake a dramatic injury at the Wellesley College scream tunnel at about 8 miles; seek help from horny co-eds (it's still an all girls school) play the sympathy card in a foreign accent: "I trained so hard and now this. Can I have a beer and a place to lie down for awhile?"; you'll be the day's big winner.
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